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Terry Lavin

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Man discovers dormant MacKenzie golf course
« on: May 17, 2021, 01:42:58 PM »
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Peter Flory

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Re: Man discovers dormant MacKenzie golf course
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2021, 02:01:58 PM »
That's great!  I love the part where he found the old cups with a metal detector. 
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Daryl "Turboe" Boe

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Re: Man discovers dormant MacKenzie golf course
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2021, 02:39:08 PM »
Quote from: Terry Lavin on May 17, 2021, 01:42:58 PM
Fascinating article in today’s New York Times:


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/16/sports/golf/rhayader-mackenzie-augusta-course.html


Do you need the paid subscription?  Whats the Cliff Notes version?  Where is it?
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Terry Lavin

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Re: Man discovers dormant MacKenzie golf course
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2021, 03:32:16 PM »
Short story:  A guy lives in Rhayader in Wales and becomes obsessed with a big parcel of land that looks like it might’ve been a golf course. He surveys the property with some help and then does some research that suggests Mackenzie had built a course there.


He goes out with a metal detector and finds some old golf hole cups. Then he finds some routing information and he cobbles together a golf course for a one- day charity outing.


A very interesting article. Wish I could send a better link but this is from my NYT app.
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David_Tepper

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Re: Man discovers dormant MacKenzie golf course
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2021, 03:51:49 PM »
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Thomas Dai

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Re: Man discovers dormant MacKenzie golf course
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2021, 04:37:03 PM »
See this old GCA thread about the MacKenzie course at Rhayader which has had various updates added including some recently - https://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,52664.0.html
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Ira Fishman

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Re: Man discovers dormant MacKenzie golf course
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2021, 04:38:31 PM »
I wish I had accomplished something as creative and rewarding during the pandemic.


Ira
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Terry Lavin

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Re: Man discovers dormant MacKenzie golf course
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2021, 05:35:06 PM »
Quote from: Ira Fishman on May 17, 2021, 04:38:31 PM
I wish I had accomplished something as creative and rewarding during the pandemic.


Ira


Almost unimaginable.
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Terry Lavin

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Re: Man discovers dormant MacKenzie golf course
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2021, 09:34:58 PM »
Just saw the other, older, and more provocative thread. Please delete this one..,
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