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George_Bahto

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What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« on: December 04, 2009, 11:12:04 AM »
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Anthony Gray

Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2009, 11:14:15 AM »


  THat looks awesome and since I have not seen modern pics of it...................I'll guess LIDO.

  Anthony

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George_Bahto

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Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2009, 11:19:58 AM »
no - not Lido ..... (I like the bunker but I have no idea where it was) - certainly not Macdonald Raynor
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Anthony Gray

Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2009, 11:26:00 AM »


  Looks like it is on the finishing hole. If it was stil in exsistance I would think it would be famous. I would love to see it copied.

  Anthony

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George_Bahto

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Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2009, 11:38:36 AM »
I would love to see it copied        - me too

at a first, quick glance, I thought it was Winged Foot
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Anthony Gray

Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2009, 11:41:40 AM »


  Somebody has to recognize that clubhouse.

  ARG

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JESII

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Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2009, 11:54:33 AM »
Looks like Baltusrol's - I believe the Upper Course finishes right in front

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Baltusrol.jpg
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Roger Wolfe

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Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2009, 12:03:52 PM »
Sedgefield CC in Greensboro?
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Eric Smith

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Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2009, 12:15:46 PM »


Quote from: Jim Sullivan on December 04, 2009, 11:54:33 AM
Looks like Baltusrol's - I believe the Upper Course finishes right in front

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Baltusrol.jpg


That's it! The rebels are there and I'm sure Skywalker is with them.
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JESII

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Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2009, 12:23:16 PM »
???

rebels and skywalker?
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Eric Smith

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Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #10 on: December 04, 2009, 12:31:56 PM »
Hi Jim.

When I saw your picture from the link I thought "That's It!" and being a die hard Star Wars geek since 1977 my brain went on to the rest of the sentence from Empire.

Also I'm home with the flu  :'( so my rational for posting exactly what I was thinking may be a bit skewed right now!
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George_Bahto

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Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2009, 12:34:56 PM »
Winged Foot !  it even fooled Neil Regan, his own course
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JESII

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Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2009, 12:36:04 PM »
Eric,

I figured it was a reference to Star Wars...just didn't have it.

anyway, you're in the perfect place for irrational thought...
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Jim_Kennedy

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Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #13 on: December 04, 2009, 12:39:35 PM »
I'm guessing that bunker doen't look the same today.
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Eric Smith

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Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #14 on: December 04, 2009, 12:41:36 PM »
Quote from: George_Bahto on December 04, 2009, 12:34:56 PM
Winged Foot !  it even fooled Neil Regan, his own course

Are you saying it IS WF?

hmm



I would've bet the farm that Jim's guess is the correct one. Every single detail is the same, windows, the roof line, look at the timbers patterned in the tudor up top in the Baltusrol clubhouse.
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Kalen Braley

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Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #15 on: December 04, 2009, 01:10:56 PM »
Unless WingFoote tore down thier original clubhouse, that looks exactly like the one at Balltusrol, so I'm not seeing how this can be WingFoote. That clubhouse isn't even close to the one in the pic.
« Last Edit: December 04, 2009, 02:08:04 PM by Kalen Braley »
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Anthony Gray

Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #16 on: December 04, 2009, 01:19:36 PM »


  Doesn't it look better with those sleepers?

  ARG

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JESII

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Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #17 on: December 04, 2009, 01:23:50 PM »
No - I would hate to get hit square in the knee cap after skulling another bunker shot...
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Anthony Gray

Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #18 on: December 04, 2009, 01:28:54 PM »
Quote from: Jim Sullivan on December 04, 2009, 01:23:50 PM
No - I would hate to get hit square in the knee cap after skulling another bunker shot...

  Jim......there is a price for beauty. ;)

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JESII

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Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #19 on: December 04, 2009, 01:34:33 PM »
I've only got two knee caps - and no time to practice...
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MHiserman

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Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #20 on: December 04, 2009, 01:40:59 PM »
By examination of the Clubhouse.

It is unmistakably Baltusrol.
« Last Edit: December 04, 2009, 02:00:17 PM by MHiserman »
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Joe Bausch

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Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #21 on: December 04, 2009, 01:48:56 PM »
Quote from: George_Bahto on December 04, 2009, 11:12:04 AM


Another photo of the Baltusrol clubhouse:

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Eric Smith

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Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #22 on: December 04, 2009, 02:03:21 PM »
a friend just told me that this pic is of the Suicide Bunker that existed on the original Baltusrol before Tillie was hired for the renovation.

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Eric Smith

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Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #23 on: December 04, 2009, 02:19:23 PM »
George

You will find more on the 'suicide bunker' in the book "Baltusrol 100 Years: The Centennial History of Baltusrol Golf Club"



Thank you John K.
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George_Bahto

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Re: What a Great Bunker but Where is/was it?
« Reply #24 on: December 04, 2009, 04:51:07 PM »
oooooooooopps - sorry guys, I blew it
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