Jim,
The articles were presented in the way I found them as the topic evolved.
For the record, here again are the articles, this time dated sequentially.
American Golfer, Dec. 1914;
As an illustration of the magnitude
of the work, let me tell you that in one
place, nearly twenty acres of bog will
be made into a lake and it requires but
small imaginative power to picture its
attractiveness in the days to come.
To give an idea of the demands of
Pine Valley, let me quote from the recent
report of the club secretary, Dr.
Simon Carr:
The total length of Pine Valley course is
about 6,700 yards. It is not a sluggers
course in any sense, except in the opinion
of those who fix their standards by parlor
golf played only with a mashie and putter.
The following is an analysis of the shots
up to the green, based on the supposition
of good driving from each tee:
3 brassey approach shots, at holes 4, 16,
18.
4 cleek approach shots, at holes 1, 6, 9,
13.
4 midiron approach shots, at holes 2, 11,
12, 17.
4 mashie approach shots, at holes 7, 8,
14, 15.
The one-shot holes are: No. 10 for a
short iron, No. 3 for a long iron, No. 5,
full shot with a wooden club.
This arrangement give a full, well-balanced
variety of approach shots as anyone
could wish, and they are skilfully distributed
over the round.January 10th, 1915, Philadelphia Record
March 1915, American Golfer
At Pine Valley the new
holes will be completed as
rapidly as possible. The
original plans have been
changed slightly for Mr.
Crump uncovered a magnificent
hole when he cut
the timber from the ridge
which is encountered when
the 12th green is quitted.
The drive is across a deep
depression and unless the
shot is a long one the green
will not be in sight. Along
the left of the fairway extends
a pronounced throw
which will take a hooked
ball and send it far from the "straight
and narrow." This new 13th certainly
is one of the best of any on the new
course.That the 13th was created much before Oct/Nov 1914 seems to me a bit of a red herring. It also seems like another vain attempt to "suggest" that Colt may have been involved at that point, and date the creation of the hole(s) to his visit. I would add that although there was apparently a report of Colt possibly visiting PV during that year, there is no absolutely record that he did and Tillinghast tells us clearly how the hole was discovered.
Tillinghast reported on PV's progress in the December 1914 issue of American Golfer (Tom MacWood states the articles usually were published a month after being written), yet doesn't mention the new 13th/14th.
In fact, he doesn't mention them in American Golfer until March 1915.
For a discovery that he was personally involved with, and on the site with Crump at the time, and with Tillinghast stating they may have found one of the greatest par fours anywhere it seems a bit much to ask us to believe that this happened 6 months prior.
Tom MacWood,
Where did I call Fowler a penal architect?
I said he argued for stiffer courses, where every hole was a good test, and he obviously created penal hazards around which to frame his strategies.
Don't start relying on cheap political labels to make your point...you can't tell us that Fowler didn't argue for longer and tighter courses to challenge the top golfers with more interesting, strategic match-play holes featuring penal hazards which to challenge or play around, which is why his philosophy was greatly admired by the men creating Pine Valley.