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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #125 on: February 05, 2020, 10:10:56 AM »
54 holes by John Duncan Dunn in the vicinity of Coyote Pass near Pasadena.

Oct. 8, 1922 Los Angeles Times -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #126 on: February 05, 2020, 10:22:53 AM »
A 9 hole course to be laid out by Harold Sampson for the Willits GC in California.

July 14, 1928 Ukiah Dispatch Democrat -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #127 on: February 05, 2020, 10:38:05 AM »
Plans for a new 18 hole course at Big Bear Lake to be built by John Duncan Dunn.

March 9, 1929 San Bernardino County Sun -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #128 on: February 05, 2020, 10:47:41 AM »
The article below has been interpreted to be a reference to Capuchino CC, which would be built in 1926.  However, the sponsor of the course noted in the article is not mentioned at all in any reports on Capuchino, and the location described is not the same, suggesting this was an entirely different proposed project.

May 19, 1926 San Francisco Examiner -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #129 on: February 05, 2020, 11:10:34 AM »
Plans for a public course in San Fernando.

Oct. 18, 1928 Los Angeles Times -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #130 on: February 05, 2020, 11:17:13 AM »
A resort to be built at the gates of Yosemite.

May 31, 1924 Bakersfield Californian -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #131 on: February 05, 2020, 11:28:56 AM »
An ambitious Los Angeles project for the Breakers Clubs which combined City, Beach and Golf locations.

Aug. 3, 1926 Los Angeles Times -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #132 on: February 05, 2020, 11:37:19 AM »
Plans for a course in Los Angeles for minorities, supposedly the second of its kind in the country.

June 3, 1924 Los Angeles Evening Express -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #133 on: February 06, 2020, 08:48:52 AM »
A Scott Robson project for Fernwood CC near Scranton, PA.

Aug. 9, 1930 Scranton Republican -



Nov. 30, 1931 Scranton Republican -



April 18, 1932 Scranton Republican -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #134 on: February 06, 2020, 09:07:38 AM »
An 18 hole "Langdon and Maurer" (Langford & Moreau) project near Floral City, FL.

Feb. 8, 1926 Tampa Tribune -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #135 on: February 06, 2020, 09:29:07 AM »
A combination golf and riding club to be built near Des Plaines, IL with the Caulkin Brothers as golf architects (I've never heard of this firm).

A March 1926 Golf Illustrated article on Chicago public courses noted that the Des Plaines Community golf course was in the process of being surveyed, another course I don't believe was ever built.

Jan. 8, 1928 Chicago Tribune -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #136 on: February 06, 2020, 09:43:10 AM »
A club organized near Braddock Heights, MD with Fred McLeod the Columbia pro to lay out a course.


Oct. 1, 1916 Washington Post -



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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #137 on: February 09, 2020, 11:23:00 AM »
A John Duncan Dunn course for the community of Glendora.

May 26, 1925 Los Angeles Times -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #138 on: February 09, 2020, 11:31:18 AM »
University CC in Los Angeles.

June 24, 1923 Los Angeles Times -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #139 on: February 09, 2020, 12:29:10 PM »
Every once in a while trying to decipher an article that provided a fleeting glimpse of an idea that never came to fruition leads one down a garden path of discovery.

I'll let you all pursue your own investigations on this one.

A 36 hole private/public project by A. V. Macan for William Kent to be located near Phoenix Lake in Marin County.

Dec. 4, 1924 Petaluma Daily Morning Courier -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #140 on: February 10, 2020, 10:48:39 AM »
A public course in Belvidere, IL.

Aug. 21, 1923 Belvidere Daily Republican -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #141 on: February 10, 2020, 10:56:33 AM »
A 27 hole facility in Bayside, NY for the Rocky Hill GC.

Feb. 10, 1922 The Daily Star -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #142 on: February 10, 2020, 11:01:26 AM »
Lykens Valley CC in Lykens, PA.

Dec. 9, 1926 Harrisburg Telegraph -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #143 on: February 10, 2020, 11:06:17 AM »
An A. W. Tillinghast course for Japanese golfers on Long Island.

Dec. 1916 Golf Illustrated -



Dec. 19, 1916 Washington Post -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #144 on: February 10, 2020, 11:10:31 AM »
A 9 hole course in Baker, OR to be designed by W. B. Maxwell of Tacoma.

July 22, 1930 Medford Mail Tribune -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #145 on: February 11, 2020, 09:36:40 AM »
Courtesy of Jim Kennedy, a massive five course Walter Travis project in Patchogue, NY.

Feb. 20, 1920 The Evening Telegram -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #146 on: February 11, 2020, 09:53:29 AM »
A 9 hole course for the Namagansett Field Club in Amagansett, NY that never came to fruition.

Sept. 7, 1908 Brooklyn Daily Eagle -

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #147 on: February 11, 2020, 10:37:55 AM »
A 9 hole course for the Chesterfield CC in Glen Ellyn, IL.

Jan. 1914 American Golfer -





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Tim Leahy

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #148 on: February 11, 2020, 07:48:11 PM »
Quote from: Sven Nilsen on January 29, 2020, 06:12:18 PM
To no great surprise, California probably leads the list in projects that didn't make it to fruition.

First up, Women's G&CC, an 18 hole project in Los Angeles that was to be designed by William Watson.

July 24, 1927 Los Angeles Times -



July 29, 1927 Van Nuys News -


The last article mentions a St. Andrew's golf course on Ventura Blvd. Any idea what became of that golf course?

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Sven Nilsen

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Re: What Might Have Been
« Reply #149 on: February 12, 2020, 10:49:27 AM »
A 36 hole project on the Clatsop Plains near where Astoria G&CC was built with A. V. Macan and H. Chandler Egan involved.

Dec. 11, 1921 Oregon Daily Journal -

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