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Sven Nilsen

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Historically Notable U.S. Courses by Decade - 1950 - 1959
« on: August 30, 2011, 07:43:20 PM »
Here's the list for the '50s.  I'm sure there are others I've missed, and I'm looking into including Pontchartrain, Laurel Valley and Desert Inn.

NCR Country Club (South) (1954) – Dick Wilson
Torrey Pines (South) (1957) – Billy Bell Jr., Rees Jones (2001)
Point O’Woods Golf and Country Club (1958) – Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Bellerive (1959) – Robert Trent Jones Sr., Rees Jones (2007)
Firestone Country Club (South) (1959) –Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Champions Golf Club  - Cypress Creek (1959) – Ralph Plummer
Monterey Peninsula CC (Shore) (1959) –Robert Baldock, Jack Neville; Michael Strantz (2005)

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K. Krahenbuhl

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Re: Historically Notable U.S. Courses by Decade - 1950 - 1959
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2011, 09:29:50 PM »
Champions Golf Club - Cypress Creek (1959) - Ralph Plummer
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Howard Riefs

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Re: Historically Notable U.S. Courses by Decade - 1950 - 1959
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2011, 11:29:15 PM »
Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Shores Course (1959) -- Bob E. Baldock and Jack Neville; (2003 redesign) -- Mike Strantz
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Garland Bayley

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Re: Historically Notable U.S. Courses by Decade - 1950 - 1959
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2011, 11:39:50 PM »
Woops, US courses.  :(
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Sven Nilsen

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Re: Historically Notable U.S. Courses by Decade - 1950 - 1959
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2011, 04:46:13 PM »
Updated list in first post.  Will include the Pontchartrain, Laurel Valley and Desert Inn in the final version.
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