...nine," Gordon Lakes head pro Mike DiPasquale said during a tour of the course, which is groomed and ready to go. Ron Whitten, Golf Digest magazine's architecture editor, has seen it and plans to do a profile on the course once it opens...

...list. "It was a surprise but not a shock to me only because Pine Valley has been No. 1 for almost forever," said Ron Whitten, the senior architecture editor for Golf Digest . "It was something of a surprise simply because of the criticism...

...Several new pin positions should be a byproduct of the changes. "I think I'm pretty much in favor of them," said Ron Whitten, architecture editor for Golf Digest since 1990. "They did a good job of not only stretching it back, but moving...

...said of the Player side. Said Stock: "There is not a nine that is any lesser of a golf course than the other two." Ron Whitten, Golf Digest's senior editor for architecture, has seen the Player side and was impressed with the 27-hole design...

...to McCormick. "It's not like we're on anybody's way to anywhere," Adams said. Adams stayed in contact with Ron Whitten, the architecture editor of the magazine, promoting Monticello. "My concern was getting enough of their rating panelists...

...Noted amateur turned designer Vinny Giles: "It gives you so many options around the greens." As Golf Digest's Ron Whitten once put it, an errant ball at No. 2 rolls off, "casually exploring nooks and crannies until settling upon a spot...

...spent 25 years as Jack Nicklaus' caddie (1959-83), is second with 34, according to research by Golf Digest 's Ron Whitten.Among caddies in this year's Masters, Mike Cowan -- who has worked for Peter Jacobsen, Tiger Woods and now Jim...