MAJOR ATTRACTIONS

Playing the courses where golf’s top tournaments are contested isn’t impossible

BY LARRY OLMSTED

They won’t let you go to bat in Fenway Park or shoot foul shots in Madison Square Garden any time soon, but you can tee it up and play on golf courses where many of the majors are hosted, striding in the footsteps of golf’s greatest. Take a caddie and stroll these courses, and you are literally walking through golf history. Four times a year, the best golfers in the world compete on the biggest stage in what’s known as the majors. One is held in Great Britain, and the other three are contested in the United States. The Masters is always at Augusta National, a famously private course off limits to everyone except members and their guests. But the other two, hosted by the United States Golf Association (USGA) and…

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