Some quotes and observations from the Weeks book;
"Appleton and his partners reported to the executive committee that nine holes could be ready for play in three months, and the speed with which their recommendation was followed is evident in this terse entry in the Club records by Secretary S. Dacre Bush:"
At a meeting of the Executive Committee about March, 1894 it was decided to build a golf links on the Myopia grounds. Accordingly, the grounds were examined, and in opposition from a number of members because the ground was so rough, nine greens were sodded and cut, and play began about June 1st, 1894. Members and associates soon began to show much interest in the game, and the first tournaments was held June 18th, 1894. About twenty-five entries. Won by Herbert Leeds of Boston who was scratch. Score, first round 58, second round 54. Total 112. Laurence Curtis made 63-59 - 122. W.B. Thomas 63-62 - 125. The second tournament was held on July 4th, 1894. About twenty entires. Won by Herbert C. Leeds, scratch 52-61 - 113."
"We know that this improvised links was on the grounds of the Club, and those of our fellow member, Dr. S. A. Hopkins, to the north and east of the clubhouse. Once the nine greens were sodded and cut, all that was needed for the tees were a level space, a box of sand, and a pail of water to moisten the pinch of sand on which the ball was placed. Nature provided the hazards..."
"That this new course was difficult is evidenced by a note stating that, on June 24, "H. C. Leeds covered the 9 holes in 48 strokes, previous best on record 54." It goes on facetiously, "Prof. Baxter, fired by the talk, which in warm weather provides ventilation, through headgear for the overheated vacuums of the Myopians, purchased several clubs and having broken one or two without moving the ball eventually succeeded in finishing in 214 strokes.""
"Professor Baxter is a caricature probably written into the Run Book by a sarcastic member of the Hunt. The feeling that golf was an unworthy intrusion was widespread and would not subside for years; the horsey members kept to one part of the Club and the golfers in their plus fours to another..."
Later, the book goes into a long section where S. Dacre Bush describes the Long Nine in significant detail.
Bush's familiarity with the original course is evident in this statement;
"Perhaps no course," writes Dacre Bush, "illustrated so well the evaluation of the game in this country. The first hole of the original nine-hole course, which is the second of the present course, is a case in point. This hole was originally 300 yards and it was thought wonderful when anybody did it in five. The teeing ground for this hole is on rising ground and the remains of no less than four teeling grounds can be distinguished. Each time the golfers have been put back about twenty-five yards as the game of the players has become longer. The green is also many yards to the right, and farther along than at first and the hole is now four hundred and fifty-five yards."
That the Run Book was used for documenting golf can be seen in the following;
"That summer of 1896 home-and-home team matches were played against the Newport Golf Club on the links erected by Theodore A. Havermeyer. The flavor of the soggy, salty day comes through this note in the Myopia Run Book;"
"A team match between the Newport Golf Club and Myopia took place on September 19th. The Myopia was disappointed by the illness of one of their players, and the inability of another to get away. The original intention was to play teams of six, but teams of five were played, the match being in a thoroughly sporting and friendly spirit. There had been heavy rains, and the Links (Newport) was, so to speak, sodden. The match was also played in thick fog. At the end of the first round Myopia was 11 holes down. (Then Myopia rallied.) The appended telegram gives the results and names of the players. Myopia won seven holes up."
"NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND"
"LEEDS HALVES WITH COATES, LONGWORTH HALVED WITH HAVERMEYER, APPLETON TWO DOWN WITH RUTHERFORD, HENRY SIX UP WITH COCHRAN, SHAW THREE UP WITH STILLMAN."
The book then goes on in the next several pages to quote directly or paraphrase from several external sources, including the Boston Herald of 1895, the Boston Evening Transcript of 1898, The Golfer's Magazine of 1898, the Boston Journal, and New York Sun.
Given access to these sources, it seems odd that he would have missed the attribution to Campbell in local papers during the Opening Day tournament. Perhaps something in the club records clarified Campbell's role, because it is very clear that Weeks was indeed working with both internal documents as well as contemporaneous publications.
One related question...did the local newspapers in Boston report the names and dates that the original members at TCC and Essex designed their six hole courses in 1892 and 1893 respectively?