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Kidd with author Tony Dear, NFL star Sidney Rice and golf journalist Anni Shelley at Seattle's Sand Point GC.

Gamble Sands Bandon Dunes

just happen overnight. Without it all, you’ll just have the same number of unique visitors who are already there to play the Sands Course just playing an extra round.

A lot of the old architects — Mackenzie, Braid, Fowler, etc. wrote down their guiding principles, their rules of design if you like. Have you ever done that?

No, I have not. My concern is that it sparked a chain reaction that led to the conformity of golf design. When Mackenzie wrote his principals it caused a lot of wannabe designers to follow his process to the letter with little regard for the site. They saw them as the Ten Commandments written by God. There have since been plenty of good architects and developers who regarded them as guidelines, not strict rules, and done great work and I think the person who has done most to break that is Mike Keiser.

How long has Nick Schaan been with you and what does he bring to the table?

He’s been with me for 15 years and can do a mountain of things I can’t. He’s very detailedoriented. He filters my big ideas, identifying the stuff that will work and discarding the stuff that won’t. If I were a writer he’d be my editor but that is doing him a disservice. He’s so much more than that. He’s a very good writer himself.

Favorite architect from the past? Have you modeled yourself on anyone in particular? Whose style would you say your work most resembles?

My dad was obsessed with the Great Triumvirate, especially James Braid. He is an encyclopedia on Braid. Harry Colt too. I grew up searching for and playing their courses, so I’m sure some of their characteristics rubbed off on me.

Your newest new-build project is Comporta Dunes in Portugal, but you actually designed it years ago. What’s the story there?

There’s a very famous family in Portugal called Espirito Santo. It goes back hundreds of years and has owned the biggest bank there for a long time. We were building the course for them, and it turned out the family’s patriarch Ricardo Espírito Santo Silva Salgado was embezzling billions of Euros. The course was a tiny part of the family’s extensive portfolio of businesses but construction just stopped. This was July 2014. We had begun grassing the front nine and were literally a couple of weeks from completing the job. I was also working on a course near London, called Beaverbrook, at the time and a house guest of the owner. One morning, he was reading the London Times, saw the story about Espirito Santo, and said “Isn’t that your client in Portugal?”

I flew to Portugal the following day and demanded we get paid for the work we’d already done. The head of the family’s development unit told me it was just a small problem and everything would be okay. But I said if he hadn’t paid me by the end of the day, I’d be stopping work and telling all my construction guys to go home. Next day, they tried fobbing me off again, so I just left. A few years later, some Swiss money in the form of a very well-organized real estate development company bought it and work began again. My construction subcontractor Connor Walsh has been there for a few weeks rebuilding what was lost. I’m going over there next week (traveled their in April) to assess progress. If all goes according to plan, it should be ready for play sometime in the fall of 2022, and I have very high hopes for it.

Thankfully, during the time it spent fallow, a lot of cool flora was re-established. It’s in a beautiful pine forest and some heather began growing, so it looks a bit like Sunningdale.

You just became a father again. Your son has a Scottish father, an English mother, and lives in the U.S. How’s that going to work?

I’ll be fine, but my wife might have a problem. She says that when Drake, our son, says “Hey Mommy, can I have some candy” (Kidd affects an American accent) it’ll put her teeth on edge. She’ll be the one to say “It’s mummy, sweets, and it’s not bay-zil but bah-zil”. I think she’s joking, but can’t be sure.

it’s time.

Make it a 2BAR Weekend!

Memorial Day is just around the corner & we’ve got you covered with 2BAR cocktails all weekend long.

Morning

Before you hit the green, start your morning off with a Bourbon Cold Brew Coffee! Hey, it’s got coffee in it… plus a little 2BAR Straight Bourbon, chocolate bitters, Kahlua, topped with whip cream, & garnished with a mint. Or, if you’re in a hurry, tumbler it, & serve it on rocks.

Afternoon or Brunch

Kick up the afternoon with a Blood Orange Stone Sour. 2BAR Amaretto Barrel Finished Bourbon, blood orange juice, lemon juice, simple syrup… this cocktail can be enjoyed at the clubhouse, on the deck, or at brunch.

Evening

Cap off the night with a 2BAR New York Sour. Open a bottle of your favorite Red & grab some 2BAR Wine Barrel Finished Bourbon. Make a traditional NY Sour (bourbon, lemon juice, simple syrup) & serve it on the rocks. Float a little red on top. If you’re feeling fancy, garnish with orange & a cherry.

All our bourbons can be purchased online at 2barspirits.com & shipped to your doorstep. We hope you give these cocktails at try & get creative this Memorial Day Weekend. Cheers & enjoy!

Bourbon Cold Brew Coffee

1 1/2 2BAR Bourbon 80 proof 1/2 oz Kahlua 2 dashes Chocolate Bitters 3 oz Cold Brew Coffee Shake with ice and strain into iced high ball glass, Top with whipped cream and mint sprig

Blood Orange Stone Sour

1 1/2 oz 2BAR Amaretto Barrel Finished Bourbon 3/4 oz Blood Orange Juice 1/4 oz Lemon Juice 1 oz simple syrup Egg white Dry shake for 1 minute, then add ice and shake again Strain into a Coupe Glass and garnish with orange

2Bar New York Sour

2oz 2BAR Wine Barrel Finish Bourbon 1 oz Lemon Juice 1oz Simple Syrup Shake with ice and Strain over iced rock glass Top with 1oz Red Wine, Cab or Syrah