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Jim_Kennedy

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It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« on: December 20, 2014, 09:47:21 PM »
Some easy, some not so easy - I do have the answers so I won't leave you hangin' too long.
The number on each photo corresponds with that greens placement on its respective course.
 
Front nine:

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Jim_Kennedy

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Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2014, 09:48:29 PM »
Back nine:

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Bill_McBride

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Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2014, 10:16:19 PM »
8 is surely Pebble Beach from behind the green!
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Bill_McBride

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Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2014, 10:17:42 PM »
Is 2 Sleepy Hollow?   Those cliffs are familiar from photos of the Short there. 
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Jim_Kennedy

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Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2014, 10:24:10 PM »
So far, so good.

1.   
2.   Sleepy Hollow CC
3. 
4.   
5.
6.
7.
8.   Pebble Beach GL
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16
17.
18.
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Bill_McBride

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Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2014, 10:29:02 PM »
 ;D ;D
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Matt MacIver

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Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2014, 10:53:25 PM »
Sorry I haven't a clue but can't to see the answers, they don't make 'em like these any more!
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Jim_Kennedy

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Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2014, 12:43:03 AM »
Locations:

1. LI/NY -  NLE - ex-members started North Hills GC  - it too is NLE
2. -
3. FL  
4. NY
5. PA  - looks like this once again
6. LI/NY -  A Mucci favorite
7. UK
8. -
9. CT.
10. NJ - Pat like this course too
11. UK
12. TX
13. Vt.
14. LI/NY - more than one way to win a bet
15. NJ - Club still has the three "LCC" bunkers fronting the green.
16. IL
17. OH - Recently renovated
18. MD  
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jeffwarne

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Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2014, 10:04:35 AM »
Quote from: Bill_McBride on December 20, 2014, 10:17:42 PM
Is 2 Sleepy Hollow?   Those cliffs are familiar from photos of the Short there. 

I believe 2 is #6 or 7 of the current short course, a long downhill par 3 , from the original CBM course.
many of the pictures in my book were filmed on around that green
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Bret Lawrence

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Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2014, 10:13:07 AM »
15 is from Lakewood Country Club.

Is 11 from Westward Ho!?
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Tom_Doak

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Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2014, 10:44:50 AM »
18 = Columbia Country Club?  I only walked it once long ago, but I remember it had a couple of wild greens with tiers like the one pictured.
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Jim_Kennedy

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Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2014, 10:50:35 AM »
Jeff,
The photo comes from a 1915 article, thanks for the clarification.

Bret,

15. Lakewood - yes

11. Westward Ho - no

Tom,

18. Columbia CC -yes - and what an interesting looking green. Probably too much for today's players.  ;D
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Jim_Kennedy

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Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2014, 10:53:08 AM »
Locations:

1. LI/NY -  NLE - ex-members started North Hills GC  - it too is NLE
2. Sleepy Hollow GC- current short course
3. FL  
4. NY
5. PA  - looks like this once again
6. LI/NY -  A Mucci favorite
7. UK
8. Pebble Beach GL
9. CT.
10. NJ - Pat like this course too
11. UK
12. TX
13. Vt.
14. LI/NY - more than one way to win a bet
15. Lakewood CC  - Club still has the three "LCC" bunkers fronting the green.
16. IL
17. OH - Recently renovated
18. Columbia CC  
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Tom_Doak

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Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #13 on: December 21, 2014, 10:54:11 AM »
5, duh, Oakmont.  The clubhouse is even in the photo.
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Bill_McBride

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Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #14 on: December 21, 2014, 10:57:02 AM »
Quote from: Tom_Doak on December 21, 2014, 10:44:50 AM
18 = Columbia Country Club?  I only walked it once long ago, but I remember it had a couple of wild greens with tiers like the one pictured.

I played there quite a bit in the late 80's and early 90's, agree it looks like 18 at Columbia with the 17th green up on the hill in the distance.  While the green is still two tiered and steeply sloped, I don't remember all those rolls.  

You should try to play there for the CG, Columbia is a really fun course with a great variety of holes of interest.  
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Bret Lawrence

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Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #15 on: December 21, 2014, 11:28:30 AM »
Jim,

13.  The caddie on the right looks a lot smaller than the caddie on the left!

Is this Francis Ouimet and Jerome Travers at Ekwanok?  1914 U.S. AM?
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Jim_Kennedy

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Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #16 on: December 21, 2014, 11:43:18 AM »
Quote from: Tom_Doak on December 21, 2014, 10:54:11 AM
5, duh, Oakmont.  The clubhouse is even in the photo.

I didn't notice the clubhouse until after I posted the photo - lucky crop!  Oakmont it is.
 


Quote from: Bret Lawrence on December 21, 2014, 11:28:30 AM
Jim,

13.  The caddie on the right looks a lot smaller than the caddie on the left!

Is this Francis Ouimet and Jerome Travers at Ekwanok?  1914 U.S. AM?

Nice going - Lowery was probably too small to handle that lengthy flagstick.  ;D
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Jim_Kennedy

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Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #17 on: December 21, 2014, 11:46:16 AM »
Locations:

1. LI/NY -  NLE - ex-members started North Hills GC  - it too is NLE
2. Sleepy Hollow GC- current short course
3. FL  
4. NY
5. Oakmont CC
6. LI/NY -  A Mucci favorite
7. UK
8. Pebble Beach GL
9. CT.
10. NJ - Pat like this course too
11. UK
12. TX
13. Ekwanok CC  
14. LI/NY - more than one way to win a bet
15. Lakewood CC  - Club still has the three "LCC" bunkers fronting the green.
16. IL
17. OH - Recently renovated
18. Columbia CC  
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Patrick_Mucci

Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #18 on: December 21, 2014, 10:34:34 PM »
Jim,

Is 6 GCGC and 10  Arcola ?
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DMoriarty

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Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #19 on: December 21, 2014, 11:36:29 PM »
No. 16 is a Tillinghast green.  His version of a punchbowl. (Either that or he is baking pie.) I believe the course was originally by William Watson but AWT made some changes in in the early to mid 1920's.  And the name of the course is . . .

I can't remember right now, but it will come to me I am sure.
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Jim_Kennedy

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Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #20 on: December 21, 2014, 11:51:34 PM »
Quote from: Patrick_Mucci on December 21, 2014, 10:34:34 PM
Jim,

Is 6 GCGC and 10  Arcola ?

Yes, and do either of them look anything like they did in the old photos?
Locations:

1. LI/NY -  NLE - ex-members started North Hills GC  - it too is NLE
2. Sleepy Hollow GC- current short course
3. FL  
4. NY
5. Oakmont CC
6. Garden City GC -  A Mucci favorite
7. UK
8. Pebble Beach GL
9. CT.
10. Arcola CC - Pat like this course too
11. UK
12. TX
13. Ekwanok CC
14. LI/NY - more than one way to win a bet
15. Lakewood CC  - Club still has the three "LCC" bunkers fronting the green.
16. IL
17. OH - Recently renovated
18. Columbia CC  
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jeffwarne

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Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #21 on: December 22, 2014, 12:09:40 AM »
3. Winter park?
4. Scarsdale?
11. RSG
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Patrick_Mucci

Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #22 on: December 22, 2014, 11:19:07 AM »
Jim,

The convex bunkering on # 14 is interesting.

Is it an Emmett, Travis or CBM course.

My guess would be Piping Rock due to the clue
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Sven Nilsen

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Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #23 on: December 22, 2014, 11:22:25 AM »
14 is Nassau.
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Jim_Kennedy

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Re: It Ain't Easy Bein' Green
« Reply #24 on: December 22, 2014, 11:25:26 AM »
Quote from: Sven Nilsen on December 22, 2014, 11:22:25 AM
14 is Nassau.


Sorry Pat, Sven won the front, back and the Nassau.  ;D ;D
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