Mike Young has long claimed that much of the traditional architecture credited to the old dead guys was actually the work of local farmers. Johnson City Country Club provides an excellent case study. A nine hole course was constructed there in 1913 with A. W. Tillinghast re-doing it around 1919 (he was also in the area designing 9 NLE holes at nearby Kingsport). Only four years later a second nine was designed and constructed by the superintendent and two local laborers. The course plays 6400 yards from the tips (all distances below). Any distinctions between the nines were likely blurred by John LaFoy's renovation to the greens and bunkers in the late 1980's. That said, just for fun I thought you might want to guess which of the following holes is Tillie and which is the "farmers."
The tumbling fairway on a 363 yards par four. The tee is to the extreme right of the photograph beyond the rain shed back over a hill with the green to the left of the photograph:
298 par four dogleg left that is otherwise very similar to the 3rd at the Cascades. As you see looking back toward the tee from the green there is no good place to drive the ball:
As a result, this is the likelly approach from 30 yards out with the flag barely visible:
A 190 yards one-shotter from short right of the green:
The tee shot on this 405 yards par four is directly over the green previously pictured:
A low-profile 195 yards one-shotter:
These right side mounds on the same hole might be the work of LaFoy:
From behind the green of a dogleg right 428 yards hole:
From behind a severly uphill dogleg right 328 yards par four:
The green on this 299 severely downhill par four is well protected:
The tee shot on this hole is quite intimidating given the clubhouse on the right and patio on the left from which the photograph was taken:
Have at it.
Mike