[Phil Young]

An article in the March 11th, 1924 issue about the new golf course for the San Francisco Golf Club that was under construction, included the following: "To the uninitiated in the science of golf architecture the difference in the work of Donald Ross and Tillinghast is that the former presents from each tee a spectacular problem to be solved with a small army of white-capped bunkers on route to the green, while the Easterner gives you a picture of a hole that can be played easily, only to discover your troubles as you play your shots wrong. Both of them are great architects. Tillinghast impresses me because of his daring franknes."
      Any thoughts? By the way, Tilly was a huge fan of Ross' work...

[Mark_Fine]

Phil,
Who wrote the article?  Very simplistic way of describing the vast and complicated work of two great architects which varied dramatically over their careers as well as from site to site. 

[Phil Young]

Now you force me to look into my archives. If I remember correctly, it was an unnamed staff writer, but I'll see what I can find. And I agree with your comment. I think this provides an opportunity to compare subtleties of design philosophies put into practice without it having to be: Who was better than Whom.

[Joel_Stewart]

An article in the March 11th, 1924 issue about the new golf course for the San Francisco Golf Club that was under construction, included the following: "To the uninitiated in the science of golf architecture the difference in the work of Donald Ross and Tillinghast is that the former presents from each tee a spectacular problem to be solved with a small army of white-capped bunkers on route to the green, while the Easterner gives you a picture of a hole that can be played easily, only to discover your troubles as you play your shots wrong. Both of them are great architects. Tillinghast impresses me because of his daring franknes."
      Any thoughts? By the way, Tilly was a huge fan of Ross' work...

Some people consider SFGC to be Tillinghast best course. 


It's ironic that both Ross and Tillinghast only built one course each in California. It will be interesting to see what the renovation at Peninsula CC will bring.

[Chris Mavros]

You could almost reverse the characterizations if you wanted to.  I think that has more to do with the broad variety of their work than anything else. 

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