Without looking up all the details right now, after he built the course according to the Raynor plan he stayed on there as the super
listen to this: he never played the course!!! the black thing in the south
if I remember correctly he went on the build 15-2O courses in and near New Orleans
nearly all of these courses were munis
in the book, Forbidden Fairways by Calvin Sinette, Dr Sinette and I spoke before the book was complete and I think there are any number of references about the esteemed Mr Bartholomew
funny story about our conversation: Sinette got my number, called me asking the following; "i am under the impression Joe Bartholomew graduated ("graduated"
) from the Seth Raynor architecture school?" ..... I said yeah Calvin, that was called pick, rake and shovel
I think I have his story imbedded in the Metairie CC story
could never understand how they got Raynor to go to New Orleans until I followed a note I had about one Wm Stauffer who had Raynor build a course on his private estate in New Orleans - this info before I turned up the Metairie story. So that was even worse; how did you get Raynor to build a estate course in LA?
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When I uncovered Metairie was indeed a Raynor course, it then made some sense
then I found out that wealthy Mr Stauffer also had a home in Southampton and had a small course on his property there
from a friendship that developed at Metairie came this: "Stauffer was a member of the Exec Comm USGA in 1924 and according to an article in Golf Illustrated in late 1916, W E Stauffer was part of a 2-day "Bankers' Tournament" held at the National, October 30 and 31, 1916"
then it all made sense - obviously a member NGLA and a friend of CBM
Good Lord - why do I have to finish the book - it is being written here on golfclubatlas!!!!!!!!!!!!