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Sven Nilsen

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Yeamans Hall Olmsted Photos - Then and Now
« on: March 08, 2019, 01:08:24 PM »
All photos posted in this thread are either courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site or taken from Bill McKinley's photo tour found here - http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,53870.0.html

Plans -





The Entrance -





Entrance Road -



The Hall -




"As much as we have learned about the history of golf architecture in the last ten plus years, I'm convinced we have only scratched the surface."  A GCA Poster

"There's the golf hole; play it any way you please." Donald Ross

Sven Nilsen

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Re: Yeamans Hall Olmsted Photos - Then and Now
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2019, 01:12:26 PM »
Hole 1 - Double Plateau
















"As much as we have learned about the history of golf architecture in the last ten plus years, I'm convinced we have only scratched the surface."  A GCA Poster

"There's the golf hole; play it any way you please." Donald Ross

Sven Nilsen

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Re: Yeamans Hall Olmsted Photos - Then and Now
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2019, 01:14:41 PM »
Hole 2 - Leven





"As much as we have learned about the history of golf architecture in the last ten plus years, I'm convinced we have only scratched the surface."  A GCA Poster

"There's the golf hole; play it any way you please." Donald Ross

Sven Nilsen

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Re: Yeamans Hall Olmsted Photos - Then and Now
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2019, 01:16:19 PM »
Hole 3 - Short





"As much as we have learned about the history of golf architecture in the last ten plus years, I'm convinced we have only scratched the surface."  A GCA Poster

"There's the golf hole; play it any way you please." Donald Ross

Sven Nilsen

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Re: Yeamans Hall Olmsted Photos - Then and Now
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2019, 01:18:23 PM »
Hole 4 - Bottle


"As much as we have learned about the history of golf architecture in the last ten plus years, I'm convinced we have only scratched the surface."  A GCA Poster

"There's the golf hole; play it any way you please." Donald Ross

Sven Nilsen

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Re: Yeamans Hall Olmsted Photos - Then and Now
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2019, 01:22:23 PM »
Hole 5 - Alps


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Hole 6 - Redan














"As much as we have learned about the history of golf architecture in the last ten plus years, I'm convinced we have only scratched the surface."  A GCA Poster

"There's the golf hole; play it any way you please." Donald Ross

Sven Nilsen

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Re: Yeamans Hall Olmsted Photos - Then and Now
« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2019, 01:25:57 PM »
Hole 7 - Road


No old photos available.




Hole 8 - Creek








"As much as we have learned about the history of golf architecture in the last ten plus years, I'm convinced we have only scratched the surface."  A GCA Poster

"There's the golf hole; play it any way you please." Donald Ross

Sven Nilsen

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Re: Yeamans Hall Olmsted Photos - Then and Now
« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2019, 01:28:33 PM »
Hole 9 - Long








"As much as we have learned about the history of golf architecture in the last ten plus years, I'm convinced we have only scratched the surface."  A GCA Poster

"There's the golf hole; play it any way you please." Donald Ross

Sven Nilsen

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Re: Yeamans Hall Olmsted Photos - Then and Now
« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2019, 01:30:34 PM »
Hole 10 - Cape





"As much as we have learned about the history of golf architecture in the last ten plus years, I'm convinced we have only scratched the surface."  A GCA Poster

"There's the golf hole; play it any way you please." Donald Ross

Sven Nilsen

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Re: Yeamans Hall Olmsted Photos - Then and Now
« Reply #9 on: March 08, 2019, 01:33:16 PM »
Hole 11 - Maiden









"As much as we have learned about the history of golf architecture in the last ten plus years, I'm convinced we have only scratched the surface."  A GCA Poster

"There's the golf hole; play it any way you please." Donald Ross

Sven Nilsen

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Re: Yeamans Hall Olmsted Photos - Then and Now
« Reply #10 on: March 08, 2019, 01:35:32 PM »
Hole 12 - Narrows


No old photos available.


Hole 13 - Eden





"As much as we have learned about the history of golf architecture in the last ten plus years, I'm convinced we have only scratched the surface."  A GCA Poster

"There's the golf hole; play it any way you please." Donald Ross

Sven Nilsen

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Re: Yeamans Hall Olmsted Photos - Then and Now
« Reply #11 on: March 08, 2019, 01:37:05 PM »
Hole 14 - Knoll





"As much as we have learned about the history of golf architecture in the last ten plus years, I'm convinced we have only scratched the surface."  A GCA Poster

"There's the golf hole; play it any way you please." Donald Ross

Sven Nilsen

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Re: Yeamans Hall Olmsted Photos - Then and Now
« Reply #12 on: March 08, 2019, 01:38:58 PM »
Hole 15 - Lido


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Hole 16 - Biarritz









"As much as we have learned about the history of golf architecture in the last ten plus years, I'm convinced we have only scratched the surface."  A GCA Poster

"There's the golf hole; play it any way you please." Donald Ross

Sven Nilsen

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Re: Yeamans Hall Olmsted Photos - Then and Now
« Reply #13 on: March 08, 2019, 01:41:49 PM »
Hole 17 - Punchbowl


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Hole 18 - Home











"As much as we have learned about the history of golf architecture in the last ten plus years, I'm convinced we have only scratched the surface."  A GCA Poster

"There's the golf hole; play it any way you please." Donald Ross

Joe Hancock

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Re: Yeamans Hall Olmsted Photos - Then and Now
« Reply #14 on: March 08, 2019, 06:29:53 PM »
Sven,


Thanks for that tour. It brings back fond memories of being alongside Jim Urbina during the renovation a couple years ago. What a sense of place.......
" What the hell is the point of architecture and excellence in design if a "clever" set up trumps it all?" Peter Pallotta, June 21, 2016

"People aren't picking a side of the fairway off a tee because of a randomly internally contoured green ."  jeffwarne, February 24, 2017

Peter Flory

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Re: Yeamans Hall Olmsted Photos - Then and Now
« Reply #15 on: March 08, 2019, 08:29:42 PM »
What a stunning set of photos.  So clear that it feels like we're there.