He should know — he built the last course to open in the metro area, TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, in 1999.
The company closed it in 2015, and the city watched nervously as developers circled — each one wanting to tear up the course for housing developments. Meanwhile, golf course developer Hollis Cavner was quietly drawing up plans to rehab the course. By 2006, a preliminary redesign was completed by him, Palmer and Sorenstam.