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Sven Nilsen

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Historically Notable U.S. Courses by Decade - 1910 - 1919 New
« on: August 30, 2011, 03:23:42 PM »
Moving up a decade.  

Huntington Country Club (1910) – Devereux Emmet
Country Club of Virginia, Westhampton Course (1910) – George O’Neil; Lester George (??)
National Golf Links of America (1911) – Charles Blair Macdonald
Interlachen Country Club (1911) –Willie Watson, Donald Ross (1921)
Columbia Country Club (1911) –Walter J. Travis
Milwaukee Country Club (1911) – Alex Robertson; Walter J. Travis (1924); Charles H. Alison (1929)
Merion Golf Club (East) (1912) – Hugh Wilson, et al.
Royal Colwood (1913) – A. Vernon Macan
Piping Rock (1913) – Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor
Hollywood Golf Club (1913) – Isaac Mackie, Seth Raynor, Walter J. Travis (1916)
St. Louis Country Club (1914) – Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor
Sleepy Hollow Country Club (1914) – Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor
Country Club of Fairfield (1914) – Seth Raynor, A.W. Tillinghast (1925)
Old Elm Club (1914) – Harry S. Colt, Donald Ross
San Francisco Golf Club (1915) – A.W. Tillinghast
East Lake Golf Club (1915) – Donald Ross, George Cobb (1960), Rees Jones (1994)
Greenbrier Old White (1915) – Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor; Lester George (??)
Olympia Fields Country Club (South) (1915)  - Tom Bendelow
Wannamoisett Country Club (1916) – Donald Ross
Scioto Country Club (1916) – Donald Ross
White Bear Yacht Club (1916) – Donald Ross
Essex Country Club (1917) – Donald Ross
Mountain Lake Country Club (1917) – Seth Raynor
St. George’s Golf & Country Club (1917) – Devereux Emmet
Oakland Hills Country Club (South) (1918) – Donald Ross, Robert Trent Jones Sr. (1950)
Somerset Hills Country Club (1918) – A. W. Tillinghast
Lido Golf Course (1918) – Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor
Pine Valley Golf Club (1919) – George Crump, Harry S. Colt
Pebble Beach Golf Links (1919) – Douglas Grant, Jack Neville; Alister MacKenzie, H. Chandler Egan (1929)

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Lester George

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Re: Historically Notable U.S. Courses by Decade - 1910 - 1919
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2011, 03:33:13 PM »

Greenbrier Old White (1915) CBM, Seth Raynor

Country Club of Virginia, Westhampton Course (1910) George O'Neil

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: Historically Notable U.S. Courses by Decade - 1910 - 1919
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2011, 03:50:55 PM »
Quote from: Shivas on August 30, 2011, 03:45:11 PM
Quote from: Sven Nilsen on August 30, 2011, 03:23:42 PM
Merion Golf Club (East) (1912) – Hugh Wilson

I take it you're feeling feisty today...  ;D

OK, seriously, your Pebble attribution is incomplete.  Chandler Egan and MacKenzie did a lot of work there in 1929 (best to confirm the date).

Shivas:

A lot of the names and dates in these lists were pulled from the magazine websites.  I was amazed at the disparity in the information included in the various sources.  Some opted to use the date of the initiation of the project, while others appeared to use the date of completion.  And unsurprisingly, the attributed architects were not always consistent.
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Jud_T

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Re: Historically Notable U.S. Courses by Decade - 1910 - 1919
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2011, 03:52:09 PM »
 :-X
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Sven Nilsen

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Re: Historically Notable U.S. Courses by Decade - 1910 - 1919
« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2011, 04:23:46 PM »
Quote from: Lester George on August 30, 2011, 03:33:13 PM

Greenbrier Old White (1915) CBM, Seth Raynor

Country Club of Virginia, Westhampton Course (1910) George O'Neil



Lester,

Thanks for the update.  What years did you do your work at the Old White and CC of Virginia?

Thanks,

Sven
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Carl Nichols

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Re: Historically Notable U.S. Courses by Decade - 1910 - 1919
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2011, 04:41:02 PM »
Columbia Country Club -- (1911) Travis, according to their website
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Garland Bayley

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Re: Historically Notable U.S. Courses by Decade - 1910 - 1919
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2011, 06:25:42 PM »
1912 A. Vernon Macan opens Royal Colwood on Vancouver Island beginning a distinguished career in GCA.  Oops, US courses wanted.
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Howard Riefs

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Re: Historically Notable U.S. Courses by Decade - 1910 - 1919
« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2011, 07:30:01 PM »
Shoreacres (1916) -- Seth Raynor
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Sven Nilsen

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Re: Historically Notable U.S. Courses by Decade - 1910 - 1919
« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2011, 07:39:18 PM »
Quote from: Howard Riefs on August 30, 2011, 07:30:01 PM
Shoreacres (1916) -- Seth Raynor

Howard:

Shoreacres is listed elsewhere as 1921 and is included on the list for the 1920's.  Will look into the appropriate date.
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Howard Riefs

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Re: Historically Notable U.S. Courses by Decade - 1910 - 1919
« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2011, 07:41:41 PM »
Quote from: Sven Nilsen on August 30, 2011, 07:39:18 PM
Quote from: Howard Riefs on August 30, 2011, 07:30:01 PM
Shoreacres (1916) -- Seth Raynor

Howard:

Shoreacres is listed elsewhere as 1921 and is included on the list for the 1920's.  Will look into the appropriate date.

You're correct.  I was thrown by the club's founding in 1916.  The course opened in 1921.

http://www.shoreacres1916.com/treeprogram/raynor.htm
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Mark Saltzman

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Re: Historically Notable U.S. Courses by Decade - 1910 - 1919
« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2011, 08:46:44 PM »
Olympia Fields (south) - Bendelow, 1915
Detroit GC - Ross
CC of Buffalo - Ross
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Robert Emmons

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Re: Historically Notable U.S. Courses by Decade - 1910 - 1919
« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2011, 08:15:24 AM »
Huntington Country Club   Emmet   1910
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Dale Jackson

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Re: Historically Notable U.S. Courses by Decade - 1910 - 1919
« Reply #12 on: August 31, 2011, 12:12:50 PM »
Quote from: Garland Bayley on August 30, 2011, 06:25:42 PM
1912 A. Vernon Macan opens Royal Colwood on Vancouver Island beginning a distinguished career in GCA.  Oops, US courses wanted.


Sven, I am going to bring up Royal Colwood again, even though I realize your Title specifies US courses.  Construction began on, the then named, Colwood Golf and Country Club in 1913 and it had its unofficial opening in 1914.  It was the first course by AV Macan, who is the most important and prolific architect to work in the Pacific Northwest.

But the primary reason I bring Colwood forward is that it was the first golf course on the West Coast, and I believe west of the Mississippi, to be designed using a set of architectural principles.  Macan's principles, recently revealed by Mike Riste in his biography of the architect, are based on the work of John Low and are similar to those espoused by Colt, MacKenzie and Alison.

To leave out Royal Colwood, it seems to me, is to leave a hole in the lists you and other are compiling, lists which I think are a valuable resource, particularly if the reasons for inclusion of various courses are included.

Besides, Victoria lies south of the 49th parallel, so we must hold some sort of honourary status  ;D
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Sven Nilsen

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Re: Historically Notable U.S. Courses by Decade - 1910 - 1919
« Reply #13 on: August 31, 2011, 12:24:59 PM »
Quote from: Dale Jackson on August 31, 2011, 12:12:50 PM
Quote from: Garland Bayley on August 30, 2011, 06:25:42 PM
1912 A. Vernon Macan opens Royal Colwood on Vancouver Island beginning a distinguished career in GCA.  Oops, US courses wanted.


Sven, I am going to bring up Royal Colwood again, even though I realize your Title specifies US courses.  Construction began on, the then named, Colwood Golf and Country Club in 1913 and it had its unofficial opening in 1914.  It was the first course by AV Macan, who is the most important and prolific architect to work in the Pacific Northwest.

But the primary reason I bring Colwood forward is that it was the first golf course on the West Coast, and I believe west of the Mississippi, to be designed using a set of architectural principles.  Macan's principles, recently revealed by Mike Riste in his biography of the architect, are based on the work of John Low and are similar to those espoused by Colt, MacKenzie and Alison.

To leave out Royal Colwood, it seems to me, is to leave a hole in the lists you and other are compiling, lists which I think are a valuable resource, particularly if the reasons for inclusion of various courses are included.

Besides, Victoria lies south of the 49th parallel, so we must hold some sort of honourary status  ;D

Dale -

You've convinced me.  I'll add it in.  Also, first post updated.

Sven
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Dale Jackson

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Re: Historically Notable U.S. Courses by Decade - 1910 - 1919
« Reply #14 on: August 31, 2011, 12:46:47 PM »
Sven, thank you.  Now that the crack in the door is opened, there is other significant Canadian courses others may wish to bring forward (Toronto, Hamilton, Victoria, etc.)!!!  One small point, the year given to Royal Colwood should be 1913, not 1912.
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