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Who was Joe Bartholomew?

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Tiger_Bernhardt:
I think this distinguished man also did City Park in New Orleans as well. However that work in being undone by the redo of City Park post Katrina

Jeff_Mingay:
I'm pretty sure there was another thread here, years ago, about Joe Bartholomew... I just did a search, but nothing was found. Too bad, as I recall Bartholomew's story is very interesting, as George alludes to.

Tiger_Bernhardt:
jeff i agree. i had drinks with kelly gibson a few months back. he is part of the design team on city park. i spoke to him about bartholomew contributions to the city and its golf history.

George_Bahto:
Without looking up all the details right now, after he built the course according to the Raynor plan he stayed on there as the super

listen to this: he never played the course!!! the black thing in the south

if I remember correctly he went on the build 15-2O courses in and near New Orleans

nearly all of these courses were munis

in the book, Forbidden Fairways by Calvin Sinette, Dr Sinette and I spoke before the book was complete and I think there are any number of references about the esteemed Mr Bartholomew

funny story about our conversation: Sinette got my number, called me asking the following; "i am under the impression Joe Bartholomew graduated ("graduated" ??? ) from the Seth Raynor architecture school?"  .....  I said yeah Calvin, that was called pick, rake and shovel


I think I have his story imbedded in the Metairie CC story

could never understand how they got Raynor to go to New Orleans until I followed a note I had about one Wm Stauffer who had Raynor build a course on his private estate in New Orleans - this info before I turned up the Metairie story. So that was even worse; how did you get Raynor to build a estate course in LA?????????

When I uncovered Metairie was indeed a Raynor course, it then made some sense

then I found out that wealthy Mr Stauffer also had a home in Southampton and had a small course on his property there

from a friendship that developed at Metairie came this:  "Stauffer was a member of the Exec Comm USGA in 1924 and according to an article in Golf Illustrated in late 1916, W E Stauffer was part of a 2-day  "Bankers' Tournament" held at the National, October 30 and 31, 1916"

then it all made sense - obviously a member NGLA and a friend of CBM


Good Lord - why do I have to finish the book - it is being written here on golfclubatlas!!!!!!!!!!!!

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