Alison's 12th:
The view from 12 tee of the 13th green in the distance:
There are still great clams and fluke in the Great South Bay seen here from 12 tee:
Timber Point retains its majesty today, however, the view of 12 with the 15th green (Gibralter) in the background was beyond breathtaking in Alison's day. Overtime, sandy waste bunkering and tidal sand bars became muddy bugs which yielded drainage ponds and as the Bay was dredged around it the character of Timber Point's quintessential visual marriage of Pine Valley and Cypress Point was forever lost. If you'd like to cry the day away just look at this view in D. Wexler's "Missing Links."
The view of 13 while descending the elevated 12th tee:
The Wiser Blasberg enjoying a day of November golf in the Sun:
Timber Point's original routing is walker friendly, as seen here the 13th tee rolls up from the 12th greensite:
In Alison's day boats could never have docked here as it was a large sand bar:
Like most of Alison's holes on the Great South Bay the clubhouse is ever looming:
this ground short of 12 green was a tidal sand bar in Alison's day:
A look back to the elevated 12th tee site reveals the native grasses still healthy after all these years:
Again, ground that was a tidal sand bar:
For a hole of only 145 yards from the tips I expected more undulation in the green and must question whether this green was softened over the years:
A last look back toward the tee:
