Chambers Bay? The players have .And and .But one Player's voice rose above all. So, Chambers Bay architect Robert Trent Jones Jr. finally has his defense of the coursein .MORE: | To set the scene: Chambers Bay, site of Jordan Spieth's Chuck Klein Jersey electrifying victory in the115th U.S. Open golf tournament, was a lightning rod forcriticism throughout the run-up and then through the weekend, but, as GOLF.com noted, none wasas cutting as Hall of Famer Gary Players: "The 79-year-old South African legend was in town being honored by the USGA for his U.S. Open win 50 years ago, but Players place at the podium turned into a bully pulpit, with Chambers Bay the target."During a Yahoo Sportspodcast, Player called Chambers Bay Ive seen in my 63 years as a pro and a "basically unplayable course whose designer"had to have one leg shorter than the other.Mum to that point, Jones with help froma sociate Bruce Charlton and former a sociate Jay Blasi is credited with the design and offered his rebuttal, in general but also specifically to Player.First of all, you have to understand that Gary Nick Williams Jersey is a competitor in the design busine s. He was a ruthle s competitor in his playing days and at times he can be that way in the design busine s. We compete for jobs all over the world. I can tell you that Im open to constructive criticism, but to make it personal is something I cant understand. What purpose does it serve to find fault with the USGA, with the men who set it up and with the design itself? All I can tell you is that I dont comment on my competitors. I dont need to enter a public debate with Gary Player.But the debate has become public JT Realmuto Jersey , and when asked what he would say to Players face, Jones responded by describing the proce s.We were step by step with the USGA in the entire proce s. They asked for a golf course with enormous flexibility and multiple options and the USGA participated all along. We turned the course over to them months ago so that they could prepare it for this championship. They did what they did, and we stand arm in arm with what they accomplished.And that course condition dry, firm and not exactly camera-friendly during FOX's broadcasts? Part of what the USGA wanted to showcase.This was constructed in the American West, where water is indeed at a premium. We used fine fescue gra ses, which require le s water. Theyre more drought tolerant. The cost of maintaining this course is one-third the cost of maintaining Augusta National.Beyond Player's complaints, Jones, in fact, sympathized with players' primary complaint: the putting surfaces.Some of the greens are not well-laid. The original superintendent used sod when he Jimmy Foxx Jersey rebuilt them and there were other gra ses that got into the fescue. Number 1 green, the middle of 4 and number 12 in particular are problematic. However, you dont hear any complaints about the new pure fine fescue greens at 7 and at 13, except that theyre fast. The USGA has learned a lot recently from Castle Stuart in Scotland, which has beautiful fine fescue greens on a similar site. In time, wed like to see these greens resemble those at Castle Stuart.But, in closing, Jones said there was a Odubel Herrera Jersey method to the contouring madne s around the greens. And hope for the players' Chambers Bay's future.This is a new golf course. The greens contouring follows suit from Augusta National, and Augusta Nationals follow suit from St. Andrews. The players all know those courses very well. You dont hear complaints about anxiety and uncertainty at those courses because they know those greens.