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THE 142nd OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP from Muirfield,Gullane, East Lothian,Scotland, Sunday 21st July 2013

Features

Open Championship is special in many ways

The First Call readers share their opinions on the year's final major — what they would like to see play out at Royal Portrush and what makes the tournament unique.

Design Notes

Jay Blasi reimagines Northern California’s Poppy Ridge

Fry/Straka break ground at Hong Kong’s Plover Cove; Hawaii’s Pearl at Kalauao opens its Golfplan-designed short course.
Design Notes

Beau Welling to restore luster to The King and Prince GC

John Fought revises his Players Course at Indian Wells; Carlisle Country Club retains Fry Straka to consult on renovations.

By The First Call Staff
Columns

The Starter: Could Keegan Bradley and Arnold Palmer have something in common?

Richard Bland's sad U.S. Senior Open situation; If you haven't noticed, Minjee Lee is really good ... really; What to make of the PGA Tour Champions.

By Mike Purkey
Features

How Gil Hanse merged Baltusrol's Upper past with the future

TFC contributor Bradley Klein examines Hanse's restoration of A.W. Tillinghast's classic design, revealing there was more than meets the eye in returning the Upper Course to its intended roots.

By Bradley S. Klein

Features

Baltusrol completes new chapter

For course architect Gil Hanse, the opportunity to restore the club's Upper Course to A.W. Tillinghast's original vision was too good to pass on.

By Tom Mackin
Design Notes

Rees Jones refreshes Arizona’s Quintero

Farm Neck on Martha’s Vineyard reopens after a Mark Mungeam renovation; Thomas Himmel restores the parkland feel to Germany’s Bad Ems.

By The First Call Staff
Design Notes

Myrtle Beach National enters stage 2 of King’s North reno

Chet Williams to reimagine Texas’ Great Hills; Pennsylvania’s Country Club of Harrisburg taps Jim Nagle to restore the William Flynn features

By The First Call Staff