During that time, aside from the occasional pro athlete and U.S. president, few people got to play Porcupine Creek. Just seeing the course was difficult enough.

What Montgomery, the guest on this week’s GOLF Subpar podcast, meant was Shadow Creek is a resort course, so it is technically easy to get a tee time there. But there are a few stipulations.

When Otter Creek Golf Course opened in 1964, it was a lengthy course by those day’s standards. Nearly 60 years later, players are hitting the ball longer and longer and making the course a ...