W. Watson

[Tim_Cronin]

One note in regard to research: It's the quality of the documentation or reporting, rather than the source, that is critical to determining the accuracy. I've seen club documents that are completely wrong – often repeating errors for decades – and newspaper / magazine reports of the day that clear things up or reveal the previously unknown. And vice versa. The more sources, the better.

[Dan Moore]

Tim,


Was Watson responsible for the punchbowl green at Westmoreland seen in this photo? I think he put in more than 200 bunkers at Westmoreland. Was he more of an an old school penal architect at that point? 





And here is a Watson ad from Golfer's Magazine in 1914.

[DMoriarty]

Dan,  My guess is that the punchbowl green was added by Tillinghast and/or Langford.  I got this impression because the hole was featured in a July 1921 article discussing changes to the course.  Here is a photo of the hole from that article.  Looks like a pie.

[Kevin_Reilly]

Thanks to Brad Klein for the use of "William" in the recent Golfweek rankings lists.