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Bill Weber:
I don't know how original the front at Tumblebrook in Bloomfield, Ct. is but it is clearly a delight and IMO better than the newer back.

Chris_Clouser:
Was it my imagination or did Olympia Fields at one time have a course profile on this site?  

Where did it go?

tlavin:
Chris,

I wrote a profile of Olympia Fields in the "My Home Course" section of this website.  OFCC North is a Park design, with very few major modifications over the years, except for relentless lengthening and deepening of fairway bunkers.  There are at least a dozen holes that look exactly the way they looked in the '20s.

Nick_Ficorelli:
Jeff:
You should probably see Battle Creek C.C.
It had a Bill Newcomb hatchet job but the routing is intact, I believe ,and working on a small piece of property his effect appears to be minimized.

Craig Disher:
Jeff,
Rolliing Road GC outside Baltimore is a real gem. It is almost unchanged except for the loss of large cross bunkers on the back-to-back par 5s. It's on a tight piece of property (one hole requires a tee shot over the preceding green) and is only a little over 6000 yards but his use of the elevation changes makes it play much longer.

The course is in Catonsville, a suburb SW of Baltimore and on a reasonably clear day from the clubhouse there's a great view of the Baltimore harbor 10 miles away.

I don't think Park designed any courses farther south than this.

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