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Nick Campanelli

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Help Needed Identifying GCA's for a 11 Lesser Known Tracks
« on: November 12, 2010, 10:28:00 AM »
I'm currently working on a personal list of courses played, and am trying to organize the list to see how many course I have played by a given architect.  The 11 lesser known routing below are the last of the list, but I cannot find a listed architect(s) for any of them.  Does anyone out there recognize the courses listed and/or know the responsible architects?  Consider this a challenge! 

Cape Ann Golf Course Ipswich, MA*
Cobleskill Golf & Country Club Cobleskill, NY
Elmcrest Country Club Longmeadow, MA....Geoffrey Cornish?
Granite Fields Golf Club Kingston, NH
Grassmere Country Club Enfield, CT*
Jefferson District Park & Golf Course Falls Church, VA*/**
Olde Salem Greens Golf Course Salem, MA*
Southwick Country Club Southwick, MA
University Club of Connecticut, The Willimantic, CT (Formerly Willimantic CC)
Weekapaug Golf Club Westerly, RI*
Willow Brook Golf Course South Windsor, CT**

*Nine Holes
**Executive Course
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Jay Cox

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Re: Help Needed Identifying GCA's for a 11 Lesser Known Tracks
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2010, 10:38:26 AM »
I have seen Olde Salem Greens credited to Stiles and Van Kleek and Cape Ann credited to Skip Wogan.
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Nick Campanelli

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Re: Help Needed Identifying GCA's for a 11 Lesser Known Tracks
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2010, 10:40:54 AM »
Quote from: Jay Cox on November 12, 2010, 10:38:26 AM
I have seen Olde Salem Greens credited to Stiles and Van Kleek and Cape Ann credited to Skip Wogan.

Thanks Jay.  And the List gets smaller.....

Cobleskill Golf & Country Club Cobleskill, NY
Elmcrest Country Club Longmeadow, MA....Geoffrey Cornish?
Granite Fields Golf Club Kingston, NH
Grassmere Country Club Enfield, CT*
Jefferson District Park & Golf Course Falls Church, VA*/**
Southwick Country Club Southwick, MA
University Club of Connecticut, The Willimantic, CT (Formerly Willimantic CC)
Weekapaug Golf Club Westerly, RI*
Willow Brook Golf Course South Windsor, CT**
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Jim_Kennedy

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Re: Help Needed Identifying GCA's for a 11 Lesser Known Tracks
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2010, 10:58:43 AM »
Nick,
Cobleskill is an old nine by Len Rayner and I'll see if I can find out who did the new nine.

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Nick Campanelli

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Re: Help Needed Identifying GCA's for a 9 Lesser Known Tracks
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2010, 11:05:52 AM »
Jim, Thanks.  I played there in 2001 when I was looking at colleges (SUNY Cobleskill).  The only thing I remember about Cobleskill CC was the fact that the new holes (3-4, 11-17) looked and played completely different from the original holes.
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Jim_Kennedy

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Re: Help Needed Identifying GCA's for a 11 Lesser Known Tracks
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2010, 11:18:28 AM »
Nick,
Grassmere is a Cornish design.

Yes, those are the new holes at Cobleskill.
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Jim_Kennedy

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Re: Help Needed Identifying GCA's for a 11 Lesser Known Tracks
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2010, 11:46:20 AM »
Willow Brook is Joe Kelley.
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Nick Campanelli

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Re: Help Needed Identifying GCA's for a 11 Lesser Known Tracks
« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2010, 11:47:59 AM »
Quote from: Jim_Kennedy on November 12, 2010, 11:46:20 AM
Willow Brook is Joe Kelley.

Where are you finding these?  I thought I exhausted the internet.  I guess not
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Jim_Kennedy

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Re: Help Needed Identifying GCA's for a 11 Lesser Known Tracks
« Reply #8 on: November 12, 2010, 12:03:22 PM »
You can't exhaust the internet  ;D

CtGolfer had some info about Willow Brook, and a complete list of Cornish courses showed Grassmere as his, but Elmcrest isn't on that list.
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Jim_Kennedy

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Re: Help Needed Identifying GCA's for a 11 Lesser Known Tracks
« Reply #9 on: November 12, 2010, 12:09:37 PM »
Granite Fields - Jim DuFresne
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Jim_Kennedy

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Re: Help Needed Identifying GCA's for a 11 Lesser Known Tracks
« Reply #10 on: November 12, 2010, 01:09:22 PM »
Weekapaug is listed as Phillip Wogan and Sam Urso
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Jim_Kennedy

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Re: Help Needed Identifying GCA's for a 11 Lesser Known Tracks
« Reply #11 on: November 12, 2010, 01:47:37 PM »
Algie M. Pulley Jr. for Jefferson District
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Nick Campanelli

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Re: Help Needed Identifying GCA's for a 3 Lesser Known Tracks
« Reply #12 on: November 12, 2010, 01:55:43 PM »
....and then there were 3.  Thanks Jim for the help

Elmcrest Country Club Longmeadow, MA
Southwick Country Club Southwick, MA
University Club of Connecticut, The Willimantic, CT (Formerly Willimantic CC)
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Jim_Kennedy

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Re: Help Needed Identifying GCA's for a 11 Lesser Known Tracks
« Reply #13 on: November 12, 2010, 02:00:47 PM »
Secors Brothers for Elmcrest. I don't know if that's one man, brothers, or a company.  


edit: 'The' doesn't preface 'Secors Brothers' in any of the places I looked.
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hick

Re: Help Needed Identifying GCA's for a 11 Lesser Known Tracks
« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2010, 03:33:00 PM »
Has anyone played Weekapaug since the work by Dave Zinkand, and what did you think.
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Mike Cirba

Re: Help Needed Identifying GCA's for a 11 Lesser Known Tracks
« Reply #15 on: November 12, 2010, 04:57:53 PM »
Nick,

I believe I may have some of these at home...will post what I can find this weekend.
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Mike Cirba

Re: Help Needed Identifying GCA's for a 11 Lesser Known Tracks
« Reply #16 on: November 13, 2010, 10:16:27 AM »
Nick,

Grassmere (CT) is Geoffrey Cornish, 1965

Unfortunately, that's all I have at the moment.
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Joe Bausch

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Re: Help Needed Identifying GCA's for a 11 Lesser Known Tracks New
« Reply #17 on: December 15, 2024, 09:18:02 AM »
Quote from: Jim_Kennedy on November 12, 2010, 10:58:43 AM
Nick,
Cobleskill is an old nine by Len Rayner and I'll see if I can find out who did the new nine.


I have a 1929 article suggesting Cobleskill was designed by Scotty Robson.
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Re: Help Needed Identifying GCA's for a 11 Lesser Known Tracks
« Reply #18 on: December 15, 2024, 09:30:13 AM »
Nick,


Cape Ann also had significant enhancements by Jerry Deemer between 2018-2021.
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Tommy Williamsen

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Re: Help Needed Identifying GCA's for a 11 Lesser Known Tracks
« Reply #19 on: December 15, 2024, 09:30:57 AM »
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Bret Lawrence

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Re: Help Needed Identifying GCA's for a 11 Lesser Known Tracks
« Reply #20 on: December 16, 2024, 08:45:04 AM »

Willimantic Country Club, now known as the Windham Golf Course was designed by Edward Connery.  In 1922, when he designed Willimantic he was the professional at Manchester Country Club.  Connery laid out a few holes at Manchester Country Club prior to Bendelow redesigning the front nine.


Southwick Country Club and Willow Brook have closed since the original post 14 years ago. 
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