Description: Somewhere along the way, nine-hole courses fell out of favor, even though such legendary layouts as Prairie Dunes in Hutchinson, Kansas, began as nine-hole layouts before expanding to eighteen. Some holes, such as in Whitinsville in Central Massachusetts, remain as nine holes, while others, such as Ocean Links in Rhode Island - maybe the greatest nine holes ever - have vanished. Nearly every legendary architect of the Golden Age, including MacKenzie, Ross, MacDonald and Maxwell, have brilliant nine-holers to their credit. To the Nines takes you from the top of Cape Cod to high atop the Cumberland Plateau in eastern Tennessee, to the redwood forests of northern California.