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Sven Nilsen

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Merion - A Retro Photo Tour
« on: July 16, 2015, 02:36:27 PM »
Course Maps and Aerials

1916 Plan -





Sept. 1926 Golf Illustrated -






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Sven Nilsen

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Re: Merion - A Retro Photo Tour
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2015, 02:42:01 PM »
Holes 1 - 3


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Hole 1


Oct. 1916 Golfers Magazine -






Sept. 1930 Golf Illustrated





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Hole 3


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Sven Nilsen

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Re: Merion - A Retro Photo Tour
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2015, 02:46:49 PM »
Holes 4 - 6


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Hole 4


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Hole 5


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Hole 6


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Nov. 1916 Golf Illustrated -






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Sven Nilsen

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Re: Merion - A Retro Photo Tour
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2015, 02:54:50 PM »
Holes 7 - 9


Nov. 1930 Golf Illustrated -







Hole 7


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Sept. 1916 Golf Illustrated -





Hole 8


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Oct. 1916 Golfers Magazine -





Hole 9


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Oct. 1916 Golf Illustrated -





Golf Architecture in America -






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Sven Nilsen

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Re: Merion - A Retro Photo Tour
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2015, 03:01:11 PM »
Holes 10 - 12


Nov. 1930 Golf Illustrated -






Hole 10


Sept. 1916 Golf Illustrated -








Oct. 1916 Golfers Magazine -





Hole 11


March 1916 Golf Illustrated -





Oct. 1916 Golfers Magazine -





Golf Architecture in America -






Sept. 1930 Golf Illustrated -






July 1934 Golf Illustrated -




Holes 11 and 12


Aug. 1934 Golf Illustrated -










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Sven Nilsen

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Re: Merion - A Retro Photo Tour
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2015, 03:04:21 PM »
Holes 13 - 15


Nov. 1930 Golf Illustrated -






Hole 13


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Sept. 1930 Golf Illustrated -






Hole 14




Hole 15


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Sven Nilsen

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Re: Merion - A Retro Photo Tour
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2015, 03:09:20 PM »
Holes 16 - 18


Nov. 1930 Golf Illustrated -






Feb. 1916 Golf Illustrated -




Hole 16


Sept. 1916 Golf Illustrated -





Oct. 1916 Golfers Magazine -





Sept. 1924 Golf Illustrated -






Holes 16 and 17


Nov. 1930 Golf Illustrated -





Hole 17


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Sept. 1924 Golf Illustrated -






Hole 18


June 1934 Golf Illustrated -








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Jon Cavalier

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Re: Merion - A Retro Photo Tour
« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2015, 08:29:10 PM »
So who designed the course?
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Jon Cavalier

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Re: Merion - A Retro Photo Tour
« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2015, 08:30:39 PM »
Just kidding. Awesome stuff, Sven. Thanks for putting all these together.
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DMoriarty

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Re: Merion - A Retro Photo Tour
« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2015, 09:05:20 PM »
Thanks for another terrific tour, Sven. 

Pretty sure the 1916 photo captioned "EVAN-GARDNER MATCH - ELEVENTH GREEN" is actually of the original 13th green.

Also, some of the other numbers are wrong/confusing. The routing for the 1916 amateur was different than currently.  The front nine went 1, 2, 6, 7, 4, 5, 3, 8, 9.   Not sure which you intend to follow. [You also have two photos of the same green (which is currently the 6th.) One magazine called it the 3th (which it was at the time), but another magazine called it the 4th.]

Thanks again for your efforts.
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Sven Nilsen

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Re: Merion - A Retro Photo Tour
« Reply #10 on: July 16, 2015, 09:58:00 PM »
David:


I realized the 4/7 confusion after I put the photos up.  Thanks for pointing out the other issues.


I'll try to move stuff around so it matches up with the 1930 routing I've included as the lead in to each post.


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MCirba

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Re: Merion - A Retro Photo Tour
« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2015, 07:24:39 AM »
I wholeheartedly agree with David Moriarty ' s recommendations regarding re-numbering as well as his appreciation for your efforts Sven.  Thanks!

I really like that pic of the original 13th...it looks remarkably like some of the early photos of Cobb's Creek GC.  I'll IM you regarding some other early photos.
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D_Malley

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Re: Merion - A Retro Photo Tour
« Reply #12 on: July 17, 2015, 11:29:14 AM »
That picture of old #13 is the exact site where I spent many hours every summer day for 12 straight years, unless I was asleep in my car.


http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Merion/Merion%2013th%20-%20Golf%20Illustrated%20March%201916_zpss9jzhsgk.png
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Joe Bausch

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Re: Merion - A Retro Photo Tour
« Reply #13 on: July 17, 2015, 04:31:22 PM »
Newspaper coverage of the 1916, 1924, and 1930 US Am's at Merion with all kinds of photos and diagrams are here:


http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/golf/merionweb/merion_web.html
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RKoehn

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Re: Merion - A Retro Photo Tour
« Reply #14 on: July 17, 2015, 04:36:41 PM »
These photographs are awesome.  My grandfather happened to grow up at Merion as a boy in the 1920s and was club champion there in 1933.  His Princeton golf teammate and tournament travel companion Gene Homans was the man who lost to Jones in the final match in 1930, and my grandfather was one of the many there watching his friend on that historic day.


An incredible place with great history.  I still have my grandfather's Merion trophies, which I'll probably donate to the club's history room one day.


Thanks for posting these great pictures.
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