Liberty National Golf Club: The Best Use of a Landfill Since Paulie Gualtieri Ferret
Within methane-rasping distance of the famous statue that bears the same name, Liberty National is a 7,400-yard Kite-B-Cupp design squeezed into 108 acres of what was a New Jersey landfill, and is both a design and an engineering marvel. Many players had less than kind things to say about it, but only because it asked them questions they couldn't answer. Normally when a fairway is 18 yards wide, they get to hit a futility club from the tee, but when it's a 508-yard par 5, driver is the only option. A couple of greens need leveling out, but other than that, Liberty National is startlingly beautiful, and with the methane thing, if anyone hears an on-air fart, we can always blame the nearest water hazard. Which is a pfffffft-erfect segue to...