RJ, Thanks, I actually forgot.
Name the famous Canadian born architect?
Charles Blair MacDonald, born in Niagara Falls, Canada
One of the greatest one hit wonders in history, sold a lot of houses in his day too.
Jack Neville, most famous for Pebble Beach, sold real estate most of his life
Moustaches for 100, name the famous architect who worked in California and designed a course where Churchill was a member?
Herbert Fowler designer of the well discussed El Paso. He also designed Walton Heath who had Winston Churchill as one of its famous members.
Moustaches for 200, designed many great layouts, liked to make clear which hole was his greatest in a unique way.
James Braid, designer of Gleneagles, had his favourite hole at Gleneagles named Braid’s Brawest (best)
An Open Champion, he designed two of the Open rota courses. Not impossible, but very tough (unless your name is MacWood)
It is Willie Fernie designer of both Troon and the original Turnberry (OK I was being intentionally tricky) He was Open champ in 1883.
Don’t look like that I, which course and which hole? Cypress Point 5th hole from the 70’s, probably the dullest the bunkers ever looked, my pictures of the bunkers from 91 are much more interesting
Don’t look like that II; which course and which “hole”?
Road Hole in the mid 70’s, surprising isn’t it.
Don’t look like that III; timbers, long grass, guess the course, and the hole.
This is the 10th at Merion during the US Open, I made it black and white to see if it had an impact. The timbers were a surprise to me.
Where it all began here, which course is it and by who?
Tom Fazio’s Vintage Wells, I remember this course being profiled the year he won the “King of the Designers” distinction from Ron Whitten (he was pictured wearing a crown on a throne in the article)
Where it all began II, which course is it and by who?
Tom Doak’s High Pointe, his first, and a very good course. Pictured is the third which was is a fantastic hole following the natural terrain.
Famous architect’s renovation of a famous architects course. Name the architects work, and the course if you can.
It is indeed the Maxwell renovation at Gulph Mills. Very, very interesting green site on a Ross golf course. Unusual but strangely likeable contrast of styles.
A modern tough one this time. Double green finisher in picture, but that’s not the clubhouse but was the architect’s office. “I can see houses on the horizon. “
The 9th and 18th at Langdon Farms, by Cupp and Fought. The building was Fought’s office in a building owned by OB Sports. The whole thing will be houses, or some other commercial venture in the near future. I’ve played it, you losing a good public facility, but not a great course.
The extra photo is Walter Travis’s “bathtub” green at the 18th at Stafford CC near Rochester. The green was rebuilt into a modern monster in the 80’s, but the club recently committed to returning the green in the near future. I hear the consulting architect is a nice young Canadian guy. The view is from the side of the green, with the left being the front.
Hope you enjoyed it.