Tom, According to Midland's board minutes from 1920, the club had a budget of $3,200 to build its new course, and they wanted Ross. He initially turned down the job, so the members contacted Raynor, who would be in the Twin Cities in April to inspect his work at Somerset in Mendota Heights. Ralph Barton and some other Midland board members met with Raynor and offered him the job, but he asked for $1,600, while the club was hoping he'd do the job for $500. They figured if they were going to exceed their budget anyway, they might as well take another shot at Ross. He replied that he would do the job for $2,000 plus hotel expenses for his assistant, who would oversee the construction. The Midland board wanted their architect to be present during at least some of the construction, so they returned to Raynor and asked him if he would lower his price by $100. Raynor agreed to do the job for $1,500. He went back and forth between Somerset and Midland, even building and contouring a number of the greens himself, but put the job of overseeing the day-to-day construction in Barton's hands.