Tom MacWood,
I did include one hole from Colonial, the 5th. The problem with the eclectic list I put together is that the holes that were really splendid on Colonial are also the same spot in the rotation as holes that were just better. The 8th was a great par three as the 13th. The 9th was a wonderful short par 4. I also tried to stick with some holes that others may not be as familiar with. In the book I talk a lot about Colonial.
As for U of M. The best holes on that course are more Mackenzie than Maxwell. The remainder of the course was solid, but just no other holes stuck out to me as great.
As for Starmount that course was originally designed by Stiles & VanKleek. It was not a Maxwell design.
Tom Paul,
The reason the 13th at Melrose wasn't as well known is because it was eliminated when the Tookany Parkway was put in. It didn't live that long, maybe 15 years. There is a copy of the original routing in the book of the course and a drawing of this hole in particular, so hopefully that will help convey the image of the hole better than my description that follows.
The hole had an elevated tee, basically where the third green currently sits. The tee shot went across the creek that runs on the other side of the Tookany now. The creek outlined the right side of the fairway and cut off the end of the fairway, where only the extraordinary drivers of the ball had to worry about it. Then the approach had to go uphill to what is now the 4th green I believe (have to check my notes on that). The closer you played your tee shot to the creek, it gave a better angle into the small green along with a shorter shot and the safer you played to the left the longer you shot was up the hill. Oh, and it was almost 450 yards long, which at the time was extremely long for a par 4.