I had the opportunity to examine a few holes at Morris County today, and after talking with a few GCA'ers, I ascertained that Raynor redesigned several holes about 1923, according to "Architects of Golf".
In the past, I wondered about this course, specifically relating to the design of the holes; did the club retain Raynor to redesign only specific holes and not touch others, or was his style evolving, after CBM retired from designing courses?
The holes I viewed today were the Punchbowl 18th, reverse redan 13th, and first. Not very representative of the entire course, but it's the best I could do given the day.
The first hole didn't appear to be Raynor, but I found there were several architects at work here, according to the book--Bendelow first, then Whigham, Raynor, then Hal Purdy
and Rees Jones
more recently.
Perhaps George Bahto could offer something here--again, my question is that:
Did the club retain Raynor to redesign only specific holes and not touch others, or was his style evolving, after CBM retired from designing courses, and he began designing holes which were not "template" holes?