Tom: this from the Yale archives - an article written in an alub publication:
"Charles Banks in 1929:
"Much has been said about the Yale University Golf Course, but little has been said about the man who was mainly responsible for the creation and construction of the course. It was the late Seth J. Raynor who wormed his way through woods and thick underbrush, over land who picked is way through swamp areas, finally to emerge with a picture in his imagination of what is today considered by many
to be the outstanding inland golf course of America. .............. Mr. Macdonald, who served
on the advisory committee, was familiar with the plans from the outset, but Mr. Raynor was the real genius of this masterpiece, who made the layout, designed the greens, and gave the work of construction his supervision from start to finish."
Continued Josh Banks, ............ "But if Mr. Raynor was responsible for the creation of the Yale course, Mr. Macdonald's genius was also seen in the work for it was he who started Mr. Raynor on his career as a golf architect, and it was he who, through a number of years thereafter, acted as Mr. Raynor's tutor and advisor. Mr. Raynor once remarked to me: ‘I used to think my ears would grow to be like asses' ears, for I was always stretching them to take in every word that Mr. Macdonald uttered on the subject of golf."