Sven,
Tucker designed my home course, Preakness Hills, around 1926.
PHCC Is as much fun to play today as it was 60 years ago.
For a turf expert he sure designed a terrific golf course, sporty, interesting and fun.
14 directional changes, uphill, downhill, 3 doglegs left, 3 doglegs right, very diverse par 3's, no repetive holes, interesting use of creeks, 4+ bunkers behind greens, with greens that transition seamlessly from the fairways.
For decades Preakness Hills and Suburban had the best putting surfaces in the northern part of the state.
Preakness's greens were velvet/German bent and as true as any greens you could putt. Unfortunately, over time, other grasses crept in and today only about 15 % of the velvet/German bent remains.
It's interesting that Tucker worked at Biarritz, as PHCC had 3 greens with a back tier separated from the front tier by a large, steep slope, not unlike the back half of a Biarritz. PHCC also had a very long par 3 and a number of greens where the back of the green rises up in a pronounced fashion, probably a backstop of safety net for balls with a low trajectory in 1926
2 greens were on a pronounced diagonal, two others less so.
PHCC is landlocked and as such modern balls & equipment have muted some of the features intended to interface with the golfer.
One of the really interesting features at PHCC is the use of significant debris mounds.
They appear on #'s 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11,
Unfortunately, in the 60's and 70's tree plantings, promoted by a landscape architect, hid many of those interesting debris mounds.
Terrific course and an interesting architectural study