Just re-played Longmeadow CC, a 1922 design in Western Massachusetts by Donald Ross and Walter Hatch (more Hatch, really. It's just 20 miles from my house, but I only get there once a year, though now I'll try to go more often. They're still in the process of completing a brilliant Ron Prichard restoration that has seen over 1,000 trees removed, all the bunkers rebuilt - the sand flashing eliminated and fescue sod rolled down the face; greens expanded; naturalized areas brought back. Much work remains in terms of greens and drainage areas as well as reintegrating water courses. But what they've done is stunning.
It's all been very well managed, inc. the brilliant decision to do a dramatic restoration of the 1st and 10th holes first - the work stares at members in the clubhouse and suddenly revealed to them the phenomenal ground features they had lost.
Prichard spent a lot of time extending fairways to the high swide of sweeps, thereby revealing for play and view many deep swales and contours. The effect is greatest on the 318-yard, par-4 5th, possibly the most dramatic little hole Ross ever did (even more strategic on the tee shot and approach than Franklin Hills' 13th). Kudos to all involved.
A similar story could be told of Skokie CC, where Prichard's work totally transformed a course that over three decades had been renovated and overgrown to an inch of its life before its recent rescue.