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Adam Clayman

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Historic Glencoe Golf Club
« on: September 06, 2007, 09:23:54 PM »
Illinois, of course.

This course is seeing a transformation due to improved maintenance.

Does anyone have any information on who may have designed this tree choked G.C.?

An old aerial shows about six trees on the course.

For a town that prides itself enough to call it's G.C. historic. One might think they would make reference to the original architect. So far I have been unable to findout any relevant historic facts.

http://www.glencoegolfclub.com/clubhistory.htm
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cary lichtenstein

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Re:Historic Glencoe Golf Club
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2007, 09:48:21 PM »
I played it dozens of time as a kid, no idea who the architect was.
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Dan Moore

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Re:Historic Glencoe Golf Club
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2007, 09:56:20 PM »
I don't have access to my list, but off the top of my head I think it was George O'Neil.  
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Trey Kemp

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Re:Historic Glencoe Golf Club
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2007, 10:21:36 PM »
I'm not sure who the original designer was, but I do think that Ken Killian and Dick Nugent have done a renovation (a long time ago).
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David Lott

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Re:Historic Glencoe Golf Club
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2007, 11:44:54 PM »
I used to live near this course and played it a couple of times. It's a nice, unpretentious and undistinguished little muni that is a cash cow for the Village of Glencoe.

I have little doubt that there were few trees in the 1920's--that was true of much of the North Shore of Chicago, which had been farmed for years. I doubt it was an architectural choice.

The northern suburbs of Chicago have more than their share of fine golf courses, many of which are unsung in the rarefied air of GCA. There are also a few prosaic, not too expensive, fun tracks like Glencoe where golf is a pleasant afternoon in the park, not an aesthetic adventure.

This too was a "Golden Age" golf course. They weren't all trying to emulate Pine Valley.

David Lott

Jeff_Brauer

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Re:Historic Glencoe Golf Club
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2007, 12:32:08 AM »
George O'Neill sounds right as the designer, and KN did a lot of remodeling there, usually a green or two a year starting in the late sixties or early 70's.  The program ran so long that even I did a few as an apprentice there, and with the added incentive of having worked two college summers there on the maintenance staff.

As I recall, my greens were 9, 15, 16, 17 and were, I think, the last four done, before 1982 or so.  15 is one I modeled more after some of the golden age greens, like Colt and Allison greens around town.  I did the radical thing (to KN) of putting the green mounds on the outside rather than inside green curves and resulting in a flowing skyline to the back edge.  I will say it met with some resistance in the office, but as non descript as that green is, contouring it like that was a real learning experience, and one of the landmark greens of my early career!

The trees have grown since I was last there!
Jeff Brauer, ASGCA Director of Outreach

Adam Clayman

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Re:Historic Glencoe Golf Club
« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2007, 07:35:27 AM »
Jeff, Thanx for that interesting tidbit.


The northern suburbs of Chicago have more than their share of fine golf courses, many of which are unsung in the rarefied air of GCA.


David- Maybe if the GCA wasn't covered with so many trees, the air in here would be full of talk about Chicagoland?
"It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing your whole life." - Mickey Mantle

Tom Roewer

Re:Historic Glencoe Golf Club
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2007, 08:27:54 AM »
Adam - a link on the site that you put up has info.  it was George O'neil (1921)

David Lott

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Re:Historic Glencoe Golf Club
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2007, 12:41:11 PM »
Jeff, Thanx for that interesting tidbit.


The northern suburbs of Chicago have more than their share of fine golf courses, many of which are unsung in the rarefied air of GCA.


David- Maybe if the GCA wasn't covered with so many trees, the air in here would be full of talk about Chicagoland?

Adam:

I hold no particular brief for the courses of Chicagoland over those of any other area, in part because I don't have enough information for comparison of overall locales based on personal experience. My main point--and this is based on enough personal experience to form an opinion--is that there are fine golf courses in many locations, and good ones nearly everywhere is this lucky country. There are but a few great ones, far less than 100.

GCA is covered with trees--the dreaded and invasive Hubris Ridiculous.
David Lott

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