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GolfClubAtlas.com => Golf Course Architecture Discussion Group => Topic started by: Ronald Montesano on May 05, 2015, 09:45:34 PM

Title: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Ronald Montesano on May 05, 2015, 09:45:34 PM: There is a bit of whimsy to this month's photo. I was in Syracuse (NY) this weekend to play Bellevue and Onondaga. The latter is a WJT design (Walter J. Travis) that boasts tremendous width and a wonderful collection of blind shots. It has a bit of a Biarritz, not often found on a Travis course, and a series of great holes. Any inquiries beyond my own should be directed to Ian Andrew, the fellow responsible for the course restoration.

This photo is of our hosts. They suggested that we walk the course, so I culled my camera gear to a medium lens and draped the Canon over the push cart and off we went. This is the par five 17th hole. What you are seeing is not visible from the tee. It plays up and over and down and is joy personified.

(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f140/buffalogolfer/IMG_9608%20Custom.jpg)
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: John Kavanaugh on May 05, 2015, 09:48:52 PM: Something about your host reminds me of Socrates.
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Ronald Montesano on May 05, 2015, 10:08:32 PM: Finger man is a dead ringer for Mike Farrell from M.A.S.H.
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: John Kavanaugh on May 05, 2015, 10:16:44 PM: Can I please include this photo in my curmudgeon contest. My wife is the final judge and I think it has a great chance of winning. A young boy of slumped shoulders following an older gentleman making a Socratic proclamation about an obviously overly restored classic design is a thing of legend. This is the cringiest picture I have ever seen, I just don't know if my wife will see it so can not guarantee a victory but would love to give it a shot.
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Ronald Montesano on May 05, 2015, 10:20:44 PM: You have my permission, you scurrilous crosspatch.
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Ronald Montesano on May 09, 2015, 08:19:04 PM: bump...any good photos out there, 1/3 of the way through the month?
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Jason Way on May 09, 2015, 09:59:54 PM: I got out to the Links at Lawsonia this week. I'm still blown away by the beauty and boldness of this course.

(https://geekedongolf.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/lawsonialinks-d.jpg)
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Rees Milikin on May 09, 2015, 10:05:55 PM: Quote from: Jason Way on May 09, 2015, 09:59:54 PM
I got out to the Links at Lawsonia this week. I'm still blown away by the beauty and boldness of this course.

(https://geekedongolf.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/lawsonialinks-d.jpg)

Blown away is a perfect way to describe seeing/playing Lawsonia for the first time. I hope it is just as special the next time around.
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Jon Cavalier on May 09, 2015, 10:16:11 PM: Here's a few from May for you Ron.

Inwood Country Club - Inwood, NY
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5467/17360306836_1475b7fe7b_z.jpg)

Cold Spring Country Club - Huntington, NY
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5350/17469951442_56d27cabb1_z.jpg)

Valhalla Golf Club - Louisville, KY
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8688/17285472609_2eea41d2fe_z.jpg)

Moraine Country Club - Kettering, OH
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7770/17283966228_cc1844e7df_z.jpg)

Pittsburgh Field Club - Fox Chapel, PA
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8697/17286101229_5b5a3ce428_z.jpg)

Longue Vue Club - Verona, PA
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7771/17445983016_f8038d865b_z.jpg)
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Keith OHalloran on May 10, 2015, 11:45:41 AM: Jon,
All from May 2015? Solid work for the first 9 days. Good luck on the next 20!
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Stewart Abramson on May 10, 2015, 05:22:19 PM: 4th hole of Jeff Brauer's Gaylord Springs in Nashville from last weekend. Tee shot and approach to tricky pin placement. Fairways were brownish, firm and fast.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8841/17189727287_ff020b85fa_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/sbZR3p)Gaylord Springs #4 from tee P1070469 (https://flic.kr/p/sbZR3p)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8851/17371204256_0b1f3a4958_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/st2XPE)Gaylord Springs #4 g approach P1070470 (https://flic.kr/p/st2XPE)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/golfcoursepix/collections/72157650078312954/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/golfcoursepix/collections/72157650078312954/) more pix

My first visit to Music City. The Dylan/Johnny Cash exhibit at CM HOF was excellent.
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Eric Smith on May 10, 2015, 07:59:50 PM: (http://rs464.pbsrc.com/albums/rr7/rednorman/20150510_1853470_zpsvtjgrkii.jpg~320x480)
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Joe_Tucholski on May 11, 2015, 02:26:43 AM: A series of photos that really isn't about the golf course but more about the growth in Seoul, Korea.

The first picture could have been taken last year around this time, the second in November and the third was last weekend. You can see the 123 story Lotte World Tower, also under construction, in the background of the third photo

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WZMZF6x6Jr0/VFYYTi7vndI/AAAAAAAACe4/vjjywdLIE-o/w720-h540-no/SUng%2BNam%2B14%2B20011%2B182657_128991877172661_5884948_n.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-04hF3xFgU70/VVBOyP8INcI/AAAAAAAACj8/-mysitdlU4Y/w800-h478-no/14th%2Bhole%2B%2528800x478%2529.jpg)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9jfFNvDhUco/VVBHHAlWJMI/AAAAAAAACjA/JJ_RCUFZ0-w/w800-h480-no/2015-04-26%2B15.12.13.jpg)

I learned the US Army plans to turn the course (Sung Nam) over to the Korean government after the completion of an RTJ golf course on an expanded Army Camp about 75 miles south. I wonder if the course will survive given the ridiculous growth in the area.
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: David Davis on May 11, 2015, 06:04:20 AM: Joe those are pretty amazing pics.

But if the second photo was taking in 1980 as it says on the photo when was the first one taken? 1970?

You weren't even born in 1980 were you ;-)

Still incredible growth, no way that course will survive when they could fill it with sky scrapers.
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Ed Tilley on May 15, 2015, 10:51:17 AM: (http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i101/edtilley/IMG_0398%202.jpg) (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/edtilley/media/IMG_0398%202.jpg.html)

Frilford Heath Red course. 15th Green with 13th hole in background - late evening this Tuesday.
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Jon Cavalier on May 15, 2015, 02:03:00 PM: Osprey
National Golf Links of America - Southampton, NY - May 2015

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8724/17067762684_f76b301611_c.jpg)

Redan
National Golf Links of America - Southampton, NY - May 2015

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8691/17664509176_3a8dde5309_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: JLahrman on May 15, 2015, 02:34:07 PM: Quote from: Jon Cavalier on May 09, 2015, 10:16:11 PM
Moraine Country Club - Kettering, OH
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7770/17283966228_cc1844e7df_z.jpg)

Jon, what hole is that? I know there is some restoration work going on at Moraine, but I have played there several times (not since 2008) and that doesn't remotely look like any of the holes that I remember.

If I had to pick I would say that is #4 or #15 but that is just by process of elimination. Either the restoration is that dramatic or my memory is that bad.
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Jon Cavalier on May 15, 2015, 02:55:32 PM: Joel:

It's hole 16, shot from behind the green.
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: JLahrman on May 15, 2015, 03:28:41 PM: That's what I meant, 16 (15 is the par 3, it obviously wasn't that one).

Here are some photos from the way-back machine, but unfortunately we can't see the same angle on 16:

http://golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,34421.msg691560/
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Bret Lawrence on May 20, 2015, 07:20:24 PM: Country Club of Waterbury-Waterbury, CT
(http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag323/bretjlawrence/274A866C-5B87-4F7A-98CA-E519727ADDFC_zpsktjhtivg.jpg)
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Bret Lawrence on May 20, 2015, 07:44:40 PM: Wyantenuck Country Club-Great Barrington, MA
16th green and 17th hole:
(http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag323/bretjlawrence/9f773ade-0217-4c7e-824c-05dfd0458e50_zpshstxizv7.jpg)

17th green:
(http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag323/bretjlawrence/P1070468_zpsrhc75g8u.jpg)
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Jon Cavalier on May 20, 2015, 09:07:12 PM: Bret - Love that second photo. What a cool looking green.
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Bret Lawrence on May 20, 2015, 10:59:29 PM: Jon,

Thanks! It is such a fun hole to play and it never gets old. This 17th hole is one of the four holes Charles Banks redesigned at Wyantenuck in 1928.

I always enjoy all of your photos, keep up the good work!

Bret
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: mike_beene on May 20, 2015, 11:07:03 PM: Waterbury has a Merion look to me.
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Jason Way on May 21, 2015, 11:37:00 PM: Snuck in another goody this month thanks to Chuck J. The Dunes Club is in amazing shape right now.

(https://geekedongolf.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/dunesclub-i.jpg)
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Ben Jarvis on May 21, 2015, 11:53:15 PM: I was in heaven just shy of 7:30 this morning..

(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j468/bennyj08/Mobile%20Uploads/20150522_072620_zpskdomvfr3.jpg) (http://s1087.photobucket.com/user/bennyj08/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150522_072620_zpskdomvfr3.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Mark Saltzman on May 22, 2015, 11:01:49 PM: (http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc430/SaltyLaw/SLCC%203_zpsi8sczaoz.jpg) (http://s1211.photobucket.com/user/SaltyLaw/media/SLCC%203_zpsi8sczaoz.jpg.html)

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc430/SaltyLaw/Seminole%205_zps2q2xyua4.jpg) (http://s1211.photobucket.com/user/SaltyLaw/media/Seminole%205_zps2q2xyua4.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Ronald Montesano on May 23, 2015, 12:01:13 AM: If I may make a request, tell us where the photos have been shot. Heaven isn't good enough, my brethren.
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Mark Saltzman on May 23, 2015, 08:22:21 AM: Quote from: Ronald Montesano on May 23, 2015, 12:01:13 AM
If I may make a request, tell us where the photos have been shot. Heaven isn't good enough, my brethren.

Ben's photo is Royal Melbourne from behind 18 East and with 1 West on the right.

Mine are 3 at St Louis CC and 5 at Seminole.
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Ronald Montesano on May 23, 2015, 10:55:28 PM: Thanks, Marco.
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Jason Way on May 24, 2015, 09:22:25 PM: Bill Seitz led Bill Faley and I confidently and happily to the 1st tee at Kingsley this morning.

(https://geekedongolf.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/kingsley18-greenbills.jpg)

By the time I took this pic of 8 Green from 9 tee, our confidence was a bit shakier, but our happiness held strong throughout. Good times with good dudes in a great place.

(https://geekedongolf.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/kingsley8-greenback.jpg)
Title: #3 tee at Chambers Bay (big photo - use the sliders to see the entire view)
Post by: Dan Herrmann on May 24, 2015, 09:26:20 PM: (https://scontent-atl1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/t31.0-8/11270635_918093194903593_1516649223140504712_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Jim Nugent on May 24, 2015, 11:36:25 PM: Mark Saltzman, cool photo of SLCC. I've missed your excellent photo tours the past year (?) or so.
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Bret Lawrence on May 25, 2015, 04:01:01 PM: Fishers Island
Hole 4 from the 3rd green
(http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag323/bretjlawrence/0E433640-11A1-40A2-A705-A7A14D41FBEF_zpsgwxsu9nc.jpg)

4th Green from behind
(http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag323/bretjlawrence/DE16C948-686F-4B50-BCF2-C17D8B1A3F8C_zpstmqthvty.jpg)

9th green
(http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag323/bretjlawrence/2F493B45-C170-48D9-9012-16052D694323_zpszw9srkwj.jpg)
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Drew Groeger on May 26, 2015, 08:07:56 PM: (http://imageshack.com/a/img673/3811/TdnVNg.png)
May 17th, 2015. Looking back at the par 3 16th hole at Shepherd's Crook Golf Course, Zion, Illinois.
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Ronald Montesano on May 26, 2015, 10:06:40 PM: From Carl Nichols, at Congressional: It's an iphone picture from the patio at Congressional, overlooking the tenth tee (foreground) and 18th green (distance).

(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f140/buffalogolfer/Congressional%20Small.jpg)
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Eric Smith on May 27, 2015, 12:11:27 PM: Found on the internet ;D

(https://scontent-atl1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/11025745_10153041405932762_633878729565075965_n.jpg?oh=095ffa9610c96bca9f42fa0ee5d803f6&oe=55C35F0C)

Victoria National Golf Club
Congratulations to John Kavanaugh on a hole in one!
May 25, 2015
Hole 11, 179 yards
7 iron
Witnesses: Mr. Bartnick, Mr. Stoll, Mr. Kappell

https://www.facebook.com/VictoriaNational/photos/a.10151993915187762.1073741839.246650717761/10153041405932762/?type=1&theater

Well done, sir!
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: John Kavanaugh on May 27, 2015, 12:56:42 PM: The best thing about that pic is the American Flag on the 18th green. The flag was attended all day by a bag boy to assure it did not touch the ground. He was not a veteran because they all got the day off.
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Michael Whitaker on May 27, 2015, 11:33:56 PM: Taken by Bill McBride on Monday, May 18. One of the most vivid rainbows we've ever seen.

(http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-21gUe_s0eVs/VWaLjcUK2BI/AAAAAAAAKLw/Mt19aRD_hMw/s2048-no/IMG_0161.JPG)
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Eric Smith on May 28, 2015, 07:44:47 AM: Mike (and Bill),

That is really something. I'd bet the photo sums up the day pretty well.
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Keith OHalloran on May 28, 2015, 08:10:17 AM: Whitty,
Can I assume that the rainbow ends at a bar of some sort?

Eric,
I think your photo has ended all future crumudgeon photo contests!
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Howard Riefs on May 28, 2015, 02:02:32 PM: Frederica Golf Club, 13th hole

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7778/18015383949_e8648c860a_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Michael Whitaker on May 28, 2015, 08:31:00 PM: Quote from: Eric Smith on May 27, 2015, 12:11:27 PM
Found on the internet ;D

(https://scontent-atl1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/11025745_10153041405932762_633878729565075965_n.jpg?oh=095ffa9610c96bca9f42fa0ee5d803f6&oe=55C35F0C)

Victoria National Golf Club
Congratulations to John Kavanaugh on a hole in one!
May 25, 2015
Hole 11, 179 yards
7 iron
Witnesses: Mr. Bartnick, Mr. Stoll, Mr. Kappell

https://www.facebook.com/VictoriaNational/photos/a.10151993915187762.1073741839.246650717761/10153041405932762/?type=1&theater

Well done, sir!

John - I don't EVER want to hear you make fun of what others wear on the golf course! Man, what a shirt!!! You have officially lost your fashion criticism rights. ;D
Title: Re: Photo of the Month Thread-May 2015
Post by: Benjamin Litman on May 28, 2015, 10:48:29 PM: The Course at Yale, New Haven, CT (May 15, 2015)

Biarritz
(http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/q628/bsteph19/DSC08512_zpsm1ayluhc.jpg)

Home
(http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/q628/bsteph19/Yale%20BW/DSC08209_zpswqqwoyt0.jpg)