Coming off the green jacket ceremony at Alister MacKenzie’s Augusta National, Pasatiempo, another one of the iconic architect’s Crown Jewels, hosts the Western Intercollegiate, an annual tournament of college golf’s elite who are playing for a team title, with the individual champion leaving with a blue jacket. (Scottie Scheffler of the University of Texas won it in 2015, giving him one blue and now two green jackets.) But it was Jim Urbina who was asked to restore Pasa’s frontnine greens, which are being played as the backnine this week. And as soon as the final putt drops on Wednesday, the semiprivate club will embark on restoring the backnine. The new frontnine will remain open through spring, summer and fall, with all 18 holes and greens reopening this winter. For the complete story of how and why Pasatiempo made the bold decision to restore their greens, with the before and afters of the work that has been done to the front nine, go to firepitcollective.com.

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