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Sven Nilsen

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Peter Blair - Willie Park's Emissary in the US
« on: November 03, 2015, 10:52:24 AM »
The following blurb is taken from the Aug. 19, 1895 edition of The Sun.  It gives a brief description of the connection between Blair and Park, and notes that the laying out of courses was part of Blair's occupation.



The only reference I've found to Blair's design work is from another article from The Sun on Aug. 19, 1896, where he was hired by S. C. Rowbotham to lay out a private course in Hohokus, NJ (which I believe became Hohokus GC).

Does anyone have any additional information on Blair?
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Adam Lawrence

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Re: Peter Blair - Willie Park's Emissary in the US
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2015, 10:54:27 AM »
Park 'always played as an amateur in Scotland'? This is news.
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Sven Nilsen

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Re: Peter Blair - Willie Park's Emissary in the US
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2015, 11:02:10 AM »
Pretty sure the article is talking about Blair playing as an amateur.
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Adam Lawrence

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Re: Peter Blair - Willie Park's Emissary in the US
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2015, 11:10:27 AM »
I reread it. You're right Sven.
Adam Lawrence

Editor, Golf Course Architecture
www.golfcoursearchitecture.net

Principal, Oxford Golf Consulting
www.oxfordgolfconsulting.com

Author, 'More Enduring Than Brass: a biography of Harry Colt' (forthcoming).

Short words are best, and the old words, when short, are the best of all.