[Mark_Rowlinson]

The entrance to the green, that is to say the portion of the fairway free from hazards on which the approach shot should pitch, shouldbe an object of considerable care in construction.  Thirty years ago this point was almost invariably ignored, and even at the present time it has not always received the attention which it deserves.

Do you know who wrote these words?

[Tom_Doak]

Tillinghast?

Others also spoke of the entrance to the green, but Tillinghast was more vocal about it than the others I've noticed.

[Gary Daughters]

Sounds familiar.

AMac

[BCrosby]

Bobby Jones

[Kyle Harris]

Tillinghast, I just read or saw something JUST like that the other night in Gleanings from the Wayside.

[Mark_Rowlinson]

Kyle, That's the trouble - they all say the same thing.  This is neither Tillinghast nor Jones, but it is a they.

[Tom_Doak]

Wethered and Simpson.

If not them, then Colt and Alison.

[Phil_the_Author]

Kyle,

Is this what you were refering to?

“Surely I feel that I have never attempted a more important contribution to golf course construction than this: the immaculate preparation of approaches to greens. In recent years I have devoted almost the same attention to contouring these as to the putting greens themselves… I insist that they should be contoured intelligently, with the true shot to the green in mind, and prepared and maintained as semi-green."

[Ulrich Mayring]

If the approach shot should pitch onto the entrance of the green (and roll to the flag, I assume), then this sounds like very traditional Golf. Many pin positions are not reachable that way. Around 1900.

On the other hand "30 years ago" sounds more recent. MacKenzie and Colt surely wouldn't be accused of neglecting green entrances, so 1920s.

Ulrich

[Mark_Rowlinson]

This was Colt and Alison, 'Golf Course Architecture.'

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