"Which I meant to imply that I thought you were probably right. I repeat it not for your benefit, but for Tom Paul's, as his reading skills seem to have diminished over the years.
Rich:
If you said that a few days ago I stand corrected about what you've said to date.
My only point with the info I provided about tees and the Rules of Golf and the date of "The Best hole Discussion" and such was that the redan at NGLA was not the first one shot or par 3 Redan hole in existence as you implied it may've been in your initial post----but that NB's #15 was as has generally been assumed for years.
I believe you've said on this thread that you knew all of the above but nevertheless on the first post of this thread you said:
"However, what I read implies that it was much closer to 1932 than 1895 when this happened, which would seem to imply that the hole that CBM "copied" was not a par-3 but a short 2-shot hole (with roughly the same green complex as today--although it was not as long)."
I think at this point the contributors to this thread have virtually proven that that was not the case. Perhaps you don't think the info provided passes some Descartes type questioning and "proof test" but I do.
Hope that helps answer your questions.