BERT STAMPS, designer of the North Course
On his design and the reworking by Arnold Palmer's design company in the mid-'80s

"I don't like an artificial golf course. I like to have it natural. And that's what happened over at Rancho Murieta. I took what I needed (from nature), and that's the way it turned out."

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"Not knocking Palmer, but I will -- he's really screwed up some of my greens. ... You take Number 15, Number 6, Number 4, Number 3. ... I think when you hit a green you should be rewarded for a good shot. ... Like on 15, you drop the ball on the green, and it'll roll off the front. That's not really cricket."

-- June 1998 interview
with Marion Cravens and Dixie Eudey