I'm sorry...I find that other thread awfully distasteful.
Hope you guys don't mind me picking up the discussion back over here?
For the 2005 US Amateur program, author Gary Galyean in the lead story titled "Merion Golf Club - The Creation of a Legacy" wrote;
"In 1909, the golfers of the Merion Cricket Club formed the Merion Cricket Club Golf Association. Joining Mr. Griscom in that organization's endeavors were Charles Yarnall, Robert Lesley, Walter Stephenson, Alan Wilson, and Wilson's younger brother Hugh."
Does anyone know the source of that information? Was that info also in the Tolhurst book?
Tom Paul wrote earlier that based on the minutes, there was really no mention of the creation of a "Construction Committee", and speculated whether this was either an ad hoc committee, or perhaps a standing committee.
I'm finding myself wondering if the focus on the minutes to date have been on the period 1910-12 or so, and perhaps something happened earlier?
Also class...today's homework assignment...
Knowing what we all know now about the sequence of the land purchases, etc., what do you now think of this November 15, 1910 Land Plan, which is one of the only pieces of physical evidence we have.
How confident are we in what it represents?
While it was shown to be not to scale, does anyone recall what it measured to in terms of acreage? Can anyone tell us?
Remember, this is supposed to represent the exact land purchase in a bid to the membership, after the land for the course had been "secured"...it would later be bought outright December 19, 1910 by HG Lloyd and transferred to MCC in July 1911.
So, what do you think this shows us? Anyone....?