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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #25 on: January 29, 2020, 10:09:04 AM »
One of a number of courses planned in the 1920's for black people.

Oct. 23, 1927 St. Louis Post-Dispatch -

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Sven Nilsen

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« Reply #26 on: January 29, 2020, 10:12:52 AM »
A municipal course for Wakefield, MI.

Sept. 3, 1932 Wakefield News -



Sept. 24, 1932 Wakefield News -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #27 on: January 29, 2020, 10:47:20 AM »
George Davies built a number of courses around Louisville in the 1920's and 30's.  His Meadowbrook pay-as-you-play project never got off the ground.

Oct. 25, 1925 Courier-Journal -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #28 on: January 29, 2020, 10:53:09 AM »
Another Louisville project, this one a 27 hole facility to be built by Arthur (called Harold in the articles) Lockwood for the Kentucky Country and Cottage Club.

Sept. 29, 1921 Courier-Journal -



Oct. 9, 1921 Courier-Journal -



Oct. 16, 1921 Courier-Journal -



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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #29 on: January 29, 2020, 10:58:01 AM »
A course for Wichita called Happy Hollow GC.

Oct. 15, 1922 Wichita Daily Eagle -



Oct. 16, 1922 Wichita Daily Eagle -



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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #30 on: January 29, 2020, 11:01:18 AM »
An estate/farm course in Logansport, IN.

Dec. 1, 1921 Logansport Pharos-Tribune -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #31 on: January 29, 2020, 11:04:02 AM »
Plans for a public course in West Lafayette, IN.

Oct. 1, 1929 Journal and Courier -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #32 on: January 29, 2020, 11:08:01 AM »
A 27 hole Bendelow project in Lake Freeman, IN to be known as Hermitage CC.

Jan. 30, 1929 Indianapolis News -



Feb. 10, 1929 Indianapolis Star -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #33 on: January 29, 2020, 11:12:13 AM »
Carmel Hills CC in Indianapolis.

Oct. 7, 1924 Indianapolis News -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #34 on: January 29, 2020, 11:14:51 AM »
Another Arthur Lockwood project, here in Bedford, IN.

July 16, 1930 The Tribune -

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Sven Nilsen

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« Reply #35 on: January 29, 2020, 11:17:17 AM »
A new municipal course for Springfield, IL to be built by Edward Dearie.

Sept. 4, 1931 Decatur Herald -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #36 on: January 29, 2020, 12:50:49 PM »
The Physicians Fellowship Trust Estate owned a parcel of land near Itasca, IL.  Initial plans were for a club open to doctors to be known as Physicians CC.  The project morphed into Western Fields CC with 27 holes to be built by United States Golf Architects, Inc.

Sept. 5, 1926 Chicago Tribune -



July 22, 1928 Chicago Tribune -



July 28, 1929 Chicago Tribune -



Aug. 2, 1929 Dupage County Register -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #37 on: January 29, 2020, 12:54:44 PM »
A public course for Geneva, IL.

May 23, 1931 Daily Chronicle -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #38 on: January 29, 2020, 01:02:28 PM »
Three Hawaiian courses.

1 and 2.  Olinda Golf Course and Anuhea Golf Course

Aug. 21, 1926 Honolulu Star-Bulletin -





3.  Two separate efforts for a course at Kapiolani Park

June 2, 1905 The Hawaiian Gazette -



Oct. 3, 1922 Honolulu Star-Bulletin -

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Sven Nilsen

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« Reply #39 on: January 29, 2020, 01:06:17 PM »
A 36 hole project by Donald Ross on the Sherwood Forest Estate at Stone Mountain, GA.

Jan. 27, 1924 Atlanta Constitution -

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BCrosby

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #40 on: January 29, 2020, 01:22:46 PM »
Sven - Great find. News to me.


It might have been in 1926 (not sure) that Ross visited Atlanta to scout possible sites for a municipal course. Nothing came of that visit either. O.B. Keeler served as one of his hosts and reported details of the visit in the Atlanta Journal.


Bob
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Sven Nilsen

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« Reply #41 on: January 29, 2020, 01:28:35 PM »
Quote from: BCrosby on January 29, 2020, 01:22:46 PM
Sven - Great find. News to me.


It might have been in 1926 (not sure) that Ross visited Atlanta to scout possible sites for a municipal course. Nothing came of that visit either. O.B. Keeler served as one of his hosts and reported details of the visit in the Atlanta Journal.


Bob


Bob:


Both the Sherwood Forest project and the Nov. 1926 visit to Atlanta were covered in my Reunderstanding Ross thread a couple of years ago.


Sven
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BCrosby

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #42 on: January 29, 2020, 02:40:32 PM »
Thanks. Missed it.


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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #43 on: January 29, 2020, 02:57:42 PM »
No worries, its a good segue in any case.

As part of their overhaul of the Atlanta park district courses, Stiles and Van Kleek planned two 18 hole municipal courses in I. N. Ragsdale Park in 1928.

Feb. 18, 1928 Atlanta Consitution -





May 19, 1928 Tallahassee Democrat -





Aug. 9, 1928 Atlanta Constitution -




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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #44 on: January 29, 2020, 03:01:36 PM »
Perhaps one of the the most interesting courses on the list, a Donald Ross project for a group of baseball men at Dover Hall in Brunswick, GA.

Feb. 21, 1917 Washington Times -




May 1, 1917 The Daily Republican -

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #45 on: January 29, 2020, 03:04:59 PM »
A 1938 project in Ft. Lauderdale, FL known as Wilton Manors.

March 4, 1938 Fort Lauderdale News -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #46 on: January 29, 2020, 03:07:56 PM »
The city of Sanford, FL has been discussed in greater detail on the following thread:


http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,49831.0.html


While the focus of the thread was on the 1922 9 hole course and 1924 18 hole expansion, there is mention of talk in 1916 and again in 1921 for 18 hole courses.  Neither one was built.
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« Reply #47 on: January 29, 2020, 03:11:01 PM »
A municipal course on the shores of Lake Mangonia in West Palm Beach.

Sept. 6, 1926 Palm Beach Post -

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #48 on: January 29, 2020, 03:13:31 PM »
The Hotel Charlotte Harbor project on Punta Gorda.  In 1926 Collier purchased the existing 9 hole course.  I'm not sure if the article below is referencing the expansion of that course to 18 holes or an entirely new course.

April 25, 1926 Miami News -

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #49 on: January 29, 2020, 03:24:50 PM »
An 18 hole course for the Cocoa Beach Casino Company.

Feb. 15, 1922 Palm Beach Post -



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