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Schuylkill CC (1921 Ross w/ some W Park, Jr): a photo tour (all holes up!)
« on: June 10, 2010, 12:24:11 PM »
This is a course in coal country of NE Pennsylvania that has been the subject of previous threads, like this one from 2005 by Kyle Harris:

http://golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,17047.0/

Work has been ongoing at SCC by Ron Prichard.  Last Sunday GCA'er Mark McKeever invited me out to his course.  We followed the groups playing in the 2nd day of their invitational tourney, which lead to having some fantastic pin positions that showed off a real strength of the course, that being the greens.  And the bunkering work by Ron is wonderful.  I'm anxious to see how it looks when the work is completed.  And it is very good, IMO, right now.

They've removed many trees, and I'm guessing some of you will notice, they could probably fell a few more.  :)

Below is the routing (on top of a 2004 Google aerial).



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Re: Schuylkill CC (1921 Ross w/ some W Park, Jr): a photo tour (front 9 in progress)
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2010, 12:29:00 PM »
#1.  Schuylkill opens with a gentle par 4 (400 yards).  The fw really kicks shots to the right much more than it seems it would.  On this day the pin was located right near a little pimple on the green that was quite fun to play.

Note:  these pics are a combo of those taken while playing the round (with a big storm approaching that caused a rain delay at the 7th hole) and others after the round.  Once the storm passed by it was still windy but beautiful.

The 2nd pic shows a look back to the tee and you can see the 18th green, which is connected to the putting green.  Pretty neat feature.















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Re: Schuylkill CC (1921 Ross w/ some W Park, Jr): a photo tour (front 9 in progress)
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2010, 12:34:13 PM »
#2.  This 370 yard par 4 has one of my favorite greens on the course.  A semi-blind tee shot leaves a short iron in to a green that runs from front to back, with a little area all the way back propped up a bit.  Getting a little left or right long leads to running off the green.













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Re: Schuylkill CC (1921 Ross w/ some W Park, Jr): a photo tour (front 9 in progress)
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2010, 12:37:01 PM »
#3.  A dogleg right par 5 with a blind tee shot awaits on this 498 yard hole with some beautiful bunkering.  



















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« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2010, 12:39:55 PM »
#4.  Well, this 190 yard par 3 has a very contoured green (probably not for everyone, but I loved it).  And the pin this day way left on a tiny little shelf was devilish!













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« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2010, 12:42:14 PM »
#5.  A dogleg left par 4 (410 yards).

















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Re: Schuylkill CC (1921 Ross w/ some W Park, Jr): a photo tour (front 9 in progress)
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2010, 12:44:27 PM »
#6.  A 225 yard par 3.















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« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2010, 12:46:19 PM »
#7.  A 441 par 4.















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« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2010, 12:48:47 PM »
#8.  A 571 yard par 5 with a neat, rolling fw downhill to the green.  This green connects neatly with the 12th as you'll see in the later photos.

















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« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2010, 12:51:46 PM »
#9.  This par 4 (367 yards) runs uphill and back towards the clubhouse.













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« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2010, 12:53:12 PM »
I hope you enjoyed the front nine.  Perhaps Mark, Kyle, and others will add some commentary (and even earlier photos for comparison).  I'll post the back nine tomorrow.
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Re: Schuylkill CC (1921 Ross w/ some W Park, Jr): a photo tour (front 9 in progress)
« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2010, 12:54:56 PM »
Wow.  Thanks for posting Joe. I can see why you like 2 so much. Great shots. Now I know why everyone I have spoken with raves about Schuylkill.
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Re: Schuylkill CC (1921 Ross w/ some W Park, Jr): a photo tour (front 9 in progress)
« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2010, 12:55:36 PM »
Joe,

An amazing hidden gem with a terrific superintendent.
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Re: Schuylkill CC (1921 Ross w/ some W Park, Jr): a photo tour (front 9 in progress)
« Reply #13 on: June 10, 2010, 01:38:20 PM »
Jim Rattigan is a great guy and its easy to see the hard work he puts into the golf course.  I am very excited to see the course evolve as the rest of the restoration takes place.

Mark
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Re: Schuylkill CC (1921 Ross w/ some W Park, Jr): a photo tour (front 9 is up!)
« Reply #14 on: June 10, 2010, 03:20:11 PM »
Looks like I may be unavoidably detained tomorrow, so I'll post the back nine photos this afternoon.   ;) :D

#10.  A 406 yard par 4 that runs slightly downhill.



















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Re: Schuylkill CC (1921 Ross w/ some W Park, Jr): a photo tour (back 9 in progress)
« Reply #15 on: June 10, 2010, 03:23:32 PM »
#11.  A drop-shop par 3 (183 yards).















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Re: Schuylkill CC (1921 Ross w/ some W Park, Jr): a photo tour (back 9 in progress)
« Reply #16 on: June 10, 2010, 03:26:50 PM »
#12.  A short par 4 (354 yards) with a couple of ponds right not really in play as a good drive hit right should clear them.  Note, you'll see in the last two photos how this green is connected to the par 5 8th green.















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« Reply #17 on: June 10, 2010, 03:29:50 PM »
#13.  An uphill slightly dogleg right par 4 (417 yards).

















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Re: Schuylkill CC (1921 Ross w/ some W Park, Jr): a photo tour (back 9 in progress)
« Reply #18 on: June 10, 2010, 03:33:44 PM »
#14.  A reachable in two par 5 (490 yards) for many.

















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Re: Schuylkill CC (1921 Ross w/ some W Park, Jr): a photo tour (back 9 in progress)
« Reply #19 on: June 10, 2010, 03:37:04 PM »
#15.  This long par 4 (456 yards) moves a little left.



















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Re: Schuylkill CC (1921 Ross w/ some W Park, Jr): a photo tour (back 9 in progress)
« Reply #20 on: June 10, 2010, 03:39:23 PM »
#16.  A scenic slightly uphill par 3 (138 yards).













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« Reply #21 on: June 10, 2010, 03:42:41 PM »
#17.  A 535 yard par 5.  I like the bunker short and left; clear that bunker and you can tumble a ball onto the green in two.
















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Re: Schuylkill CC (1921 Ross w/ some W Park, Jr): a photo tour (back 9 in progress)
« Reply #22 on: June 10, 2010, 03:45:25 PM »
#18.  A 406 yard par 4 where I believe the back tee is new.  The second pic shows this tee and the old angle that is to the left in the photo.



















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Re: Schuylkill CC (1921 Ross w/ some W Park, Jr): a photo tour (all holes up!)
« Reply #23 on: June 10, 2010, 03:50:11 PM »
Pictures tend to flatten things out, but Schuylkill has some of the wildest internal contouring on sloped greens I've ever seen.
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« Reply #24 on: June 10, 2010, 03:59:10 PM »
The back nine looks fantastic as well Joe.  Great job illustrating the beauty of the course. 

It surely is a hidden gem about a half hour from Allentown.

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