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David Ober:
I think it's actually in Toluca Lake.

Anyways ... just wondering who's played it and what to expect. I received an invite to the "Kelly Cup" and will be playing there in late April.

Have heard it's a really cool old-style course. Designed by Max Behr, if I'm not mistaken. Any thoughts or suggestions on what to look out for?

TEPaul:
"Any thoughts or suggestions on what to look out for?"

Yeah, you should look out for what used to be, although those who know the golf course seem to say that's pretty damn hard to find at this point.

Behr, at least philosophically, may've been one of the real "break through" guys in architectural history and some back then said Lakeside was one of the best courses ever done. "Some" being people like Alister Mackenzie. But, again, those who know the course say it's pretty hard to find now what that was and what it meant.

Trivia: Lakeside is where Bob Jones filmed that awesome instructional video.

BCrosby:
David -

TEP is correct. Lakeside was considered among the best courses anywhere by none other than MacK. As late as the mid 1930's it was still ranked in the top 50 in the world.

I understand from Tommy N. and some other California guys that floods in the '30's wiped out much of the back nine and that there is now a tree problem and other parts of the course were changed. Still, I would like to see it someday.

Any pictures or additional information on the course would be much appreciated.

Max Behr was in many respects the mad genius of gca. So whatever might be left of his courses is always of interest.

Bob  

David_Tepper:
There are others on this board who know the course better than I, but I did play 3 rounds there 2 summers ago and liked the course very much. It certainly has an "old-school" feel - compact routing, smallish greens, tree-lined fairways, etc. It reminds me of some of the courses in the SF Bay Area (such as California GC, Claremont & the Presidio) that play much harder than they look on the scorecard.

I would definitely try to get at least one practice round in before the Kelly Cup. A little local knowledge will go a long way.  

Steve_ Shaffer:
Watch The Golf Channel reruns of Sam Snead's Celebrity Golf as many of the "matches" were played at Lakeside in the 1960s.

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