Back in July, on a visit to North Berwick, I came across the following painting in the front hall of the clubhouse.
It is of a golfing scene entitled "Perfection Bunker" and seems to be from post 1909. The scene shows many of the North Berwick landmarks including Berwick Law, Bass Rock, the Marine Hotel, the town and the Redan bunker. These landmarks suggests the point of view of the artist was from what is now the 14th (Perfection) fairway. What's puzzling is that the players seem to be looking to play almost at right angles to the bunker and away from the Redan hole following.
One of the players in my group had a long time member as a caddie and it was his view that the tee for the Redan was once up on the dune to the left of the current slope down to the 14th green. That would be consistent with the hole playing as a two shot 266 yard hole. Perhaps the original perfection green was up there too. That would be consistent with the the angle the players are looking in the picture.
Consistent with other pictures from the time, the "Perfection Bunker" also appears to have used sleepers.
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