Simon Haines
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If you could play any course at any point in history, what would it be? I think I'd go for Cypress Point in 1930
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The first Masters.......22nd March 1934
1.33pm tee time
Robert T Jones Jr & Paul Runyan
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1-iron and balata - cool footage of
@NickFaldo006
hitting a baby fade butter knife in to the 36th hole of the 1989 Suntory World Matchplay at Wentworth. He made eagle to beat
@IWoosnam
having played the final 7 holes in 7 under👊
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Cool intro to Pine Valley from the 1962 visit of Shell's Wonderful World of Golf 👊
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Harry Colt's "least bad course", Swinley Forest is exceptional on every level 👊
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The original "boomerang" 9th green at Augusta National in colour - opening day 1933, 2 aerials from the mid '30's and Bobby Jones's final put in the first Masters tournament in 1934👊
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Alister Mackenzie's bunkers dripping into the barranca on the 18th at Pasatiempo👊
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Bobby Jones hands-on during the construction of Augusta National 👊
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"Only two players have ever truly owned their swings: Moe Norman and Ben Hogan." - Tiger Woods.
Here's Moe hitting some wedges......👌
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Bobby Jones playing the 12th hole in the first Masters in 1934
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Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan on the 11th tee at Augusta during the 1954 Masters
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Mackenzie's original boomerang 9th green at Augusta looked awesome......
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Augusta National from the air - 1949 full course view and some oblique shots from 1934👊
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Mayan earthworks rising from the swamp during the construction of TPC Sawgrass
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H S Colt's par 3 5th on Sunningdale New by Harry Rountree in 1931. One of the best inland short holes anywhere, painted by one of the best golf course artists👊
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Cool shot of the Road Hole green during the 1910 Open won by James Braid
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Magnolia Lane and the Augusta National grounds before the golf course👊
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Today's venue - George Crump's masterpiece and my new favourite course - Pine Valley. Visually intimidating, but very playable, there isn't a weak hole throughout....just awesome
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Cannabis Sativa - the 8th green at Augusta National in 1956 after Clifford Roberts removed the mounding to improve patron viewing🙈
Yellow Jasmine - the 8th hole at Augusta National during the 1940's
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The 13th hole at Augusta National in 1948. Note the tee position and bunkers in the trees👊
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On a dreary wet day here in the UK, it's good to daydream to an amazing day exactly a year ago.....
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“A hazard placed in the exact position where a player would naturally go is frequently the most interesting situation, as a special effort is then needed to get over it or avoid it.”-Alister Mackenzie - Augusta 2nd, 11th & 8th v.1.0
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Whilst some of the maintenance standards are unrealistic for most clubs to attain, a lot of clubs can learn from Augusta National when it comes to mowing lines. Width allows strategy, short grass around greens creates options, straighter lines & fewer HoC's simplify the aesthetic
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The beautiful boomerang 9th green at Augusta National in it's early years👊
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The Chandler Egan 1929 vintage of Pebble Beach was as good as it gets.....7th, 17th, 8th and 7th during the US Am👊
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Bobby Jones on the 12th tee during the first Masters. Rae's Creek was a much more rustic affair back then......
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Rare footage of an 1898 money match between Willie Park Jr and Willie Fernie at Park's home course of Musselburgh
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I love this aerial of Merion during Bobby Jones's Grand Slam victory in the 1930 US Am final...
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New lockdown golf-related activity - foraging for 1.62 inch golf balls during my daily walk across the course
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"The chief object of every golf architect or greenkeeper worth his salt is to imitate the beauties of nature so closely as to make his work indistinguishable from nature itself"
Alister Mackenzie
9th hole at Cypress Point before and after construction
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Greens🤘- Tom Simpson at Camberley Heath, Alister Mackenzie at Cypress Point & Sitwell Park and Herbert Barker at Columbia Country Club
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"Pine Valley is, as its constructor meant it to be, the most exacting of all golf courses. I know of no other, here or abroad, which calls for such sustained power. It is a noble creation - a course of heroic carries" Robert Hunter
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Bobby Jones putting on the 13th green (Then 4th) during the first Masters tournament
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Alister Mackenzie's original 1931 sketch for Augusta National had more bunkers than were eventually built. The original hole sequencing was the same as today but was reversed prior to opening to then flip back. The never-built 19th bye hole would have been very cool👊
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Augusta National under construction - “Dr. MacKenzie has long contended that a golf course, in order to hold interest for any amount of continuous play, must offer adventure" - Bobby Jones
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Cool 1891 pictures of Old Tom Morris and Willie Park Jnr on the Old Course👊
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Golden Bell - the 12th at Augusta National in 1948, 1934 (Jones in the 1st Masters), late 1930's & 1950's
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In 1926 Alister Mackenzie redesigned the 8th and 13th greens at Pebble Beach. He's also seen here driving on the 6th, watched by Robert Hunter and Jack Neville👊
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Would be cool to see Augusta return to the original Mackenzie bunker style.....9, 2, 6 and the best bunker on the original layout on 14👍
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Scenes from the 1913 US Open at The Country Club in Brookline won by Francis Ouimet
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Perfect reference material for any greens committee debating tree removal.....
Work so far on the 13th hole. Before and after, and 1913 during construction.
@cdpgolf1
@RyanNoades
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25 years of being a golf widow ended today as my wife played her first round as a member of
@CoptHeathGC
👊
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Some rare shots of Augusta National.....Jones and Runyan on the 12th in the '34 Masters, through the trees to the 4th in the late '30's, the 8th green in '40 and the 9th green on opening day in Jan 1933 👊
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The club archive at Merion is incredible. Feel very honoured to have spent time in there earlier today
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Cool shots of Amen corner on the opening day of Augusta National. The right side of the 12th green was noticeably higher than the left and the clubhouse could be seen from the 13th green👊
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The original 16th at Augusta was a shorter hole played over the then un-dammed creek with a cool looking green. Trent Jones Snr designed the new hole at the request of Bobby Jones in 1947 - you can still see the old green in this 1964 picture
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The 105 yard 5th at Painswick - aim over the small marker post on the rampart of the iron age fort and hope for the best! The course has no irrigation and today's rain was the first water the turf has seen for almost 2 months
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Cool photos of Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen paired together in the 3rd round of the first Masters in 1934. Jones teeing off on the 10th (Then 1st) while Hagen has his ball on a tee waiting to hit!
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Tom Simpson 1934 notes for the greenkeeper at Muirfield - instructions on imitating nature. His sketches are awesome.....
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Mackenzie and Jones's original iteration of Augusta's 11th hole featured centreline bunkers and a different playing angle, with the tee located to the right of the current 10th green👊
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Tree removal advertisement 👏👏
Worth looking back at how far we have come in such a short space of time as club. We keep investing and improving 💪🏻
#TeamStoneham
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Cool 1952 photo showing the scale of the mounds short of 11 at Augusta National
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Some rarely seen views of early Pine Valley.....the 5th, 2nd, 4th and 10th greens 🐐
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Bobby Jones teeing off on the 8th at Augusta during construction, watched by Alister Mackenzie. The centre-line bunker posed a different question than today from the tee as seen here in 1948. The green is a work of art......1/2
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"Dad - can we play golf every day this summer?" 9 days and counting......👊
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Alternative views of Augusta National in the 1930's and '40's - 7th green, original 10th green, original 16th green & 4th hole👊
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"The chief object of every golf architect or greenkeeper worth his salt is to imitate the beauties of nature so closely as to make his work indistinguishable from nature itself" - Alister Mackenzie👊
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Early pictures of the par 4 home hole at Pine Valley taken over a century ago. Crump on the green along with the famous, but short-lived "pimple"👊
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The cool 5th green at Essex County CC, designed by A W Tillinghast and built by Peter Lees👊
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1962 interview with Claude Crockford - keeper of the green at Royal Melbourne for 4 decades from 1934
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