Alister Mackenzie > Quotes

“when the flag is visible but the surface of the green cannot be seen. On a green of this description no one can possibly tell whether the flag is at the back, middle, or front of the green, and it is particularly aggravating to play your shot expecting to find it dead, and to discover that your ball is at least twenty yards short.”
― Alister Mackenzie, Golf Architecture (Annotated): Economy in Course Construction and Green-Keeping