Vintage PV Pics...

[Trevor]

I was digging through some of my grandfather's photo albums last night and found a few gems from one of his rounds at Pine Valley.   I have never played PV but from what I've seen it looks as though the only that's changed is the trees are taller?  Would love to hear any interesting comparisons/changes from the cognoscenti...can you guess the year these were taken?  I'll post more but here's a start...sorry about the low quality.

[Mark McKeever]

Awesome pictures!!!  Thats great how the deer is so friendly!

Mark

[Marty Bonnar]

Crikey,
was your grandfather Tricky Dicky???




 
FBD.

[Harris Nepon]

Very cool.

[Mike Hamilton]

Based on the Nixon photo I'll guess 1959.

[Gene Greco]

 Trevor:

      I love seeing treasures such as these. Much thanks for posting. (My guess is similar - 1958)

[Steve Kline]

What part of the course is the photo with Nixon? On my one trip to PV about 7 years ago there was nothing as open as that background. It looks like a totally different golf course in that photo compared to the others.

[Mark McKeever]

I was thinking the same thing.  I recognize all the other backdrops except that one.  It cant be the hill on 4 can it?

[Trevor]

I was thinking the same thing as well.  I didn't take the pictures nor have I played there, so I can't be sure but it looks too wide open to be PV.   The pics are from 1963.

[Tom Dunne]

My guess would be the Nixon pic was not taken at Pine Valley. Still, a terrific set of shots, Trevor.

[Wade Whitehead]

The shot with the caddies (?) lounging on the bank is awesome.  Something tells me such informality would be frowned on nowadays in many places.

WW

[Trevor]

Here are the rest...

[Mark McKeever]

Notice the lack of the right hand fairway on the pic of 17....

Mark

[Peter Pallotta]

And played with persimmon and butter-knives, no less!

Thanks much, Trevor. You can feel a less precious aura and era coming through.

I wonder if it was ranked No. 1 in 1963.

Peter

[Doug Wright]

Great photos! Although it may not be so in actuality, just based on these photos, it sure seems like PV has changed very little since 1963.

[Jed Peters]

Wow. After I was willing to give my left nut to play valley club, I think my right nut'd have to go in this situation.

[Mike Cirba]

Trevor,

Besides just being wonderfully charming vintage photographs, I think those pictures have great value in capturing many of the holes just as trees were starting to encroach a bit on the original fairway widths.

I'm hoping some folks from the club get a look at them, and contrast them to the growth today, which is a bit more pervasive and intrusive.

In any case, thank you very much for sharing these terrific mementos from your grandfather.

They are really a priceless treasure.

[Jeff Dawson]

Thank you for posting these photos.  I love Pine Valley and those photos reflect a wonderful era.  I also concur on the Nixon photo, its hard to place it at PV.  Too much grass off the fairways, but who knows  Thanks again.