Another course laid out with a versatile sensibility is the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida. Designed by Rees Jones, the course was commissioned by the LPGA to be the permanent home for the Mercury Titleholders Championship. When we started, we didn't really know where the tees would be set for the tournament, so we made the sand bunkers quite long so as to catch a wide variety of shots. Also, the lips are not so pronounced. Tournament players can play to many of the greens from the fairway bunkers.
Players always appreciate that.
Over the centuries, philosophers and psychologists have ventured that men and women never want the same things. Course design is the exception. Hal Phillips is a golf writer living in Portland, Maine. Newer Isn't Always Better Alice Dye says modern golf course design and maintenance often make the game more difficult for the average woman player. On par fours and fives, the average woman usually hits her approach with a longer club, which lends less control.