There's been some recent interest in Dick Wilson on the site, and of course with that comes the talk about Robert Trent Jones, Sr. These two seem to have been two of, if not the big lions of the post-war boom. Both had their feet in the pre-war Golden Age, also, but their identity in the canon of GCA seems inextricably tied to the freeway stylings that defined the modern courses of that era.
So, can anyone shed light on where Alfred Tull fit into the industry in the post-war years. He most definitely had an identity at the end of the Golden Age as Emmet's full-fledged partner, and came out the other end of the war years swinging with quite a few designs to his credit.
Where did he fit into the GCA landscape of the 50's and 60's? Was he the old-guard choice who was still bringing GA design principles to new courses? Was he the alternative to the new school of RTJ Sr. and Wilson, and the other young lions? What were you getting with a Tull course that you weren't getting with the other architects of the post-war era?
Finally, how have his courses fared the test of time? I don't have his name as a principle architect on any course listed in the Golf Magazine Top 100 at any time, though one site has him with redesign credits at Maidstone. Did his post-war work lose its luster like most of that era's courses have? Or, was his work too much like the GA to outshine the shiny new courses of the post-war time, but not bright enough to shine like the classic courses of the GA?
Dave