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Joel_Stewart

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Re:You guys are stupid for not respecting RTJ..
« Reply #50 on: September 25, 2003, 01:47:35 PM »
Joel,

Please explain your comments about the 8th at Olympic....It was home to my only Barney Birdie of the day so I am partial to any changes.

Jones bulldozed the green and bunkers before the 66 Open.  Its in the same place but the beutiful mounding and interesting shapes of the bunkers are all gone.  It used to drop off sharply on the left side of the green and now its basically flat.  He also enlarged the green and made it more round, before it was more square.

Needless to say he reshaped the green on #7 and added the 3 tier green.  I still have never found an original photo of the old green so can't comment on it.  I'm not sure why he filled in the other bunkers discussed earlier.  I actually went to his warehouse(s) in Ft. Lauderdale to look at his files and drawings but much of his work was by the seat of his pants and very little documents actually exist.

JakaB

Re:You guys are stupid for not respecting RTJ..
« Reply #51 on: September 25, 2003, 02:47:43 PM »
Since it looks like this thread has run its course..I would like to take this time to thank everyone who participated for making it a fun and interesting discussion.  My take is that RTJ has touched the lives of most if not everyone on this site...a respectable achievment on its own.