Thanks Rich. Any ideas on who created the current course?
No, Dave, but from what I hear from the locals, who cares?
And Tom MacW, vis a vis Doronch and Chicago, the main influence was Bob Macdonald, who travelled across the pond in 1910. He was at Winnetka and Bob O' Link, but was best known as a player (3rd in 1915 Baltusrol US Open) and teacher (Sarazen, H Smith, Babe Zaharias). He also brought over his two yonger brothers Bill (1912) and Jack (1919). With the bros he bult an early driving range and reportedly helped cure CBM's outside/in weak fade. The RDGC website claims that another emigre ( Bob Grant) was "said to be instrumental in the early growth of golf in Chicago," but after a few minutes on Google I think they are misinformed. That being said, there were (and are) so many prominent Grant golfers in Dornoch that perhaps this was just another Bob.