Ronald-
original Routing of the Blue Course:
(Original)
Blue 1: Play current Blue Course #1
Blue 2: Play current Yellow#1 in reverse, green was located where current wide practice tee is cut in front of Yellow#1 tees
Blue 3: Play Yellow #10
Blue 4: Par 3, Play Yellow #11
Blue 5: Play Yellow #12
Blue 6: Play Yellow #13 (it appears fairway was cut to the right of current & original fairway bunker complex, tempting players to play right for shorter approach to green)
Blue 7: Par 3, Play Yellow #14
Blue 8: Play Yellow #17
Blue 9: Play from current Yellow 18 tees, to approximately 100 yds out from current green, left side of fairway-to green site located about 100 yds in front of current Yellow 9 tee (dogleg-left; green was located in the middle of today's 9 fairway, there were/are abandoned bunkers in the natural area separating the holes)
Blue 10: par 3, played from tee located in front of grove of trees btw Yellow 8,9,18 to current Yellow 7 green
Blue 11: Play from ~20yds right of (original) Blue 10 green to current 8th green, slight dogleg left
Blue 12: Play forward tee of Yellow #4 back up corridor of Yellow #3 to green located where current Yellow #3 tee is now
Blue 13: Play from back left of Yellow 2 green to lower area in front of (current) Blue #2 tees
Blue 14: Play from bottom of hill in fron tof Blue 8 green up 8 fairway, dogleg right to green site right of current Blue 12 fairway (green site is still maintained)
Blue 15: Play current Blue 15
Blue 16: Play current Blue 16
Blue 17: Par 3, Play from front of current Blue 11th green to current Blue 17 green
Blue 18: Play from current Blue 18 tee towards current Blue 10 fairway, and back to current Blue 9 green (dogleg left)
This routing appears to traverse some of the hills in a more diagonal manner, and cross the small valley that runs across today's Blue #2, 8, 11 and 17 quite a bit. There were a few additional bunkers on the original routing, and in some cases, based on the 1953 aerial, less in some cases (ex. 15 and 16 had less bunkers than today). Sometimes, the current Yellow and Blue courses have some areas where you stand on a tee or look at a green and something just seems a little off. This is why. On the other hand, holes like 1, 3 and 5 of the current Yellow (new holes) are interesting holes, with good use of terrain and attractive bunkering.