[JNC Lyon]

What do people know about Sunnehanna?  I know that it is a Tillinghast and that it hosts a premier Amateur tournament each year.  I would love to see some pics, but any info is greatly appreciated.

[Philippe Binette]

I walked Sunnehanna a few years ago.

It is a nice piece of ground. Rolling hills of Western Penn.

I thought it would need same major chainsaw work there.. Some bunkers have dissapeared it seems (you can still see the shape on the grounds).

It looks hard because it's narrow and has some long 4s.

[Paul Stephenson]

My uncle is a past-President of Sunnehanna and I have played it 3 times on a visit.

Philippe is right about the course being hilly.  It's also very humid in the summer which can make the walk difficult.  Greens were on the small side and seemed fast to me.

The only holes that really stick out for me are: #2, a real nice uphill dogleg right par 4; #9 a real long uphill par 5 with a strong left to right contour; #10, a short par 3 over "a ravine"; and #11 because it was the only par 5 I had a hope of hitting in two.

I wish my uncle hadn't moved to Phoenix and was still in Johnstown, I would have liked to play there again.

[Lester George]

I interviewed for the job to come up with a renovation master plan last year.  I was told I came in second to my friend Brian Silva.  I really liked the site and the people and would have liked to have gotten it.

Good luck to Brian.

Lester

[JohnV]

Sunnehanna is a wonderful course.  Phillipe mentioned a lot of trees.  They have removed quite a few and the only hole that is really overtreed now is the 18th.  The greens can be incredibly fast and a couple of has severe enough slopes that selecting hole locations can be very tricky.

A few bunkers have been restored  over the years, including the Sahara bunker on the par 5 15, which was discovered when they were putting in a watering system.  The course requires the player to move the ball both ways.  Some of the greens are small, but some are pretty good sized.  I believe they have restored some of them to their older size in the last few years.

I loved playing Sunnehanna when I was living in Pittsburgh.   I also enjoyed watching some of the best amateurs playing it in the Sunnehanna Amateur every year.

[Brad Klein]

I have crystal clear aerials of Sunnehanna from 1928, 1939, 1959, 1993 and 2004 plus the original mid-1920s water color of Tillinghast's routing.  They were part of a lecture I gave there last fall.

If someone would be so kind as to post them here on this thread, I can email them to you. Just write me (igolfbadly@aol.com) and I'll send them right away.

[C. Squier]

Brad's aerials:

1928

1928

1939

1959

1993

2004

[Steve_ Shaffer]

I llike the drive-in movie in the lower right of the 4th picture.

Too bad they planted all those trees.

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