Hi Joe,
GREAT FIND!!!
I may be the only one on here going bonkers over the Tedesco review, but in my first read I have already cleared up a couple longtime mysteries.
Just as an example...I always wondered why our current 8th hole, a 130y par three, was listed as 175 on an old scorecard I have. I know where that green would be according to distance, but no evidence to back it up. The description of original hole #4 in the CSM review describes a green located in a bowl with a berm in front, which describes the land forms still there just perfectly! The current green sits in the face of the rise 40 yards in front of the old green.
Most of these 1909 holes still are holes today.
257y #1 (in 1909) is the 200y par three 3rd today
456y #2 is the 430y par four 4th today, with less of a dogleg.
224y #3 is the 365y par four 5th today, with the same ditch in front of the green as the first version.
175y #4 is the 130y par three 8th today, with a green 40 yards short of the original green.
303y #5 is the 505y par five 9th today, with the tee shorter than today, and the green at the bottom of the hill 80y short of the current hilltop green.
537y #6 is the 560y par five 10th today, almost identical to the original.
441y #7 is the same hole as the long par four 18th today.
356y #8 is the 430y par four 1st hole today, with a tee playing somewhere right of the current tee on the rise where our clubhouse sits, to a green about 75y short of the current 1st green.
275 #9 occupies the the last 2/3rds of the current #2, though no mention of a green in the old quarry like the current one, so perhaps the green was short or left of it.
Just awesome, awesome stuff. Love when I can add something to the archives. Our longtime greenskeeper is going to go nuts! Not that I have the know-how or time to do the research myself, but I'm convinced there is something still out there that definitively says whether Ross designed the second nine in 1912 (my opinion is no, but the style certainly makes it look very plausible).
His portfolio pamphlet produced in the late 30s/early 40s listed that he did one hole at Tedesco, which is the only substantial change we made after his visit and his set of suggestions was produced in 1937. Even if Ross did the second nine in 1912, he may not have considered it "his" anymore after Wayne Stiles made substantial changes to it in 1927-1930 when we added a third (and fourth) nine that are now both NLE.