The carousel shows aerial images of Timber Point's 11th hole in 1930, 1938, 1954 and finally in 1966.
Timber Point was an ultra-exclusive club on the South Shore of LI. Charles Alison designed a visually stunning, highly demanding layout that tipped out at something like 6,800 yards, at the time about the upper limit for golf courses according to USGA yardage specifications.
The 11th was based on Mackenzie's prize-winning hole for the Lido contest. A 460-yard par
4 with alternate routes, the 11th demanded golfers "island hop" oceans of sand, as shown by the 1930 aerial.
Here is a comparo of the 1930 and 2012 layouts:
http://golfcoursehistories.com/Timber.htmlAnd here is a rough routing plan using the 1930 aerial:
Below is a ground level photo showing the 140-yard 12th, a pitch across a lagoon. The 15th green is in the distance: one of the most fearsome-looking holes I have ever seen -- well, picture of a hole -- a Gibraltar Hole. If you can find a picture you will see how staggering it truly was.
Sold to Suffolk County, in 1972 the new owners shoehorned in 27 holes where once 18 expansive holes sprawled. The loss of the original Timber Point is considered one of the greatest architectural crimes / tragedies in golf course history.