A Compilation of Routing Maps, Plans and Architectural Drawings

[Sven Nilsen]

Asheville Municipal - Golfdom Jan. 1928

[BCrosby]

Thanks Sven.


I wonder if similar drainage plans are of public record in county courthouses? I've never looked into it, but "waters of the state" laws might require it in some cases, for the same reasons that drawings of easements are often recorded.


Any of you real estate lawyers have any thoughts on that? If such drainage plans are recorded, county level real estate records are an overlooked source of information on old golf courses.


Bob   

[Sven Nilsen]

Bendelow's original 9 at Minnehaha  (Argus-Leader June 21, 1912) -

[Sven Nilsen]

The last course that Seth Raynor designed was Mid Pacific CC (aka Kailua CC), which he planned during his Dec. 1925 trip to Hawaii.  Although only 9 holes were built, the plan called for 18.  Here's a map of the 18 hole course from the Jan. 23, 1927 edition of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

[Jim_Kennedy]

Municipal Golf Course - Donald Ross nine - plan says 1920 - club website says  inc'ed in 1935, opened in '39, and that Russell Breeden added 9.  Did the club take over the 'muni' (Depression?) in '35, add the nine, and then open as Lancaster Golf Club in '39?

[BCrosby]

Sven -


I wish there was more detail in the drawing. A shame.


Jim -


Doing some research on Ross recently, I was struck with how many visits he made to cities in connection with site inspections for municipal courses. Along the way there were newspaper articles about his visit and the city officials he met with (press coverage he was less likely to get with private clubs).Ross really got around.

Bob

[Jim_Kennedy]

Clearcrest Golf Club -1940 iteration replacing 1922 course-Evansville, IN.-
  http://www.vchshistory.org/2016/01/18/mailbag-clearcrest-golf-club/

[Bret Lawrence]

Topeka Golf Club-October 9, 1899-Topeka state journal

[Bret Lawrence]

Hotchkiss School Golf Course: Layout as found on the scorecard. I'm surprised Jim never posted this one. It's been sitting right under his nose for all these years!

[Jim_Kennedy]

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[MCirba]

Sweet.

[Jim_Kennedy]

Original layout of Brae Burn CC in Newton Ma, ca.1897 - from "Fifty Years Of Brae Burn" published in 1947 (hence, the title    ) 
 

[Jim_Kennedy]

Forgot to post a link to the Brae Burn book, oops. There are four more maps of their layout beginning here:
  https://archive.org/stream/fiftyyearsofbrae00brae#page/72/mode/2up

[BCrosby]

Jim -

Thanks for the link. Not many histories focus as much on the golf course, so, naturally, I think it is very good. I wish more club histories had the same focus.

Bob

[Jim_Kennedy]

Bob,


That would have been nice, and saved some folks a whole lot of angst.




Golf club of Avon, Avon CT. (formerly Avon CC)

[Jim_Kennedy]

Lawrence Van Etten's plan for Wykagyl CC from 1905.



Joe Bausch's post #168 from 1915.



Same corridors / a few holes are at different lengths / LVE must have worked hard to get a 3150 front9 and 3150 back9 for the 1905 yardage. 

[Jim_Kennedy]

Built in 1926, Larry Packard was the architect. The first muni in Joliet, Ill.

[Jim_Kennedy]

Mayflower CC, Staten Island NY - Devereux Emmet - BDE, June 15, 1930.

[Sven Nilsen]

Not sure if this has been posted yet.

Davis Islands GC (Tillinghast)

Tampa Tribune Feb. 11, 1927

[Rick Lane]

There was an earlier picture of the Brooklawn original 9 from 1895, but here is the direct image:



And here is those nine holes laid over a google earth image of the course now.  One of the tee boxes and one of the convex greens are still "findable" from 1895

[Rick Lane]

Here's a 1912 routing map of the 18 holes at Brooklawn from 1912.  This is essentially the routing that Tillinghast walked into in 1929, except the hole labeled 16 here was moved to the pond sometime between 1912 and 1919. 



And here is that 1912 routing laid over the 1934 aerial.  Sorry for the eye test. But you can see how Tillinghast moved things around.




 

[Sven Nilsen]

Alderwood CC (Portland, OR) - A. Vernon Macan

The Times Herald, Aug. 15, 1937 -

[Sven Nilsen]

Layout of the first 9 new Ross holes at Mark Twain in Elmira.

Star-Gazette, May 25, 1939

[Bret Lawrence]

Rick,


Thanks for posting the 1912 layout of Brooklawn.  I have never seen that before.  It appears that holes 3-10 are very similar to today's routing.  I remember several years ago Jim Kennedy posted a picture of what is today's ninth green (prior to Tillinghasts work) and it looked much like the same setting as today.  I like to see how the old courses have evolved over time.  It's very helpful when the old layout is superimposed on the old.  Thanks for sharing these.


Bret

[Bret Lawrence]

A few Orrin Smith layouts:


From the Hartford Courant-December 1, 1929. The first nine holes of East Hartford Country Club.  The course was known as Long Hill on at least two separate occasions. Today the course is 18 holes and known as East Hartford Golf Course, East Hartford, CT:



From Torrington Country Club: 1929 original accepted routing map for TCC, the nines are played in reverse today:


Here is a current view from the left side of 8 at the Torrington Country Club, looking at the eight green.



From the Hartford Courant-1930.  Wethersfield CC layout after Orrin Smith rearranges Robert Pryde's original front nine: