I’m starting a new thread on this ongoing battle about the NGLA property because we cannot continue trying to fine the end of the other ones ....
TomP & Pat:
You know I had the original blueprint for NGLA in my possession - the picture of it is one page 63 of my book.
This blueprint has no fairways drawn in, was the original routing beginning on present #10, and had the original name of the course as “The National Golf Course of America”.
But best of all it has yellow crayon marks, apparently sketched in by Macdonald, indicating where he was thinking of placing his hazards. These marks were not exactly detailed but were done as an artist would, just sort of side strokes of a crayon sketched in - it is sort of a “working drawing.”
There are also India ink marks on the blueprint, blackening in some areas of original yellow marks, as if he was negating earlier ideas.
No fairways drawn, but there were elevation marks along the line of play of each hole - if I had to guess, I would say they were about every 25-feet.
I recorded them all.
The numbers ranged from a low point of +3 .... (presumably feet - the “key” (scale) is missing from the plan)
..... to high point of +57 ........ (let me qualify the “high point” number by saying I am not taking into
account the Alps Hill area on present hole #3).
So guys where would you say these high and low marks were?