In a nod to college basketball’s “March Madness,” PGA Tour pro Zac Blair and “The Fried Egg” website had social-media followers cast votes for “Logo Madness” bracket pairings. Merion GC’s iconic flagstick logo ousted Winged Foot GC’s in the final; other clubs that made the “Final Four” included Pasatiempo GC and Sleepy Hollow GC.
As Golf Digest reported, there has been a common debate at 19th holes across the country for decades over which golf club has the best logo. Is it Augusta National Golf Club and its instantly identifiable flagstick-and-hole-in-the-U.S. map? The Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club’s squirrel? The National Golf Links of America’s quirky faceoff of two early-age golfers?
As Golf Digest noted, it’s a somewhat subjective question, but a fun one to discuss. And in a nod to college basketball’s “March Madness” as another NCAA tournament approached, PGA Tour pro Zac Blair, with the help of Andy Johnson at The Fried Egg, a website that covers golf-course design and debates other topics in golf, decided to poll their social-media followers to determine the best logo in golf.
Voters selected their favorites through a bracket of head-to-head pairings of club logos, and eventually Merion GC’s logo, which features the Ardmore, Pa. club’s iconic wicker-basket flagsticks, emerged as the winner, taking down another Northeast powerhouse, Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y., and its emblem, which combines the winged foot of Mercury with golf clubs, in the finals.
Other clubs that made the “Final Four,” Golf Digest reported, included Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, Calif., a public-access facility that features a large-hatted person taking a siesta in its logo, and Sleepy Hollow Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., which uses a version of the headless horseman from Washington Irving’s famous tale.
Other clubs that were given high seeds for inventive and memorable logos, but failed to advance to the finals, included The Maidstone Club of East Hampton, N.Y, which features a purple whale in its logo; The Olympic Club of San Francisco’s winged “O”; the milkjug emblem of McArthur Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Fla., and the famous “Far & Sure” seal of Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, Ill.
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