Stanley Thompson

[cary lichtenstein]

Give me a little help here, I maybe stupid or worse, but...

In his interview he states he was 14 years old in 1923 and I looked up when Banff was built by Stanley Thompson, it was 1924, so I guess that makes him 15 at the time. Kind of a youngin, don't you think?

So I added 14 years old in 1923 and this is 2006, 83 years later, that would make him 97 years old, a bit old to be doing interviews on GCA....

What am I missing???

[Tyler Kearns]

Cary,

"Anyhow… the Toronto club was set to move to a new location about 1911, and brought the famous British architect Harry Colt over to layout a new course. I was about 14 years old at the time, and we were fortunate to be able to watch Harry’s new Toronto course come to life."

I believe this is the quote you are referring to, which would mean Thompson was born in 1897. This is incorrect, Stanley Thompson was born in 1893, and died in January of 1953, aged 59.

TK

[cary lichtenstein]

Whew, thanks...so how was he interviewed for GCA?

Ran must have one of the advanced broadband lines from Cyberspace

[Tyler Kearns]

Ran pulled the same stunt in the September 2001 interview with George Thomas Jr. I must get myself some of this advanced broadband stuff.

TK

[Jeff_Mingay]

Tyler,

Seems less than 50% of what Stanley Thompson says is 100% accurate  

[Stanley Thompson]

Why don't you boys try get some of the facts right for a change. I was born in Scotland in 1893.

I met Harry at Toronto through my brother's friend George. George had selected the site for the club and one of the new members from London had recommended Harry. He was nice enough but not much of a talker. I was back there recently and the place is a forest, all the lovely long grass and deep bunkers are gone. Too bad I really did like what Harry built.

I never once met those fellows who claimed to interview me. While I recognize a few of the stories, they really aren't very good writers. Joe was a much better writer than they are.

What the hell happened to St. George's? I dropped in there yesterday and they've changed the par on practicaly all the holes and half the bunkers are gone. It certainly isn't the golf course that I built. I swear they changed every green contour too the fools.

[Bill_McBride]

Cary, I think that inteview was first posted on April 1st!  

[Michael Dugger]

Seems Mr. Thompson lived life like there was no tomorrow.

Good for that old squaty mofo.

I think I dream about S. Thompson sometimes, roaming wild Canadian Rockies terrain scouting out golf holes.

I just came back from another Bandon trip, my sixth to date.  We played BD, PDx2 & BTx2.  

I am mesmerized with imagining ripping the Banshee I use to own up the "playground" on #13 at Pacific.  I played with a guy who recently played 17 holes at PD even and took a 13 on #15.

There is something about that which reminds why I so admire Mr. Doak as a golf course designer.  He seems to be the only one who understands letting go.  Some of us "let go" quite too often, which costs us many strokes in golf.  But Mr. Doak gives us enough rope to hang ourselves with.

Yeah, so, we were talking about S. Thompson, right?  I highly doubt Stanley put forth the same type of human energy as Mr. Doak and his posse, but I am positive he was into his work as at least one of them.

Anyone a Star Trek Next Generation fan?  I would love to climb into the holodeck and live a couple of days as Mr. Thompson.  What was his work day like?  Weird to think about it, eh?  

[Stanley Thompson]

Mr Dugger,

You had the gall to state that I highly doubt Stanley put forth the same type of human energy as Mr. Doak and his posse, but I am positive he was into his work as at least one of them.

Mr Dugger have a look some time at how many courses I built under my own name each year. Then look at how many I built for architects like Charles Alison, Herbie Strong, Tillie and Walter Travis. I employed agronomists, soils experts, engineers, foreman, shapers, hundreds of laborers. At Highland Links I employed 130 men and women to build the course. I think you need to check your facts before uttering such a preposterous statement.

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