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MCirba

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Re: Lost Links of the Main Line @ Bala GC Dec 21 + Cobb's tour + golf
« Reply #25 on: December 18, 2023, 09:16:55 PM »
Quote from: Kalen Braley on December 18, 2023, 07:17:50 PM
I wish I lived closer, these types of get togethers are the reason for the season... in GCA circles at least!  ;)


We wish you were here, Kalen.
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Joe Bausch

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Re: Lost Links of the Main Line @ Bala GC Dec 21 + Cobb's tour + golf
« Reply #26 on: December 19, 2023, 09:52:43 AM »
Just spoke to The Lurker. He will be in attendance!
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MCirba

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Re: Lost Links of the Main Line @ Bala GC Dec 21 + Cobb's tour + golf
« Reply #27 on: December 19, 2023, 12:49:04 PM »
Beautiful, man.
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JMEvensky

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Re: Lost Links of the Main Line @ Bala GC Dec 21 + Cobb's tour + golf
« Reply #28 on: December 19, 2023, 04:29:31 PM »
Quote from: Joe Bausch on December 19, 2023, 09:52:43 AM

Just spoke to The Lurker. He will be in attendance!



Please tell him hello.
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Tom_Doak

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Re: Lost Links of the Main Line @ Bala GC Dec 21 + Cobb's tour + golf
« Reply #29 on: December 19, 2023, 07:00:16 PM »
Quote from: JMEvensky on December 19, 2023, 04:29:31 PM
Quote from: Joe Bausch on December 19, 2023, 09:52:43 AM

Just spoke to The Lurker. He will be in attendance!


Please tell him hello.


And from me as well.  The last time I saw him was to play Gulph Mills several years ago.  What a fun day that was.
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Steve_ Shaffer

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Re: Lost Links of the Main Line @ Bala GC Dec 21 + Cobb's tour + golf
« Reply #30 on: December 19, 2023, 11:32:25 PM »
My Gulfstream broke down so I won't be available. Say hello to " The Lurker" for me and others who got Cobb's moving.
https://www.inquirer.com/philly/gallery/20080427_With_a_little_help_from_a_few_friends.html


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MCirba

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Re: Lost Links of the Main Line @ Bala GC Dec 21 + Cobb's tour + golf
« Reply #31 on: December 20, 2023, 07:55:31 AM »
Quote from: Steve_ Shaffer on December 19, 2023, 11:32:25 PM
My Gulfstream broke down so I won't be available. Say hello to " The Lurker" for me and others who got Cobb's moving.
https://www.inquirer.com/philly/gallery/20080427_With_a_little_help_from_a_few_friends.html


Wow.. just realized I was 49 back then.   Turned 65 this past July.   :o
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Joe Bausch

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Re: Lost Links of the Main Line @ Bala GC Dec 21 + Cobb's tour + golf
« Reply #32 on: December 20, 2023, 03:03:00 PM »
56 people now signed up for the talk. Geez, I guess I better deliver!
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MCirba

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Re: Lost Links of the Main Line @ Bala GC Dec 21 + Cobb's tour + golf
« Reply #33 on: December 20, 2023, 03:33:13 PM »
Quote from: Joe Bausch on December 20, 2023, 03:03:00 PM
56 people now signed up for the talk. Geez, I guess I better deliver!


No pressure, Joe.    :D
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Mike Worth

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Re: Lost Links of the Main Line @ Bala GC Dec 21 + Cobb's tour + golf
« Reply #34 on: December 20, 2023, 04:54:03 PM »
Quote from: MCirba on December 20, 2023, 03:33:13 PM
Quote from: Joe Bausch on December 20, 2023, 03:03:00 PM
56 people now signed up for the talk. Geez, I guess I better deliver!


You should stream it. I would attend, except I’m at my place in Florida for the winter.


No pressure, Joe.    :D
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Tim Martin

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Re: Lost Links of the Main Line @ Bala GC Dec 21 + Cobb's tour + golf
« Reply #35 on: December 20, 2023, 05:10:21 PM »
Quote from: Joe Bausch on December 20, 2023, 03:03:00 PM
56 people now signed up for the talk. Geez, I guess I better deliver!


Good luck Joe!
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Marty Bonnar

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Re: Lost Links of the Main Line @ Bala GC Dec 21 + Cobb's tour + golf
« Reply #36 on: December 21, 2023, 04:21:39 PM »
Hope you’re having a great day!
F.
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mike_malone

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Re: Lost Links of the Main Line @ Bala GC Dec 21 + Cobb's tour + golf
« Reply #37 on: December 21, 2023, 05:15:33 PM »
Quote from: Marty Bonnar on December 21, 2023, 04:21:39 PM
Hope you’re having a great day!
F.


Marty,


Every day is a great day in Philly! Enjoy your holidays over there.
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Rory Connaughton

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Re: Lost Links of the Main Line @ Bala GC Dec 21 + Cobb's tour + golf
« Reply #38 on: December 22, 2023, 01:55:29 PM »
Many thanks to Joe and Pete Trenham for a great evening.


The amount of golf course/club development in Philadelphia between 1900 and the Depression is truly remarkable and
Joe and Mr. Trenham did a great job bringing life to a lot of courses otherwise lost to the mist of time.


Wonderful to see such a large contingent of GCA'ers including a surprise visit by Adam Messix (who must have the foremost collection of scorecards for NLE courses in the world) and the return of some GCA legends and nearly legends including the most legendary legend of them all!



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David Amarnek

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Re: Lost Links of the Main Line @ Bala GC Dec 21 + Cobb's tour + golf
« Reply #39 on: December 22, 2023, 02:36:35 PM »
Any videos or pictures of the evening?
I was on the phone with Wayne Morrison and Tom Paul on their way over to the event, wish I could have attended!

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Bill Crane

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Re: Lost Links of the Main Line @ Bala GC Dec 21 + Cobb's tour + golf
« Reply #40 on: December 22, 2023, 03:37:39 PM »
Thanks -  JB - for putting together such an enjoyable event and also for your flexibility with questions and comments from those attending.   Seems like teaching undergrads has prepped you well for that environment.


Also enjoyed seeing another Wm Flynn design and meeting friendly members.
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Joe Bausch

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Re: Lost Links of the Main Line @ Bala GC Dec 21 + Cobb's tour + golf
« Reply #41 on: December 22, 2023, 06:55:28 PM »
It was a joyous evening.
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Joe Bausch

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Re: Lost Links of the Main Line @ Bala GC Dec 21 + Cobb's tour + golf
« Reply #42 on: December 24, 2023, 05:39:59 PM »
A very large walkup audience showed so the talk had 70 listeners. It was a very good day. So many GCAers were there.

Bala generously hosted many of us to play the golf course before the talk. The conditioning and presentation were superb.

Here is how my eyes and camera saw the course:

http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/albums/Bala_Dec2023/index.html
« Last Edit: December 24, 2023, 07:34:02 PM by Joe Bausch »
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Joe Bausch

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Re: Lost Links of the Main Line @ Bala GC Dec 21 + Cobb's tour + golf New
« Reply #43 on: December 25, 2023, 11:21:32 AM »
I covered/mentioned 25 different lost links on (or near?!) the Main Line on Thursday:



Here they are, corresponding to the letters in the map above:

A. Devon GC
B. Philadelphia Country Club (Bala)
C. Shenley-Pines
D. Overbrook GC (in Overbrook)
E. Aronimink GC (in Drexel Hill)
F. Brookline Square Club
G. Merion Cricket Club (Lower Merion)
H. Valley Forge GC
I. St. Davids GC (Radnor)
J. Tredyffrin CC
K. Cedar Hollow
L. Briar Crest
M. Villanova College's 9-hole course
N. Malvern GC
O. Bryn Mawr GC
P. Pennsylvania Railroad GC
Q. Green Valley CC (Roxborough)
R. Roxborough CC (Roxborough, then Lafayette Hill)
S. Beverly Hills GC
T. CC of Lansdowne
U. Tully-Memorial then became Tully-Secane GC
V. Glendale CC
W. Mary Lyons GC
X. Swarthmore GC
Y. Cassatt estate course (Rosemont)

Now I'm back to grading my final exams...

Merry Christmas.



« Last Edit: December 25, 2023, 03:05:28 PM by Joe Bausch »
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