Rich,
In case you missed them above, I've reposted my questions to you, with the one change you mentioned.
At the time MCC referred to "experts at work preparing plans . . . " (late 1910 or early 1911, not 1901) those considered "experts" in planning golf courses actually had obtained
a level of expertise in planning golf courses. Almost without exception such individuals were
professionals and/or
had done it before. I reached this conclusion by looking at dozens of uses of the term "expert" in the this context from 1909 through 1912, all of which support my conclusion. I found no examples anyone having been described as an "expert" at planning or creating golf courses merely because they were good amateur golfers.
Based on my research into the usage of the term, I think it is extremely unlikely that the MCC announcement was referring to Wilson and his Committee as "experts at work preparing plans . . .." That MCC had been dealing with real experts makes it even more unlikely.
- Do you have any factual basis for disagreeing with my conclusion?
- What does the 1901 Open have to do with whether, in late December 1910, Wilson
et al. had any expertise at planning golf courses?
-- What do the 1901 or 1910 handicap listings have to do with whether, in late December 1910, Wilson
et al. had any expertise at planning golf courses? These lists do not even include professionals, yet
the vast majority of those considered experts at planning courses were professionals. -- What is the factual basis, if any, for your belief that Wilson
et al. qualified as "experts" when it came to "preparing plans" for golf courses?
Thanks.
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Mike Cirba, the same questions still apply to you. Are you ever going to directly answer them directly?
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Does anyone have any factual basis for rejecting what I set out above?Rich . . . . . ?
Mike . . . . . ?
Beuhler . . . . .