One of my members here at Carolina has a connection to GCGC. He doesn't post here but does browse on occasion (browse is a better word than lurk
). Anyway, I emailed him the link to this thread to see if he knew anything and he sent me the following:
"Great stuff. I was mistaken about which side of #1 they were speaking of, in fact it was at the time the middle of the hole and now kind of defines the right side.
The GM is a friend of mine and was kind enough to give me a copy of the 100th anniversary history book (1999) so I pulled it out....a cursory glance made no mention of Tilly but I think the fact he worked on #1 is not in dispute. I did however take a pic of #1 which is attached.
If you look at the diagram in Reply #1 of the thread you can see two distinct fairways left & right of the "spine'... It is different now. The photo shows the spine but now the right fairway (as shown in the diagram) is sand traps out to about a 230yd carry. It appears that all of the "spine" is still in place but 60%+ of the right side fairway has been eliminated.
#1 is a great hole (really aren't any lousy ones at GCGC). Funny story, the small range runs down the right side of #1 and the entirety of it is in bounds. I always carry a yellow or pink ball just for that tee shot. When I am playing in a member/guest I get a particularly big kick out of whipping out a pink ball and explaining that even if I'm 50yds into the range "finding this baby is no problem whatsoever"...
...lots of our opponents then whip it into the range and it's gone forever ;0) That's probably not very nice of me is it?
Thanks for bringing this to my attention, great info. This thread is spectacular too, I had never seen it before."
Just wanted to share...