Alfred Tull

[Kyle Harris]

Alfred Tull did the renovations of the Bethpage courses in the 50s that led to the creation of the fifth course (Yellow, though some of his holes are on the current Blue as well).

Was he a golf architect? He do anything else?

The Tull holes at Bethpage seem to be copies of what probably existed of the Tillie holes at the time. There is some discontinuity between the bunkering and the greens and my theory is that Tull looked at the other courses (where the greens had been reduced in size), noted the distance between bunker and green and built around that premise.

[Mike_Sweeney]

Right between Maidstone, Shinnecock and National is Tull's Poxobogue! Most famous round there was 9/12/2001 with my son after leaving NYC and trying to get away from the TV.

http://www.poxaboguegolf.com/

[ForkaB]

Slag Bandoon is the Tull expert on this site.

[Jason Mandel]

Kyle,

I beleive Tull did one of the DuPont courses as well.

Jason

[Jim Nugent]

Brother to Jethro.  Talented family.

[Kyle Harris]

Sometimes I wonder if a few of us on this site are "Living in the Past."

[Mike_Cirba]

Brother to Jethro.  Talented family.

Jim,

How's Ted doing?  

All,

http://www.rockleigh.org/Recreation/Golf/Tull.htm

As a design "partner" with Flaming Devvie Emmett for a number of years, why am I not surprised to read this description;

"Characteristics of Tull designs included ferocious free-flowing bunkers, defending generous (even flamboyant) greens."  

[Craig Disher]

Tull worked with Dev Emmett early in his career. He designed two courses around the DC area in the 50s- the current Woodmont North (I believe the South was added later) and Norbeck CC. Woodmont is a consistent regional qualifying course for the USOpen - perhaps more for its length and the facilities.

[Robert Emmons]

Tull joined Emmet, Emmet, and Tull late in Dev's bussiness, The son doesn't seemed to have done much... In 1929 when Dev renovated Huntington which he had designed in 1910 Tull did much of the bunker work...RHE

[Michael Dugger]

Tull designed my best buds home course, Radley Run, near Philly.  

My buddy said it was a good course.

TEPaul knows quite a bit about Tull

What's up, Slag, played Trails yet???  I am going in Nov. for four days

BT, PD, BD, BT