[Adam Lawrence]

I'm on the hunt for old photos of Woking, especially anything that shows the 'Johnny Low' bunker on the seventeenth. If anyone has such pics, would they be kind enough to post here, or contact me by email or the GCA messaging system?

Thanks in advance

[BCrosby]

Adam -

I recall that the Woking club history had a good picture of the bunker. I will check my book at home.

Bob

[Adam Lawrence]

Bob - my copy of 'A Temple of Golf' is in front of me, and doesn't seem to contai any such pic - if yours does, please let me know.

Adam

[BCrosby]

Adam -

That's the book I have. I'll try to figure out where I saw the picture.

Bob

[Tony_Muldoon]

"and your starter for 10, name the famous GCA in this Ass pic?"




For 5 points what was he doing up there?

[Bill_McBride]

"and your starter for 10, name the famous GCA in this Ass pic?"




For 5 points what was he doing up there?

Looks like Mackenzie looking for a missing bottle.

[Michael Whitaker]

Not sure who is on the ladder, but he is probably climbing up to hit a shot. The porch roof at Woking used to be an integral part of the course and in play.

[BCrosby]

I'm pretty sure that is C H Alison climbing onto the roof of the Woking clubhouse to play a shot to the 14th green during an Oxford Cambridge Golfing Society match.

Bob

Adam - Haven't found the picture of the 17th green, but still looking.

[Adam Lawrence]

It was the 1904 University match. Hugh Alison was playing for Oxford. Interestingly, though, he was playing the eighteenth, not the fourteenth - pulled his approach onto the roof apparently. It was made OB shortly afterwards, though the terrace is still in play, and I believe sees lots of action - you only need to skull your approach to 14 slightly to be on there...

[John Mayhugh]

Adam,
You really had my hopes up.  I thought you were posting old photos of Woking.
Wish I had some to share.

[Adam Lawrence]

If I get them, I'll post them!

[Dónal Ó Ceallaigh]

Adam,

There's a picture in Frank Pennink's 1952 book "Homes of Sport: Golf" of a group putting on the 14th green with the 17th green and 18th fairway in the background. Unfortunately the background is not clear enough to see much detail around the green.

[Mark Bourgeois]

Any in "The Architectural Side of Golf"?

[Dónal Ó Ceallaigh]

Any in "The Architectural Side of Golf"?

Mark,

No, nothing in the "Design for Golf" (1950s) reprint of the original.

[BCrosby]

Adam =

I have a photo of two players walking up the hill to the 2nd green circa 1905. You can't see much, if any, of the course.

Happy to send it on if you can use it.

Bob

[Adam Lawrence]

Please do - can't hurt.

Thanks

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