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Tim_Cronin

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Re: W. Watson
« Reply #25 on: December 28, 2015, 01:21:53 PM »
One note in regard to research: It's the quality of the documentation or reporting, rather than the source, that is critical to determining the accuracy. I've seen club documents that are completely wrong – often repeating errors for decades – and newspaper / magazine reports of the day that clear things up or reveal the previously unknown. And vice versa. The more sources, the better.
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Dan Moore

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Re: W. Watson
« Reply #26 on: December 29, 2015, 12:45:59 PM »
Tim,


Was Watson responsible for the punchbowl green at Westmoreland seen in this photo? I think he put in more than 200 bunkers at Westmoreland. Was he more of an an old school penal architect at that point? 





And here is a Watson ad from Golfer's Magazine in 1914.


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DMoriarty

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Re: W. Watson
« Reply #27 on: December 29, 2015, 01:14:28 PM »
Dan,  My guess is that the punchbowl green was added by Tillinghast and/or Langford.  I got this impression because the hole was featured in a July 1921 article discussing changes to the course.  Here is a photo of the hole from that article.  Looks like a pie.

Golf history can be quite interesting if you just let your favorite legends go and allow the truth to take you where it will.
--Tom MacWood (1958-2012)

Kevin_Reilly

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Re: W. Watson
« Reply #28 on: April 22, 2017, 11:19:09 PM »
Thanks to Brad Klein for the use of "William" in the recent Golfweek rankings lists.
"GOLF COURSES SHOULD BE ENJOYED RATHER THAN RATED" - Tom Watson

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