TPC at Treviso Bay unveils front 9!

Hal Sutton and Arthur Hills unveiled half of their creation Thursday. They walked stride-for-stride down the lush nine holes of Naples’ newest course like proud papas outside of a delivery room.
They didn’t pass out cigars or pat each other on the back. Instead they talked about tinkering. They questioned their decisions. They continued to search for perfection and debate the design. So much so, Sutton almost started reconsidering his own view of the ninth hole. It was the 18th hole in the original plans until Sutton, the winner of the 1983 PGA Championship, said it was too easy and not a finishing hole worthy of potentially hosting a tour event.
“Now that it is completed it is much more intimidating than I had imagined,” Sutton said about the 392-yard par-4 that was once planned for a mere 320 yards.
Sutton and Hills are so alike that they had to clash.
They both have personalities and egos larger than the clubhouse planned for the site.
They should. They both are extremely successful. And their opinions have more teeth than the baby alligator who has found a new home on the lake at the ninth tee.
Sure, Sutton and Hills are two of the greatest names associated with the game, and the TPC Treviso Bay is fortunate, but it’s not about their fame. It’s their search for perfection and their love of the game that will ultimately make TPC Treviso Bay worthy of being talked about in the ranks of great golf courses.(source: Naples Daily News, 4-3-2008)

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