If Trump, Fazio, R.Jones or Ted Robinson were to build a non-functional windmill on any of their courses, it would be GCA fodder on a daily basis.  So why does NGLA get a free pass on this?  And don't give me the "it just fits the place" argument....are there other non-functional windfalls dotting the Long Island landscape?    

I didn't know it was a fake.  When was it constructed?  

The windmill has been "grandfathered" in and is above question.  If the Washington Nationals built a new ballpark with 30 foot left field wall that was so close that fly balls turned into doubles they would be the joke of baseball (even more than they presently are).  However, 400 hundred miles up 95 and the same thing is a landmark.

are there other non-functional windfalls dotting the Long Island landscape?    

Yes, one in East Hampton near the town cross roads, at least two in Water Mill, and I believe there is also one at the Southampton Historical Museum.

Southampton GC's logo is a Wind Mill.

As Mike noted, its in the Bahto book. My recollection is that there was a water tower there and so they put a windmill over it. I would think the windmill looks better than a water tower. Certainly they don't need it today, but at this point its an icon. And no Trump waterfall will EVER become that.

After NBC sells out and forces the USGA's hand at the next contract negotiation and requires it hold the US Open at Trump National <insert_location_here>, then 25yrs from now we'll be singing the praises of a waterfall?

Not sure aout "we", but who knows what the GCAers will grant a free pass to in 25 years?
Also not sure 25 years is enough to qualify under the 'long time' requirement.

And I don't buy the Old Course railway shed argument....they originally served a valid purpose and aren't on the course.  

Yeah, but they play[/b like they're on the course and that's what matters.  They are considered a grand feature on the hole, but if they were installed tomorrow they would be utterly cried down.

The windmill was originally used to help water the course...

the water tower was not too attractive so when CB's friend Dan Pomeroy (Conde Nast) suggested a windmill built over the top of it would looke better ...... here is the sidebar from The Evangelis of Golf:

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"The National Golf Links’ Windmill"

         Dan Pomeroy, president of publishing giant Conde Nast, and one of National's original associate members, remarked to Macdonald one day in the bar that rather than a rudimentary water tank then in place, how much more aesthetically appealing it would be if a windmill were built over the water tower.
        "Excellent suggestion," replied old C.B., who in short order had the new structure designed and built.
        To a man, the membership was thrilled with this stately new 50 foot windmill, sitting proudly atop high land between the 2nd and 16th holes.  It could be seen for miles around, and faced towards the yacht harbor where members frequently sailed in for an afternoon of golf.
        The day following completion, Dan Pomeroy found an example of Macdonald's autocratic rule waiting in his locker - the bill for his bright idea!


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Next thing you know, we'll find out Coore and Crenshaw built that windmill left of Sand Hills 18!

As for serious windmill eye pollution:



Can you imagine the uproar if THIS was the plan for Nantucket Sound?

....windmills ,faux waterfalls etc. are all the same ....if they aren't involved in the strategic fabric of the hole , they might as well be a snarling 50' T-Rex.

....or , if done well , do they add to the aesthetic value of a hole ?

....or , if done well and designed and incorporated strategically in a hole , do they add aesthetic AND shot values ?........man ,this is really confusing.

"The windmill was originally used to help water the course... "

Gil:

That must have been the case, From the sounds of some of the initial agronomy problems that course had, probably because way back then apparently Macdonald hadn't exactly figured out the necessity of a basic water retention medium of zillions of truckloads of topsoil and manure or whatever and initially in that super straight sand soil medium the water he was dumping on the course was probably about half way to China in around 15 minutes!  

At least that's sort of the way Piper or Oakley seemed to explain it to Hugh Wilson about NGLA in those "agronomy letters".

Pat ....I knew that , which is why I put it in point one or two of my post....just trolling for others on the bigger picture.

and its good to pass posts ...happy new year

As you can see if you go inside...It was a working windmill when it was built...It was used to pump water...