Kevin Murray/The Renaissance Club
If you truly are known by the company you keep, the Renaissance Club certainly got off on the right foot.
As Jerry Sarvadi, an American, and fellow investors began to tell friends years ago about the course they were building in Scotland, the first question almost always sought to know where.
The answer: Right next to Muirfield.
Yes, that Muirfield. The 128-year home of the Honorable Company of Edinburgh Golfers and host of the British Open on 16 occasions, most recently in 2013.
Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Tom Watson, Lee Trevino, Nick Faldo and Phil Mickelson have been among the champions there.