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Greg Tallman

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Boonsboro Country Club, Lynchburg VA
« on: July 26, 2012, 11:47:42 AM »
Played this course 25 years ago in the Virginias vs. Carolinas Team Matches. Well before I took an appreciation for course design but as I now recall the course was pretty interesting in terms of terrain and variety.

Has anyone played there of late? Thoughts? Any info on Frederick M. Findlay who is listed as the designer?  
« Last Edit: July 26, 2012, 11:58:14 AM by Greg Tallman »

Brian Ross

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Re: Boonsboro Country Club, Lynchburg VA
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2012, 11:56:19 AM »
From their website...

"In 1922 Willie Park, the then internationally known British golfer and golf course designer, was brought to Lynchburg to appraise and view the existing golf facilities of an in-town Lynchburg club. His inspection made, Park chose to spend his day looking at all tracts of land surrounding the city of Lynchburg. Upon seeing the farmland on which Sholto was situated, Park concluded that the property was well-suited for a golf course and gave his enthusiastic recommendation for new, larger acreage and the site of Boonsboro Country Club was chosen. Having great respect for Park’s judgment, the local businessmen secured the old manor house along with a 300-acre tract of land in January of 1923, on which to build a proper golf course.

The next year, Willie Park was paid a fee of $1,000.00 for the first layout of the 18 hole course. For $500.00 another expert tried his hand at improvements and over the next three years much thought was given to the layout of the golf course. In 1927 Fred M. Findlay was invited to complete the design and layout, having established himself by designing the James River Course of the Country Club of Virginia, Farmington Country Club, and Blue Hills Golf Club in Roanoke. Findlay supervised the construction over the next two years and though several disastrous rains were encountered, handicapping construction, the course opened on July 1, 1929."

Fred is also mentioned in places in the Feature Interview with Richard B. Findlay from June this year.  Fred was Alex Findlay's brother, I believe and thus Richard Findlay's great-uncle. 
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Jeff_Brauer

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Re: Boonsboro Country Club, Lynchburg VA
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2012, 12:08:35 PM »
I played there in late 1979 when building the nine hole Poplar Forest Golf Course near there for Killian and Nugent.  I recall it was a nice golf course, but nothing really special, and at that time, the club credited it solely to Findlay.  Not sure, but I thought Buddy Loving had done some renovations not too many years before I was there in town.
Jeff Brauer, ASGCA Director of Outreach

Ed Oden

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Re: Boonsboro Country Club, Lynchburg VA
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2012, 05:20:50 PM »
Lester George has done work at Boonsboro.  Hopefully he will spot this thread and chime in.

Ed Oden

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Re: Boonsboro Country Club, Lynchburg VA
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2013, 09:10:00 PM »
Hart Huffines recently played Boonsboro and took a few photos that he asked me to post for him.  It has been a long time since I was last there, but I'm pretty sure this one is the approach to the par 4 15th...



The difficult par 3 17th from the tee...



And the par 4 18th...



Hopefully Hart will chime in to correct any of my mistakes and to provide some color.