Anthony Pioppi
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Golf writer, author of The Finest Nines, podcast host @TurfNet , historian, consultant and archeologist, executive director Seth Raynor Society, part-time caddy.
Middletown, Connecticut, USA
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Kinda awesome? She is the real deal. You can tell that by the fact Republicans were attacking her before she was sworn in and then thought a clip of her dancing in college was scandalous.
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Ecstatic to announce I have signed a contract to research/write the biography of one Seth Jagger Raynor. If all goes well, it will be available this time in 2021. Club historians, I'll be in touch.
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NY Post described one of your people as being among "23 smirking suspects charged with domestic terrorism." 🙄🙄🙄
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Yale Golf Course will be open to the public starting April 19. Rate for the general public is $125. "All golfers are permitted to register for tee times for the 2022 season. Tee times are mandatory; no walk-on play will be permitted."
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Boston Globe headline: "LIV vs. PGA is a heavyweight battle for the soul of golf"
Really? I think the soul of golf is extremely far away from the PGA Tour and LIV.
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Bunkers of Augusta National, 1950s. Not the lifeless pits of today. Courtesy Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, Michigan State Turfgrass Information Center.
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@KingCollinsGolf
has released plans for their 9-hole Palmetto Bluffs course that can be played forward, backwards and with myriad of other combinations.
@BPBlackMetal
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@MidtownChico
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I bet almost everyone who has travelled would agree with this. "I think that if everyone sort of had the ability to travel more and experience other cultures, they would be more willing to get along, potentially.” ~Xander Schauffele
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🧳✈️🚘🛤️🚄
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Advance copy in the house!
@z_blair
with the forward
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@IntegrativeGolf
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Surprised to learn that the Yale Golf Course renovation project as recently as Dec. 6 was appearing before the New Haven City Plan Department for permitting. Red = existing golf features. Green = proposed golf features.
@BPBlackMetal
@TheGirling
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In Charleston for a few days exploring
#SethRaynor
work here. Lion's Mouth at Charleston, Short and Punchbowl at Yeamans. Lewis's was the bbq stop.
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Yale announces intent to open golf course April 13. Accompanied guest, $100, unaccompanied guest, $115. 15- and 30-round packages available.
@GolfAtYale
@TheGirling
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@ScottRamzay
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Has to rank up there with best golf finds of the 2019, New Haven (Conn.) CC's 1921 Willie Park Jr. plans.
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@Forse_Design
@CulverAcadGolf
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@eli_redan
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Because of the breadth of knowledge that I have about the designs of Raynor & Banks, I understand how to properly play their creations. Here I am hitting my fourth shot into the par-4 at Hackensack GC.
@DavidPMarchand1
@Wanumetonomy191
@KellyShumate4
@Wswick
@Evan_Schiller
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Your friendly reminder that as far as our research shows, every Macdonald and Raynor Biarritz originally only had green on the back plateau, no matter what you've been told. This is the Piping Rock version.
@thomasdunne
@KellyShumate4
@MarcellusShaun
@MidlandTurf
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First look at the work being done at Yale, drone photos 11-13, 16. Bunkering on the Redan (13) does not seem to match the drawing, not as bold.
@don27dog
@BPBlackMetal
@MarcellusShaun
@mdvessely
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Connecticut peeps,
@ChrisMurphyCT
has set up a program where you can donate $$$ that will go to purchasing age-appropriate books for kids who lack reading material at home. I did it!
@Plato2NATO
@eli_redan
@TheGirling
@GerryBrooks
@jeffjacobs123
@rjjulia
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Masters fun fact. The pine needles under the pine trees on the course are imported. Those are not the needles that fall from those trees.
#MastersRewind
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In 2021, Oxmoor Valley, part of the Alabama RTJ Golf Trail, redid its Valley course changing its 13th hole to this. No other holes modified. Love to know the thinking behind this decision.
@BPBlackMetal
@TheGirling
@jimnagle_gca
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@imajk64
@ma_franks
@AOC
@CCRInitiative
I was trying to be funny but nuance is lost on the InterWeb!
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Yale Daily News on the opening of the golf course. GM says, "The goal is to number one, restore the golf course to its original design and bring the golf course playability conditions back up to championship-caliber level... ."
@GeoffShac
@SHistorians
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Golf Digest recently had a list of cool Punchbowl greens in the U.S. One of my favorites is second at 9-hole Bellows Falls (Vt.) CC. Davy Brown, winner of the 1886 Open Championship, designed the course in 1923. What's yours?
@feedtheball
@TheGirling
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Good news, Yale golf course update from A.D. Vicky Chung.
@GeoffShac
@peterteravainen
@the_fried_egg
@GolfGuy77
@SHistorians
@nhrJoeMorelli
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I made 2 substantial finds at Blue Mound G &CC today. 2, Charles Banks was hired in '27 to finish Raynor's plans. 1, Banks's hand drawings for all 18 holes some of which have 2 versions. Current 5th hole shown.
@MidlandTurf
@Otey71
@KellyShumate4
@SHistorians
@tullfescue
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Dedham (Mass.) Country and Polo following Brian Silva's restoration of the
#SethRaynor
layout. Fantastic job on the grow-in
@MPowell_DCPC
@z_blair
@the_fried_egg
@MidlandTurf
@WGC_Grounds
@MattGinellaGC
@JonathanTurf
@altshot2
@tullfescue
@NorfolkGreens
@GCSANE
@Girlin
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Ben Hogan's length he hit his clubs from 1949 Time article. How the
#golf
world has changed. He was long for his day.
http://t.co/EurlBqMqEs
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Spent the morning mowing Shinnecock fairways.
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@TekoaGolf
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First taste of restored Wampanoag CC, West Hartford, CT yesterday. Hundreds of trees removed, lots of bunkers brought back, greens expanded. A must-play if in the area. A blast even though it was 37 with a light rain. Kudos
@TylerRaeDesign
@masgolfconst
and super John Ruzsbatzky,
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Perfect examples of how much Augusta has been altered despite what Nantz will tell you. The fantastic boomerang (now) 9th green. The original 10th next to the present fairway bunker. People in background are near the present 10th. Must have been a fun course.
#MastersRewind
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Spent an unseasonably warm day at Tamarack Country Club, Charles Banks 1929, being restored by
@bschneider126
. Final tree removal opened up long views. The huge scale of the bunkers and green complexes really comes out.
@thomasdunne
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David Marchand, the Director of Golf at Metairie (La.) Country Club, made this announcement tonight during the Seth Raynor Society event at Mountain Lake.
@the_fried_egg
@jjmndkg
@TheGirling
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Yale Golf Course tentatively scheduled to reopen Sept. 28 according to email from new GM Peter Palacios, Jr.
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@golfdinosaurrr
@MichaelSkolnik
@cameron_kasky
Oh, I don't know, maybe background checks, and licenses, a national database so a person banned form owning a gun in one state can't purchase one in another, not allowing convicted violent offenders and those with documented mental health issues to own firearms?
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Some good news. Aerifying underway at Yale.
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As I do every year on this day, I'm posting my favorite Augusta National photo. 8th green, mounds removed courtesy of Clifford Roberts.
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@timliddy
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Just like Alister Mackenzie imagined it. Three feet off the fairway and a tree branch in the way.
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Just finished up at Yale. Overall a bit ragged but course had over an inch of rain 2 days ago, drains poorly. 10 13 greens closed to let slit seed take, open next week. Greens cored, verticut, fairways, tees cored. Water dangerously low.
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The U.S. Senior Women's Open kicks off tomorrow and I'll be carrying the golf bag of Amy Alcott. She had two really good practice days. We tee it up at 8:06 with Dina Ammaccapane and Nanci Bowen.
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'm often asked, "do you have a list of Seth Raynor golf courses?" Now I can answer, yes.
@MattGinellaGC
@the_fried_egg
@JonathanTurf
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"In Scotland, the first question asked on returning to the clubhouse is, 'Did you have a good match.?' In America, it is only too frequently, 'Did you have a good score?'" ~Alister MacKenzie, "Spirit of St. Andrews."
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Wonderful piece from
@USGA
. Give course maintenance guys the time.
@the_fried_egg
@buffalogolfer
@EMorrisonCGCS
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Spoke with Yale AD Peter Palacios. Yale working on masterplan that will include course, clubhouse possibly maintenance area. Restoration/renovation will take 22-24 months. Would not confirm/deny he has talked with architects.
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@feedtheball
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#SethRaynor
died of pneumonia on this day in 1926. He was in a Palm Beach, Fla. hotel with his wife by his side.
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@mdvessely
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@eli_redan
@briddle1925
@TronCarterNLU
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I was incorrectly led to believe
@KnollwoodCClub
had little left in the way of Raynor/Banks. How about a Punchnowl with a Biarritz-like swale? Also, remnants of Tillinghast, Van Etten.
@ocott
has the layout in wonderful condition. Play it if you can.
@thomasdunne
@MarcellusShaun
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Now this is a Punchbowl! fantastic 528-yd 2nd, 9-hole Bellows Falls (Vt.) Country Club.
#Finest9s
@mdvessely
@SweetensCove
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Seth Jagger Raynor born on this day in 1874, Manorville, New York.
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Green at Glastonbury (Conn.) Country Club took a lightning hit yesterday. Photo by Tom Rodden.
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@AngillyKeith
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Stumbled onto this cool photo, 18th at Pebble Beach, 1929, from Golf Illustrated.
@GeoffShac
@tullfescue
@SHistorians
@AlanShipnuck
@meadow1927
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Goes to New Orleans, visits French Quarter, buys golf club history.
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This is a perfect example of how the modern club members understand golf architecture. You do not want long views across the course. A perfectly straight line of trees is a great way to eradicate that eyesore and frame the hole.
@tommy_raynor
@1beardedgolfer
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Shocking news out of New Haven. Yale Golf Course closed until further notice. Fairways not being mowed.
@SHistorians
@GeoffShac
@MidlandTurf
@ScottBordner
@thomasdunne
@Lloyd_Cole
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Not a Macdonald-Raynor-Banks Short Hole. This is Lawrence Van Etten's work at Knollwood CC, circa 1925, 110 yards. Hole is no longer there. Location is now 18th fairway.
@KnollwoodCClub
@ocott
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USGA has a whopper of an announcement on the way tomorrow regarding the site of two future tournaments. Stay tuned to this station.
@TheGirling
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The preserved original bunker from the 8th hole at Ocean Links. Now on private property.
@MidlandTurf
@SHistorians
@KellyShumate4
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Great news out of New Haven.
@Wanumetonomy191
@Wswick
@KellyShumate4
@CSGALinks
@GeoffShac
@SHistorians
@herrstein
Yale Golf Course
#13
“Redan” one year ago to the day (then and now) Great job Team! Go Bulldogs!
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Another example to show that Biarritz greens originally had only the back tier mowed at green height, Everglades Club circa 1920. Photo Library of Congress.
@MidlandTurf
@MarcellusShaun
@TheGirling
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Fellow Raynor-Banks researcher Bret Lawrence made an interesting discovery. This famous photo from 12-1932 Golf Illustrated is not Banks's Castle Harbour (now Tuckers' Point) as it reads in the caption but C.B. Macdonald's Mid Ocean. The layouts abut.
@SHistorians
@BPBlackMetal
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Current situation: 10 at Yale. Temporary green, waiting for overseed to take. Full report in 4 hours .
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This is a stunner. When
@BradFaxon
and others bought the place last year, the future looked promising.
@BradleySKlein
@TimMoraghan
@turfnet
@TurfgrassZealot
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Mike Hughes, the superintendent at Whitinsville CC, which some people think is the best 9-hole golf course in North America, has taken the same position at Oak Hill CC, Fitchburg, Mass., 18 holes Both
#DonaldRoss
designs.
@SweetensCove
@mdvessely
@WGC_Grounds
@GCSANE
#Finest9s
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Seth Raynor died on this date, 1926, aged 51. He was in West Palm Beach, Fla. most likely to take a look at Palm Beach Winter Club before it opened and site of proposed Craigin Park development that never came about.
@Wanumetonomy191
@KellyShumate4
@MarcellusShaun
@SHistorians
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Glorious day at
#FishersIsland
yesterday, 2 views from 16th tee.
@KellyShumate4
@MidlandTurf
@eli_redan
@WGC_Grounds
@mdvessely
@kkangilly
@MattGinellaGC
@MPowell_DCPC
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Love the uneven, chunky, blotchy rough at Royal Melbourne. Adds that bit of luck and unpredictability. There have been, and will be, American superintendents fired for having supposedly inconsistent rough. 🙄🙄
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Robert Todd Lincoln, son of
#AbrahamLincoln
, explaining why he thinks he was chosen as a candidate for president of Chicago Golf Club.
@ALPLM
@jjmndkg
@BradleySKlein
@peterkessler
@SHistorians
@Golf_History_
@GeoffShac
@the_fried_egg
@1beardedgolfer
@joanneberwald
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Thrilled to announce that I'm now part of
@turfnet
I'll be handling the Renovation Report podcast. The debut is with
@MPowell_DCPC
from Dedham Country & Polo.
@mdvessely
@MidlandTurf
@MinikahdaTurf
@briddle1925
@grumpysuper
@MinikahdaTurf
@kkangilly
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Make my national TV debut tomorrow 8:40 a.m
@GolfChannel
taped segment with
@Paige_Mackenzie
talking The Finest Nines.
@z_blair
@the_fried_egg
@TheGolfClub
@SweetensCove
@WGC_Grounds
@NorfolkGreens
@CulverAcadGolf
@Nehoiden
@skyhorsepub
@GolfPunk_Mag
@Evan_Schiller
@kkangilly
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Four 9-hole CT courses today, played 3 (Litchfield, Hotchkiss, Sharon, walked Norfolk.) 37 degrees when we teed off, got up to 54. 154.9 miles of driving.
#Finest9s
@patrickjkoenig
@coynewriter
@thomasdunne
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Pretty sure this will be a finalist for the Dumbest Golf Tweet of 2020.
@BradleySKlein
@wvugolfarchie
@IanAndrewGolf
@GeoffShac
And that’s the fault of technology? I put that square on the staid shoulders of architecture. Innovate. Quit thinking the best ideas in golf course architecture came from 100 years ago.
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Appears somebody
@USGA
knows a bit of architecture history and has a sense of humor. (Christian) Raynor and (Landon) Banks paired together for the Mid-Am. Playing Blue Mound today, 1926 Raynor design touched up by Banks.
@thomasdunne
@SHistorians
#SethRaynor
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For all the Seth Raynor/Charles Banks fans out there who are looking to play their designs in 2020, I suggest you tee it up at Rock Spring GC, the municipal course in West Orange, N.J. This could be the last year it is 18 holes.
@JonathanTurf
@SHistorians
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@Golf_com
names their 50 best 9-hole golf courses in the world. It is wonderful to see 9s finally getting their due.
@SweetensCove
@mdvessely
@SHistorians
@TheGirling
@sgpc1896
#finest9s
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Hartford (Conn.) Golf Club superintendent, the extremely talented Jon Burke, takes a job on Cape Cod at Pocasset Golf Club. Wishing him the best of luck.
@ClubPocasset
made a great hire.
@CAGCS1929
@49CAGCS
@EMorrisonCGCS
@Forse_Design
@AngillyKeith
@SteveCurry5
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Overcome with despair at CC Fairfield yesterday while walking through what was the swale in the original Biarritz green complex, now just a dip in a fairway. Damn you Robert Trent Jones
@PHSisk
@Wswick
#SethRaynor
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Actual conversation:
New Member: You need to raise the back tee. I can't see the green.
Older Member: If you look on the scorecard, the name of the hole is, Blind.
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Seth Raynor died on this day in 1926. He was in Florida to attend the opening of Paris Singer's private course—not the Everglades Club, which Singer also founded. It is now known as North Palm Beach CC.
@eli_redan
@MidlandTurf
@KellyShumate4
@MPowell_DCPC
@SHistorians
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I found an orphan divot pad so I adopted it and brought it home to be raised in a loving environment.
@AngillyKeith
@MinikahdaTurf
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Spent the day in Southampton, NY yesterday with a fellow-Raynor researcher. We believe this to be the house Raynor lived after he married Araminta Hallock. It belonged to her family. Also visited a cemetery.
@jonsjennings
@tullfescue
@SHistorians
@KellyShumate4
@TylerRaeDesign
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Fifth 9-holer in two days. First hole at the the always fantastic Hooper Golf Club, Walpole, N.H. Didn't play, just took a walk around. One of Stiles-Van Kleek's best works. Very much worth the visit.
@TheGirling
@masgolfconst
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Breaking News: The Country Club hires David Johnson of Wianno Club as their new superintendent replacing retiring Bill Spence. TCC hosts 2022 U.S. Open
@TimMoraghan
@GeoffShac
@AlanShipnuck
@the_fried_egg
@TronCarterNLU
@SuperintndtMag
@SteveCurry5
@WGC_Grounds
@RonWhittenGD
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A full-color drawing of
#SethRaynor
18-hole layout for Coral Keys was rediscovered on Olmsted Flickr site. Another plan shows 27 that plays as 36. Project was never built. Highlight has to be the island with double green.
@MidlandTurf
@KellyShumate4
@JonathanTurf
@ForrestNorvell
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Engineers CC renowned short 14th hole yesterday, played 101 yards to the flag with a crossing wind from the left. I was happy to make 4.
@TheGirling
hit it to 9 feet and made a 3.
@JonathanTurf
@SHistorians
@Otey71
@girl
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@cameron_kasky
People who say "I don't do drugs," but can't survive without coffee are also confusing.
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Played Lake Wales (Fla.) Country Club yesterday. I fun golf course. About all that is left of Raynor is some original hole corridors and maybe the Eden green. For $39, worth a story, though. The owners still think it is a Donald Ross design.
@MattGinellaGC
#SethRaynor
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Pièce de ré·sis·tance. The best example of how little Clifford Roberts knew or cared about architecture. 8th green with mounds removed for improved spectator viewing. 🙄🤬
@AlanShipnuck
@mdvessely
@Lloyd_Cole
#MastersRewind
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