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Breaking Down the Bendelow List
Sven Nilsen:
--- Quote from: Sven Nilsen on November 10, 2014, 07:55:38 PM ---There are a number of courses where the level of Bendelow's involvement is hard to ascertain. As mentioned earlier in the thread, it is believed that all he did at Beverly was proclaim the site suitable for golf. Another example of this type of visit is at Davenport CC. I apologize for the blurriness of this article (from the Jan. 14, 1924 edition of the Davenport Democrat and Leader), but you can a make out that Bendelow viewed the site (on the Iowa shore above Pleasant Valley) for the course that was eventually built by Alison.
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A few more articles on Bendelow's involvement at Davenport -
Jan. 19, 1924 The Daily Times -
Feb. 2, 1924 The Daily Times -
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Sven Nilsen:
Another addition to the list.
Coquillard GC (n/k/a Morris Park), South Bend, IN.Sept. 7, 1924 South Bend Tribune - Text enlarged -
Andrew Harvie:
--- Quote from: Sven Nilsen on October 20, 2018, 10:42:50 AM ---A quick post to focus on some of Bendelow's work in Canada in 1913, including some insight into his promotion of public golf.
Here's a list of the courses noted in the articles:
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Calgary G&CC
Calgary Municipal GC - don't know if this idea was ever pursued
A course in British Columbia
April 15, 1913 The Times -
The course in BC referenced in the article above was most likely Vernon Golf & Country Club. VGCC was founded in 1913, moving to its current site in 1922.
April 18, 1913 Vancouver Sun -
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Sven,
I'm pretty sure the Calgary municipal is Shaganappi Point. Bendelow was in Southern Alberta in 1913 and Shaganappi Point opened in 1915, so the timeline IMO makes sense. It opened with sand greens. I've attached two aerials below. They're too big to embed here.
1924, with sand greens:
https://i.imgur.com/8ErmyYc.jpg
1949, with grass greens:
https://i.imgur.com/h9zoXKk.jpg
On another Bendelow in Western Canada, I've played Vernon. I didn't know that was his. Everyone always just told me A.V. Macan. Interesting!
MCirba:
Sven,
Did you receive what I sent you on Onondaga/Lyndon? Thanks.
Sven Nilsen:
--- Quote from: MCirba on November 20, 2020, 12:23:59 PM ---Sven,
Did you receive what I sent you on Onondaga/Lyndon? Thanks.
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Mike,
Received and appreciated.
Mike was kind enough to forward this Oct. 26, 1907 article from a Syracuse newspaper which notes Bendelow's involvement with Onondaga. The 9 holes he laid out are now part of the public Lyndon Golf Course.
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