I was thinking about the Sept 27th get together today and felt that this might be an ideal opportunity to view the general program as a "Case Study"
In Mountain Ridge we have an almost untouched 1929 Donald Ross course that's been pretty much flying under the radar for 80 years, or certainly for the last four or five decades, or longer.
We have a Donald Ross expert/author in Brad Klein, another Donald Ross expert/architect in Ron Prichard and a very talented Superintendent charged with maintaining this Donald Ross gem.
In advance of the get together, I'd like to try to solicit questions from everyone, attendees and non-attendees, that I could present to our panel for comment.
In addition, I thought it would be interesting to have a post-play session after golf.
That way, each golfer, upon observing and playing the course might have new questions for our panel, questions that could be presented during the after golf function
Perhaps a visit to
www.Historicaerials.com might help you to see some of the changes in Mountain Ridge over the last 80 years.
Unfortunately, the early aerials lack a good deal of definition and the most recent aerial doesn't reflect all the work that's been done over the last few years, but, again, it's a good starting point.
The address is 713 Passaic Ave, West Caldwell, NJ 07006.
Earlier, Donald Ross's 1929 schematic was posted.
That can be compared to the aerials taken at various intervals and the course as you find it on Sept 27th.
Please forward your questions and I'll present them to the panel on Sept 27th
Thanks