Cypress Point as it once was - old photos

[Thomas Dai]

Here are some now coloured old b&w photos of Cypress Point as it once. Some of the photos include Alister MacKenzie, Marion Hollis and Robert Hunter.
Enjoy
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[John Emerson]

Thomas,
We owe you for all these old pics in color!!  Bravo!

[Gene Greco]

Thomas,
We owe you for all these old pics in color!!  Bravo!

Yes, we do!
Just love this stuff.
Thank you!

[David Harshbarger]

What hole is the last photo?  Is there a current photo (anyone) that shows the now?  Does that massive waste area still exist?

[Marty Bonnar]

David, it’s the 11th.
I don’t have a photo from the tee, but here’s a view of the 11th fairway (over on the right) from the 10th tee.





And a closer look at the green:





So, no, the waste area is gone!
Cheers,
F.

[Kalen Braley]

Another photo of the 11th..


P.S. The way Dr. MacK used that dune behind 11 with several other holes is nothing short of genius..

[David Harshbarger]

Marty, thank you.


At the risk of criticizing Cypress Point, to my eyes, the fairway on the 10th has a goofy cut.  The "swerve" treatment on fairways, specifically, can it ever be the best presentation? 


1.) Seems purely for aesthetics.
2.) Scale doesn't suggest the location of bays or capes invite strategic decision making
3.) Effectively makes fairways as wide as the narrowest point of the swerve
4.) Swerving around the bunkers and leaving the bunkers wrapped in rough reduces the scope and impact of the bunkers
5.) Rough-wrapped-bunkers appear to be a larger hazard than fairway-wrapped bunkers...but...if the fairway is feeding into the bunker, the fairway-wrapped-bunker's gravity field extends out into the "safe" fairway.


If the fairway here was taken on the inside of the bunkers, and the lines were along the outside of the capes, and the fairway cut further left, it would open up two other tee options: short in front of the bunker and far left of the bunker.  As it is it seems the two reasonable option are over the bunker or short left.


Thanks for sharing.

[Kalen Braley]

David,


I suspect Marty's photo is from a few years back like mine.  If you look at what shows on Google Maps, I believe this is closer to whats there now, where fairway now surrounds the bunker...


https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cypress+Point+Club/@36.579089,-121.9644974,327a,35y,90h,39.39t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x808de71503b331d9:0x8b8ffb7460b1ecd8!8m2!3d36.5802249!4d-121.9741049

[David Harshbarger]

Thanks Kalen.  Yes, that looks more like how Melbourne was presented, where the balls fed into the bunkers all over.  Thanks

[Tim_Weiman]

What hole is the last photo?  Is there a current photo (anyone) that shows the now?  Does that massive waste area still exist?

David,


That picture is a little bit confusing. IMO, it is the 3rd hole during the grown in process and prior to some tree removal on the left.

[Marty Bonnar]

What hole is the last photo?  Is there a current photo (anyone) that shows the now?  Does that massive waste area still exist?

David,


That picture is a little bit confusing. IMO, it is the 3rd hole during the grown in process and prior to some tree removal on the left.

Sorry, Tim,





Cheers,
F.

[Tal Oz]

The 10th no longer has that wavy fairway thing and a couple of photos of the 11th fairway (April 2019)
https://imgur.com/a/lDEDpeG
Stunning as always Thomas, thank you for sharing

[Ryan Farrow]

Here is the best shot I have from the tee:

[Thomas Dai]

Note the driver of the DeSoto in the first photo.
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[Kevin Pallier]

That's the 15th?

[Jim Hoak]

That is the 15th from the original tee--now used primarily as the tee for Ladies and Seniors--but still used as the regular tee occasionally.
Does anyone know exactly when the new--lower--tee was built?  By whom?  For those who have played both tees, what are the merits of both?

[Tommy Williamsen]

Found this.

[Kalen Braley]

I'm guessing this is #1.  Sure looks a lot different now...

[Tommy Williamsen]

Dr. Mac directing

[Tommy Williamsen]

I can't imagine how scary that shot was in the thirties.

[Tommy Williamsen]

[Marty Bonnar]

Dr. Mac directing

And Hilda with the Box Brownie...

[Will Lozier]

David,


I suspect Marty's photo is from a few years back like mine.  If you look at what shows on Google Maps, I believe this is closer to whats there now, where fairway now surrounds the bunker...


https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cypress+Point+Club/@36.579089,-121.9644974,327a,35y,90h,39.39t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x808de71503b331d9:0x8b8ffb7460b1ecd8!8m2!3d36.5802249!4d-121.9741049

What is so interesting and I think a good decision is that so many fairways are linked, surprisingly not 8 & 9 (which I think I remember having one shared fairway in 2003/4? when I played CPC). In addition there are linkages between 1 & 14, 3 & 12, 10 & 11, and 16 & 17. I love this presentation!


Cheers

[Thomas Dai]

Another for the collection.
Folks might also like to listen to this TalkingGolf Podcast - https://talkingolf.fireside.fm/37
atb



Below - 1940's aerial photo lightened and coloured as the original was rather dark.

[Kevin Pallier]

That is the 15th from the original tee--now used primarily as the Red tee for Ladies and Seniors--but still used as the regular tee occasionally.
Does anyone know exactly when the new--lower--tee was built?  By whom?  For those who have played both tees, what are the merits of both?

Thanks Jim

The cypress tree to the right of the tee threw me because there are no trees on the right of the back tee.

I never knew that forward tee existed. When I walked down the pathway on 15 I never realised that there was another tee to the left. Thanks for clarifying.