Can someone either reply or PM me with the latest plan for a potential gathering at Lawsonia this fall.  If its not going to happen, I think my sticks will likely remain in storage this year.  

Cheers,
Brad

If I can be kept up on this one - I think this is one trip I would really like to make.

Regards,

Ian

If I can be kept up on this one - I think this is one trip I would really like to make.

Diddo.

TK

I am playing there June 13th if anyone would like to join me. I have an afternoon tee time at Erin Hills.

I would be interested in this one as well. August works the best for me.

Have never made it up to Lawsona before, always wanted to.

Pat

Michael I spoke to Jay Blasi, fellow Wisconsin allum, yesterday and he see the Badgers making the Big Ten theirs as well. In fact he spoke as if he was planning on being in New Orleans next January. I  am sure he meant to see us play but for some reason I believe he thought the Wisconsin team would be there as well. lol I am on a long weekend with some friends from Houston and New Orleans to Whistling Straits. I just could not pass up Lawsonia Links if I am this close. Erin Hills is as much curiousity as anything else. The Tigers had their way with the Badgers 38 to 28 in 1971. I think it is the only time we have come to Madison. I would love to come back in the fall when the smell of cheese is in the air.

If I am in town I will be there.

This very much a work in progress at this point but here what  Dick, Mike and I have been discussing so far.

We are looking at a Friday afternoon to Monday GCA Weekend.  It would include 3 Langford and Moreau courses.    The focus will be on Langford and Moreau and we hope to have some participation at each of the courses from architects who have worked on L/M courses and/or who have an interest in their architecture to give presentations on Langford and Moreau and the courses.  We will probably also include a sidetrip to Erin Hills.  Everything we are talking about is located within 1 1/2 hours of Lawsonia.  

At this point it looks like we can keep the cost for just the golf under $500 for 4-5 rounds and will do the best we can to get that cost down.  Accommodations in the Lawsonia area are plentiful and in every price bracket.  

We are looking at the two weekends in September after the Labor Day weekend.  

Assuming there is sufficient interest we are shooting to have this firmed up sometime in the next few weeks and will be able to make all the details known at that time.  In the meantime please let us if this is something that interests you so we can gauge whether to go forward and how many slots we will need.

Thanks.

Tiger/Mike,
   Shoot me an IM with your plans if you wish as I'm hoping to get up to Lawsonia a few times this summer and would enjoy playing with you both (schedule permitting).

Cheers,
Brad

Shelly,  Thanks.  We are considering the weekends of 9/7 to 9/10 (first choice) and 9/14 to 9/17, so that will not be an issue.  

If it happens on the weekend of 9/8, I could perhaps make it on Friday, but Iowa's got a rare night game on the 9th I don't want to miss!  The following weekend would probably work pretty well for me, I could probably do the whole weekend if it happens then.

Here is an update on the Fall Lawsonia Outing which is now a tour of Langford Moreau's courses in Wisconsin.  

While the dates and courses are fully confirmed a few more details on pricing and architect participation are being worked out.  Final arrangements will be posted in new thread in the next week which will include all details and information on accommodations and how to reserve a place.  We have room for 24 golfers.  

Here is the tentative schedule.  Cost for green fees should be around $225-$275.  Food, drink and accommodations are not included.  

Friday Sept. 7th
Spring Valley Country Club (optional 18 holes)
West Bend Country Club (private) (9 holes and Wisconsin Fish Fry)

Saturday Sept. 8th
Lawsonia Links  (36 holes)

Sunday Sept. 9th
Ozaukee Country Club (private)

This is an exciting opportunity to see almost all of Langford Moreau's work in Wisconsin over the course of one weekend.  About the only Wisconsin work we won't see is the renovation of 5-6 holes at Westmoor CC and remnants of wjat looked like a 3 or 6 hole short course at the Leathem Smith Lodge.

We have not included Erin Hills in our plans but all courses are within 75 minutes of Erin Hills and Whistling Straits for those who would like to bookend their trip with visits to those courses.  

Organizers:  Dan Moore, Dick Daley and Mike McGuire

While I'm hoping to meet directly with Dan and Mike at the soonest possible mutually available date, I have checked with the ex-director of golf at Lawsonia, Jeff Penkowitz, who now runs a pretty nice pub and grub restaurant about < a mile from Lawsonia's gate.  He said he could accomodate about 30 people for a private room dinner, and would ask that we have no more than two or three selections for dinner so he can get it out promptly to us.  Then, we will have a room for our round-table discussions or presentations.  I'll confirm that with Penkowitz and finalize it with Dan and Mike ASAP.  

I am still going to try to get some input from the Lawsonia superintendent about the restoring process he undertook, and there is another great super in the area that had some outstanding restoration-remodelling done at his very private, very fine classic gem.  I can't put him on the spot right now without talking to him first.  Obviously, after 36 holes and the time it takes to eat dinner, we won't have all night to make presentations and such, yet there is so much to see and discuss.  So, I suggest that someone that has a nice laptop that can play a CD or DVD with a presentation of some of this remodelling, have that available for any splinter group that wants to look beyond the allotted time we can all share at the dinner.  I have the CD of the work at that other club I mentioned above, and the pictures of the work are as good as I've seen detailing such work.  But, I don't have a laptop to show folks.