Not related to anything gents, but just a couple of tidbits on Mackenzie-Colt. The first, from 1926, when Joshua Crane was getting back at Mackenzie for his criticisms of Crane's low-ranking of TOC:
"He might find it rather hard to explain why, when he collaborated with Mr. Colt on the New Course at Sunningdale, he did not transplant some of St. Andrews wonderful (?) holes and thus show his appreciation of its excellences."
The second is from a 1917 article on the USGA's amateur-professional debate:
"There is no secret, of course, about the identity of these gentlemen. One is Mr. H. S. Colt, who has laid out courses not only here but in many parts of the world, including the United States and Canada, and before the war was conducting a most extensive business in this direction, to the satisfaction, I think I may say, of all concerned. Another is Mr. Herbert Fowler, and a third is Dr. Mackenzie, of Leeds, who has laid out many fine courses in the north including Alwoodley, one of the very best. Although Mr. Colt and Mr. Fowler are good players, and the former has been in the semi-final of the amateur championship (but none of the three has ever won a championship) it would be entirely wrong to suggest that they owe their position and popularity as architects to their skill and playing reputation at the game. I am sure that that is not so. They have achieved their position through the merits of their work, and it is not believed here that any player could ever gain succeed and money as a course architect on his playing reputation, as to some extent professionals may have done."
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