Changes at NGLA

[Tom Yost]

My second opportunity ended before it began (see photo above)...

You were driving the truck?

[Mark McKeever]

My second opportunity ended before it began (see photo above)...

You were driving the truck?

HAHAHA Great Post!

[Patrick_Mucci]

A bell, a road, and a windmill are actually real structures.

Ditto ball washers, water fountains and half way houses.

The roads are hidden by the berms on # 8 and # 11.
Now the road on 13 will become a vestigial artery and probably eliminated.

Is it OK to agree that they are more appealing to the eye than a red maintenance building?

Good by me

I do recall noticing that building on my one and only play of the golf course.

It was hard not to notice it

Can't say I was impressed but I did like ringing the bell.

Yeah, that is pretty neat.
Did you read the inscription on the plaque ?

[Jeff Taylor]

Unfortunately I do not recall reading it. Care to share?
BTW, your comments on Augusta were as fun to read as they were informative.

[Keith Grande]

What a shame....I had been told that NGLA featured wide drving zones...after viewing that picture it's clear that it's more myth than reality. 

[Jeff Taylor]

What a shame....I had been told that NGLA featured wide drving zones...after viewing that picture it's clear that it's more myth than reality. 

That was more of a risk / reward hole.

[Sven Nilsen]

What a shame....I had been told that NGLA featured wide drving zones...after viewing that picture it's clear that it's more myth than reality. 

That was more of a risk / reward hole.

Plenty of width for the driver, just had the wrong angle of attack.

[Jerry Kluger]

Rich: I remember sitting in the upper level of the old Garden and the steps seemed so steep that you felt like you were climbing a ladder.

It is not often that a book can really help understand great architecture but George Bahto's book on CB Macdonald certainly helps you understand NGLA and its genius.

[Ivan Lipko]

So, is that changes to the golf course or changes to the buildings on the golf course? Sorry, if I missed something you were talking about.

Ivan,

Actually, it's a pretty big deal if you understand where those buildings were located and how they influenced views of the holes and from the various holes.

It now makes the course pretty much void of any artificial structures other than the road that runs through it and the gate.

Patrick, can we say the course is now better than ever.

[Patrick_Mucci]

So, is that changes to the golf course or changes to the buildings on the golf course? Sorry, if I missed something you were talking about.

Ivan,

Actually, it's a pretty big deal if you understand where those buildings were located and how they influenced views of the holes and from the various holes.

It now makes the course pretty much void of any artificial structures other than the road that runs through it and the gate.

Patrick, can we say the course is now better than ever.

Ivan,

My experience doesn't go all the way back to "ever", but, I think one could say that it continues to get better.

From my perspective, I'm partial to the course as it appeared in the 1938 aerial and would hope that it's trending in that direction.

It is a very, very, very special golf course, enjoyable yet challenging.

It's just fun to play, the kind of course that you never get tired of playing, even when you play 72 holes in one day.