After having searched arround i have to say that it seems very unlikely that Fredrik Dreyer had anything to do with the original 1928 design. Sorry about beeing wrong. At that time he was 19 years old. I've seen him given credit several times but it's seems very unlikely.
One page i found gave Credit to C.A. Mackenzie, younger brother of Alister Mackenzie, who also designed Rungsted Golf klub near by, a club that sprung from Københavns golf klub. Not an experts but isn't it a few years early for C.A. Mackenzie to have done the design? (know he did construction then)
I saw that Fredrik Dreyer wrote a book about the club at a club anniversary, will se if i can get my hands on the book and see if theres any more details.
Anders,
Thanks for a great pictorial.
I keep going over the pictures of this course. A wonderful course on land that seems made for golfing. I wonder if Colt&Co were involved in the design. The older areals show symmetrical bunkering defense on almost every hole, especially around the greens, very un-Colt&co-like I believe. (Perhaps Frank Pont would like to comment on this, as he has reviewed the strategics of so many Colt-Alison-Morrison courses.)
Then again the older areals are from the fifties, so it may very well be that things have been altered in the first few decades after the course was built. Perhaps the older fourties pictures that you mentioned having seen can shed some light on that. The McKenzie Ebert renovations certainly look like an improvement over what was there, aestetically but more important also strategically. The course alone is a good reason to come over to Denmark, so it seems.
It is mind boggling that this course is no longer rated in the continental top 100 of Europe (of which we have discussed its shortcomings), maybe it is the hoof prints that scare off the raters, but it looks like top 20 material to me. Would you rate it number one in Denmark?
Christian,
1. The old areials are here,
http://lw1944.flyfotoarkivet.dk/ , Quality is very poor but must of the holes looks much indentical to 1954.
2. The hoof marks is not really a problem later in the season.
3. I certainly think it's a top course. Top100golfcourses.co.uk have it as 16th, i think that's pretty harsh. Everybody is different but this is probably the course i plan the most besides my home courses. Hope that answers your question.