It has been a decade since I played any of these clourses, so my memory might be faulty - OR the clubs have done some work...
- I was fairly certain that Raynor at least DESIGNED 18 holes for Everglades - not certain how many of the holes were built prior to his passing. i do not have my copy of George Bahto's book in front of me, but I am fairly certain that Raynor made a couple different trips to S. Florida, and might have seen the opening of the 2nd nine right before he died.
While there ARE a few holes on the present course at Everglades that are immediately recognizable as template holes, I am a bit confused as to whether the Brian Silva work there is a faithful renovation or a completely re-worked "re-interpretation" of a Raynor course. There is (to me) a very odd Redan over water (the only one I am aware of), a Short Hole with the "Thumbprint" green, another Short Hole with a sunken green completely obscured by a "punchbowl" concave green complex (perhaps the only combination of these particular templates), a Biarritz that is surely the shortest example in existence, with a fairly deep swale in the middle of a green that is only about 30 yards deep, and a long'ish Par 3 17th hole that possesses a "Valley of Sin" - type depression in front. I have seen old aerials of the club that do not in any way resemble the present course - so your guess is as good as mine regarding what is left of Raynor's work at Everglades. I have tried over the years to stir up a discussion about Everglades, but to no avail - Either not enough people have seen it, due to the club's extreme privacy, or no one is interested in discussing it.
- Another odd Raynor effort (odd meaning a seeming lack of Template holes) is Wanumetonomy. I was very puzzled when I played it back in 2006, as I could only find a handful of holes that resembled Templates...and even then I was not sure. George Bahto explained that this club actually WAS one of the courses that probably had the FEWEST templates, and he speculated that it was due to the fact that it was a "bonus" type gift to the community from Mr. Tailer, and it did not get the same level of attention as Fishers Island or the Ocean Links. It IS a wonderful golf course that nonetheless retains a great deal of charm as the bunkering and greens certainly feel like a Raynor effort.
- Dedham has 12 holes that are separated from the other 6 (clubhouse side of the road) by a road. The clubhouse-side holes are (I think) remnants of Donald Ross' efforts there prior to Raynor being engaged by the club. The 12 holes on the other side of the road are a mishmash of different styles with only a handful of recognizable features. I THINK there might be an Alps-Punchbowl green, perhaps a Cape-type green, perhaps a Short Hole, and MAYBE a Redan...the scorecard adds to the confusion, because it gives many of the holes Raynor names, even though the Clubhouse-side holes are clearly not Raynor's work. So, as I recall, there were two Redans, one of which was a Ross hole, and a Biarritz (on the card) that looked like an everyday, ordinary golf hole. Still a really fun golf course with an old-school New England feel to it.
- CC of Charleston's lack of template holes is well documented here on GCA
- many of the older, poorly documented/recently discovered course such as Lake Wales, Charleston Municipal, Thousand Islands might never have had many template holes because they were built by others after Raynor died - they certainly do not have any NOW...
- From what I could tell back in 2003, whatever work Raynor and Banks did at Green Park/ Blowing Rock did not include more than perhaps the Par 3 Template holes and MAYBE a Punchbowl.
- I have some old aerials of Statesville CC in NC, and the grass greens in existence when these photos were taken (my guess is late 30's-mid 40's) are just plain and round - no idea what the course looked like when the greens were all sand. It now sits under a church and a couple hundred homes...