“…many clubs should not foolishly strive for courses of championship length, or for a set number of holes, or for greens of a certain size, or for bunkers of sand only. It is better at times to ignore what others are doing and if your members can only afford to buy fifty acres, lay out the most interesting holes possible in that area, regardless of length or number. Do not let certain standards become an obsession. Quality, not length; interest, not the number of holes; distinction, not size in the greens - these things are worth striving for.”

— Robert Hunter “The Links” (1926)