[Eric Franzen]

Sorry if this already been brought up in other threads...

Anyway, I just typed http://www.sebonack.com in the web browser and to my surprise a website turned up on the screen.

Club logo unweiled...

[Tiger_Bernhardt]

So I just type in doak and boss. That will get me in>

[Ian Dalzell]

Anyone find it kind of interesting that the website opening page is very similar to Friars Head non-golf photo of the long island sound?  

[Steve Lapper]

Anyone find it kind of interesting that the website opening page is very similar to Friars Head non-golf photo of the long island sound?  

Ian,

   I can't speak to any deliberate intent, but that is the template format of Intraclub Communication, a private club business that builds websites, among other services. I think that's all there is to it....at least for now!

Remember....Imitation is the best form of flattery!!

Hope you are well and a Happy Christmas and New Years to you, yours and all the folks down on the shore!

PS...I just had #2 in the daughter dept., so we'll have our own Pink Panther rooting section

[M. Shea Sweeney]

  is sebonack fully operational?

  if so does anyone know who is the professional?

[Anthony_Nysse]

Friar's Head's pic is of the bluffs off #18, Sebonack's is near there ocean views.

Tony Nysse
Asst. Supt.
Long Cove Club
HHI, SC

[James Edwards]

OT (but kinda related)
Is minimalist logo design the way forward - many seem to be adopting this approach?  

[Tom_Doak]

Shivas:

After seeing all the bad potential logos I've seen proposed for different golf courses over the past few years, this one is like a breath of fresh air.  And, it's got a cool story behind it.  It wasn't designed by a marketing firm ... that two-moon "S" is taken from the shutters of the old Sabin mansion which beside the 18th hole.  I guess it was his monogram.

[Adam_F_Collins]

One of my least favorite trends in identity design is the influence of marketing firms - too often driven by statistics and what has "worked" in the past.

I prefer an  visual identity to be driven by the identity of the place itself. Therefore, there should always be a 'story' behind every logo. There are way too many logos based on some name or idea which never had anything to do with the place until it was stuck onto it.

[Sean_A]

I don't like the logo either.  I can't understand why some logos spell out a name and have initials of the name.  Redundant.  Even with the redundancy, the logo wouldn't be too bad if the intersecting lines were ditched.  They remind me of consultancy or IT letterhead.  

Ciao

Sean

[Kyle Harris]

Lookaway's was always a favorite of mine, and has a history similar to Sebonack's. A stylized version of the original owner's initials (and the oldest structure used as a clubhouse in the country) that look like an anchor.

http://www.lookawaygc.com/history.html

[Brian Noser]

http://www.hamptonsview.com/hamptons_article_long_island_488.htm

Here are some pictures and a history of the site, I looked to see if the logo was present on the house or in the iron work but I could not see anything in the pictures.

[George Pazin]

Sean, I don't think the intersecting lines are part of the logo, I think they are a by product of snipping the logo from the website.

[Robert Emmons]

I believe the logo is just the stylized S....RHE

[Tom_Doak]

The logo is just the "S" without the lines.

Brian:  The logo was carved into the shutters of the house.  The project manager took one of them and put it on a copier!  Presumably there is no copyright infringement since the shutters date from ninety years ago.

[Brian Noser]

Tom does the mansion still stand? or was is razed when you built the course? I just thought maybe the symbol would be somewhere other then the shutters. I wanted to see it in use. i like just the "s" as others have said but the lettering kind of ruins it.

[Tom Huckaby]

Hmmmm... a famous young golfer was wearing a cap with said logo at Sand Hills earlier this year... and I really think it was just the "S", no other text. I'm guessing the other words are there just for the website, and/or that the logo will come with or without words - like Sand Hills' does.

Anyway Sebonack's kinda reminds me of the Seattle Mariners' logo... but still, is pretty cool in its simplicity.  And it was ESPECIALLY cool being worn months before the course was finished.  

[ForkaB]

I've hit this thread late.  Tell me, do you now get extra points for logo design in the GW, GM, GD ratings?

[Tom Huckaby]

I've hit this thread late.  Tell me, do you now get extra points for logo design in the GW, GM, GD ratings?

How scurrilous.  
But not a bad idea.  I've often thought there should be "coolness points" as a bonus.  Of course I get to decide what's cool and what's not.

 

[Patrick_Mucci_Jr]

Why don't those who don't like the logo put their creative minds together and come up with a better one that they can submit to the club for consideration.

[Tiger_Bernhardt]

I cannot find fault with it. It is simple and makes sense. That puts it in the upper 1/3 already.

[Kevin_Reilly]

Why don't those who don't like the logo put their creative minds together and come up with a better one that they can submit to the club for consideration.

Same logo, but a darker shade of blue.  The current is too close to the "royal" variety of blue.  But,  that's just me...don't like blue in food colors and baseball teams.  Darker blue is perfect for college football teams and club logos.

[paul cowley]

I think it looks fine ....along the lines of the Nike 'swoosh' [sp][what the hell is a swoosh?].... that term is really great marketing because before they came up with swoosh, I always thought that it was called a check mark.

[Joel_Stewart]

Tom does the mansion still stand? or was is razed when you built the course?

Try reading the first paragraph of the article.  

The Sebonack web site still has the picture of the property before construction.   When can we see the same photo on an after basis.   How many trees had to be cut down to build the course?

[Doug Siebert]

Wow, people must have a lot of spare time for the holidays if GCA is now critiquing the COLOR of Sebonack's logo!  Will the next feature interview be with Queer Eye for the Straight Guy cast so they can tell us which club has the nicest shirts, which one has the best clubhouse decor and which one serves the best quiche?

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