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Title: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Sven Nilsen on July 13, 2015, 08:34:18 PM
Course Maps and Aerial Photos


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC-watercolor-sketch-1024x978_zps83fjgqlp.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Augusta_zpsaqwgy376.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGCOlmstedPlanColor_zpsxatou4bj.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGCJune1932planBW_zpsk0jrm9lz.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/bobbyjonescoursebymackenzie-012_zpss1e3rlgg.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%20MacKenzie%20Approach%20and%20Putt%20Course_zpsez7klbez.jpg)



(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/10-augusta-national-in-1930_zpsnrxn69i2.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/angc1941_zpseln0ulrp.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Augusta%202_zpsad15mwkf.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/aerial-view-ANGC-1934_zpsu9nvuant.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/e9fbea87fc_zpsh88r97ms.jpg)



(https://oi1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Augusta%20National%201st%208th%209th%20Photo_zpsbif5gic0.jpeg)
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Sven Nilsen on July 13, 2015, 08:51:56 PM
Holes 1, 2 and 3


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201934%20Program%2018th%20and%201st_zpsu54suwyi.jpeg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201934%20Program%202nd%20and%203rd_zpsfhk0fo6f.jpeg)


1st Hole


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201935%201st_zpszkeanjii.jpg)



(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC-1st-green-1941_zpsugjlt7z7.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201st%20Tee%20-%201955_zpshpamywcs.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201st%20Approach%20-%201955_zpsi4quw4ad.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201961%20Life%20Magazine%201%201st%20Hole_zpsgsllvdqn.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201961%20Life%20Magazine%202%201st%20Hole_zpsrpzmyi6x.jpg)


2nd Hole


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201935%202nd_zpsb73xnwpr.jpg)



(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Second-Hole-1948_zpsxdsu5mfy.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%202nd%20Tee%20-%201955_zpsajau99wf.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%202nd%20Green%20-%201955_zpswna3lhru.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201952%20Life%20Magazine%204%202nd%20Hole_zps6sghckis.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201961%20Life%20Magazine%203%202nd%20Hole_zpsqqkfs5yf.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201961%20Life%20Magazine%204%202nd%20Hole_zpswcxjdnzn.jpg)


3rd Hole


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201935%203rd_zpsne5clqzz.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%203rd%20Tee%20-%201955_zpsybmpvf9w.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%203rd%20Approach%20-%201955_zpsbwpnjpaj.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%203rd%20Green%20-%201955_zpssx41kw2w.jpg)



Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Sven Nilsen on July 13, 2015, 09:01:02 PM
Holes 4 and 5


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201934%20Program%204th%20and%205th_zpseckyrbbt.jpeg)


4th Hole


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201935%204th_zps9ljn6tmk.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%204th%20Program_zpsehubzg3h.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%204th%20Tee%20-%201955_zpsnflctdln.jpg)

5th Hole


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201935%205th_zpsr4spjk6t.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%205th%20Green%20Front_zps7yyddl8s.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%205th%20Green_zpsx6nf3svr.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%205th%20Tee%20-%201955_zpseygxbt9e.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%205th%20Green%20-%201955_zpsopnw0axm.jpg)
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Sven Nilsen on July 13, 2015, 09:10:39 PM
Holes 6 and 7


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201934%20Program%206th%20and%207th_zpsdiwdrexl.jpeg)


6th Hole


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201935%206th_zpsqlk6hk8j.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%206th%20Program_zpsxg3fvdxg.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201934%20Masters_zpspungmzuo.png)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%20Early%20Photo_zpszjr3bktw.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%206th%20with%20pond_zpst3nu7hp3.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201952%20Life%20Magazine%206%206th%20Hole_zps7lqkpclb.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201952%20Life%20Magazine%207%206th%20Hole_zpsih4vlsyi.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201952%20Life%20Magazine%208%206th%20Hole_zpsrfth4w09.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201952%20Life%20Magazine%209%206th%20Hole_zpsstt0zv7q.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%206th%20Tee%20-%201955_zpspzljxulr.jpg)



(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%206th%20Green%20-%201955_zpsfpccvxg5.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201961%20Life%20Magazine%205%206th%20Hole_zps9lkjsbaf.jpg)


7th Hole


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201935%207th_zpsge8jlzs2.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC-7_zpsoqylhycg.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201952%20Life%20Magazine%2010%207th%20Hole_zpsqeou7pol.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201952%20Life%20Magazine%2011%207th%20Hole_zpsmvgykjzy.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201952%20Life%20Magazine%2012%207th%20Hole_zpslcbjrdd5.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%207th%20Tee%20-%201955_zps58saxk5e.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%207th%20Approach%20-%201955_zpsp7vv4wci.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%207th%20Green%20-%201955_zpsgz4qybew.jpg)
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Sven Nilsen on July 13, 2015, 09:20:10 PM
Holes 8 and 9


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201934%20Program%208th%20and%209th_zpsekgysaqa.jpeg)


8th Hole


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201935%208th_zpsdmj3im7d.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%208th%20Hole%20Construction_zpstmyvanab.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%208th%20Green_zpsugrq0y14.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC8Maxwell-1_zpszb3cid9n.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%208th%20Green%201956_zpszc8dur5w.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%208th%20Tee%20-%201955_zpsriqhyr83.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%208th%20Green%20-%201955_zpsrzagnwx1.jpg)


9th Hole


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201935%209th_zpszemnzftj.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/e9fbea87fc_zpsh88r97ms.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/9th-Green-1935-1024x897_zpsbk0jxafy.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%209th%20Green%20Pre%20Alterations_zpshgxkchdc.png)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%209th%20-%20Golf%20Illustrated%20Feb.%201933_zpsqdhofaru.png)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/aerial-view-ANGC-1934_zpsu9nvuant.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/9th-hole-1949-1024x769_zpsn7izmhir.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%209th%20Tee%20-%201955_zps7l1faq5d.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%209th%20Approach%20-%201955_zpsfefcwp7c.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201961%20Life%20Magazine%206%209th%20Hole_zpsagcbv5pg.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%209th%20Green_zpsycczcq78.png)

Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Sven Nilsen on July 13, 2015, 09:28:45 PM
Holes 10 and 11


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201934%20Program%2010th%20and%2011th_zpsggdnulge.jpeg)


10th Hole


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201935%2010th_zpsgtv5tfkm.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC10postcard-1_zpszpzkp2cr.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%2010th%20Green_zpscjrxz3ow.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGCMaxwell_zpsf9wkkhm7.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Item_6388_1_zps1pfvdsb6.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Item_6388_2_zps5roaqe4w.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Item_6389_4_zpsnhluaxfj.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Item_6390_3_zpsula81onj.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Item_6390_6_zpsjctuhtzf.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC10GMaxwellItem_6387_3_zps8cvf2nzn.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC10GMaxwell_zpsl4dvv6nr.jpg)


(https://oi1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC-tenth-hole-early-players_zpsixssjvow.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201952%20Life%20Magazine%2013%2010th%20Hole_zps4hcot8yr.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%2010th%20Tee%20-%201955_zpsir0zt20x.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%2010th%20Approach%20-%201955_zpsgp7m56pp.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%2010th%20Green%20-%201955_zps47vjdi6o.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201961%20Life%20Magazine%207%2010th%20Hole_zpspoku58xy.jpg)


11th Hole


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201935%2011th_zpsxnjzx7lk.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201952%20Life%20Magazine%2014%2011th%20Hole_zps767hyteo.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%2011th%20Tee%20-%201955_zps4srnwebl.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%2011th%20Approach%20-%201955_zpsevifdodm.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%2011th%20Green%20-%201955_zps0tvuaffm.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201961%20Life%20Magazine%208%2011th%20Hole_zps0xkjopab.jpg)
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Sven Nilsen on July 13, 2015, 09:38:34 PM
Holes 12 and 13


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201934%20Program%2012th%20and%2013th_zps0fs5vmhh.jpeg)


12th Hole


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201935%2012th_zpsgh5hhfm1.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%2012th%20-%20Program_zpsgzkuypje.jpg)


(https://oi1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Augusta%20National%203rd%20-%20Chicago%20Tribune%20March%2031%201940_zpsntwf4t6i.png)



(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/17_zpspr0xhdjw.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC12th_zpsemjbapcq.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/cosl24_12th_zpsqi1p0kf5.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%2012th%20Hole%20Creek_zpsjsaaahjz.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201952%20Life%20Magazine%2015%2012th%20Hole_zpsableqcqw.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201952%20Life%20Magazine%2016%2012th%20Hole_zpsswphn3mt.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201952%20Life%20Magazine%2017%2012th%20Hole_zpsvnp8sfo3.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201952%20Life%20Magazine%2018%2012th%20Hole_zpswlo9u5oq.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201952%20Life%20Magazine%2019%2012th%20Hole_zpsqdm2vye7.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%2012th%20Tee%20-%201955_zps04vnvmwf.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201961%20Life%20Magazine%209%2012th%20Hole_zpsdavqj5jm.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201961%20Life%20Magazine%2010%2012th%20Hole_zps5witdcux.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%2012th%20View_zpsyzsofzx6.jpg)

13th Hole


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201935%2013th_zpsfmbzascu.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%2013th%20-%20Golf%20Illustrated%20Feb.%201933_zpseat9zm4c.png)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC13GMaxwell_zpspjuwjxyh.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%2013th%20Tee%20-%201955_zpsyupli8wg.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%2013th%20Approach%20-%201955_zpsaqzxg9u2.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%2013th%20Green%20-%201955_zpsshvda5u2.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201961%20Life%20Magazine%2011%2013th%20Hole_zpsy6usy7ea.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201961%20Life%20Magazine%2012%2013th%20Hole_zpsslguz8au.jpg)
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Sven Nilsen on July 13, 2015, 09:46:07 PM
Holes 14 and 15


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201934%20Program%2014th%20and%2015th_zpsc6wxxj4h.jpeg)


14th Hole


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201935%2014th_zpsp8wenmlv.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201952%20Life%20Magazine%2020%2014th%20Hole_zpslezantt4.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%2014th%20Tee%20-%201955_zpshmlva8ga.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%2014th%20Approach%20-%201955_zpstaqchfee.jpg)


15th Hole


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201935%2015th_zpsqyksi1tz.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Augusta%2015_zpsf0labnmi.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC15GMaxwell_zps6ozs1lmp.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201952%20Life%20Magazine%2021%2015th%20Hole_zps4covkgpl.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/Masters%201952%20Life%20Magazine%2022%2015th%20Hole_zpscbflyxll.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%2015th%20Tee%20-%201955_zps4yyjjd8z.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%2015th%20Approach%20-%201955_zpsuic2fz6v.jpg)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%2015th%20Green%20-%201955_zpsxmmm8klv.jpg)


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Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Sven Nilsen on July 13, 2015, 09:52:38 PM
Holes 16, 17 and 18


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16th Hole


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17th Hole


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18th Hole


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Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Sven Nilsen on July 15, 2015, 08:16:15 PM
Updated with a number of additional photos.
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Greg Beaulieu on July 15, 2015, 09:20:30 PM
Thank you for these photos. It is fascinating to see the evolution of ANGC over the years.
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Thomas Dai on March 18, 2018, 09:55:03 AM
Bumping this excellent historical photo comparison thread by Sven given what's coming up in a couple of weeks time.
Great photos.

atb
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: jeffwarne on March 18, 2018, 10:23:48 AM
awesome thread


That picture of #8 with the crudely shapen pushup green is one I had never seen.
I have no idea when that would be from as the original (or so I thought) green was similar to the one the use today.


It almost looks like another course but the background fits
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Jack Davis on March 18, 2018, 12:56:48 PM
Incredible to see this evolution. Course started out so rugged and obviously went the other direction. For a course that led the architectural trends for so long, it's interesting to see most of the modern greats going for the complete opposite aesthetic, although with the founder's original intent of width, angles and options. I wonder what ANGC will look like in a few decades?
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Kalen Braley on March 18, 2018, 02:41:17 PM
I have so many questions on these pics, wouldn't even know where to start....makes you wish Dr. MacK was around!


Muy excelente thread Sven....one of GCA's best!



Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Eric LeFante on March 18, 2018, 06:30:37 PM
awesome thread


That picture of #8 with the crudely shapen pushup green is one I had never seen.
I have no idea when that would be from as the original (or so I thought) green was similar to the one the use today.


It almost looks like another course but the background fits


I believe it was from the 1960/70s. The club did it because the original mounds blocked the spectator’s view. I’m sure someone here knows the details.
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: BCrosby on March 18, 2018, 07:37:05 PM
Thanks Sven. Lots of work. I had forgotten how good this thread was.


Bob
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Joe Bausch on March 18, 2018, 07:46:48 PM
Beautiful, man!
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Jason Topp on March 19, 2018, 10:35:49 AM
What an outstanding reference
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Chris Roselle on March 19, 2018, 11:05:30 AM
Quite possibly my favorite thread on GCA...Fantastic work...
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Sven Nilsen on March 19, 2018, 12:08:23 PM
awesome thread


That picture of #8 with the crudely shapen pushup green is one I had never seen.
I have no idea when that would be from as the original (or so I thought) green was similar to the one the use today.


It almost looks like another course but the background fits


Jeff:


Somewhere in this thread you can find the evolution of the 8th.


Sven


http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,51383.0.html
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Eric LeFante on March 19, 2018, 12:34:15 PM
awesome thread


That picture of #8 with the crudely shapen pushup green is one I had never seen.
I have no idea when that would be from as the original (or so I thought) green was similar to the one the use today.


It almost looks like another course but the background fits


Jeff:


Somewhere in this thread you can find the evolution of the 8th.


Sven


http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,51383.0.html (http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,51383.0.html)




Thanks Sven for pulling that thread up. Here is the section below: The mounding was gone from 1957-1980:


1934 - 500 yards - The hole played 60 feet uphill to a punchbowl style green (similar to the 17th at Muirfield) that MacKenzie his with 9 to 12 foot high hillocks.  At its narrowest point, the green was only 20 feet wide, with a 45-degree turn to the left.

1957 - 520 yards - Supposedly Roberts loved the green at the 8th (nicknamed Jane Russell due to the mounds), but deemed it appropriate and knocked down the hillocks for better spectator viewing.  The resulting figure-eight platform green had a vertical drop on all sides.  Bob Jones got angry at Roberts, telling him he was wrecking the course.  For the 1957 Masters, a sign near the green explained that the change was only temporary.

1958 - 530 yards - Cobb was called in after the '57 tournament to rebuild the green and recover the shape created by Mackenzie.  The result was a green flatter and wider than the original.  In place of the legendary mounds, Cobb built two ordinary bunkers because of Roberts' insistence on keeping clear sight lines for the patrons.  Cobb also filled in the old fairway cross bunker and created a new one farther out and to the right.

1980 - 530 yards - After Roberts died in 1977, the club asked Cobb to restore the green again.  When Cobb indicated he could not recall the original shape or contours, Byron Nelson stepped in with Joseph Finger to undertake the job.  He reestablished the punch-bowl green from memory and a few old photos, and even hand-raked the final contours.


Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Jeff Schley on March 19, 2018, 02:07:38 PM
I see on one of the architectural drawings with a description next to it that there was to be a 19th hole.  It was going to be called double or quit?

Was such a hole built?  I know the par 3 course wasn't built until the 50's. 

Anyone have knowledge of this?  Or was it just a grandiose plan that didn't materialize?
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Kevin Neary on March 19, 2018, 02:25:40 PM
When was the 16th changed?
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: jeffwarne on March 19, 2018, 02:59:46 PM
awesome thread


That picture of #8 with the crudely shapen pushup green is one I had never seen.



Jeff:


Somewhere in this thread you can find the evolution of the 8th.


Sven


http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,51383.0.html (http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,51383.0.html)




Thanks Sven for pulling that thread up. Here is the section below: The mounding was gone from 1957-1980:



1958 - 530 yards - Cobb was called in after the '57 tournament to rebuild the green and recover the shape created by Mackenzie.  The result was a green flatter and wider than the original.  In place of the legendary mounds, Cobb built two ordinary bunkers because of Roberts' insistence on keeping clear sight lines for the patrons.  Cobb also filled in the old fairway cross bunker and created a new one farther out and to the right.



Thanks Sven,Eric.


That 1957 version was hideous...


I rememember the Cobb version of #8 from attending in the 70's and remember when they restored the green in 1980.


Cobb moving that bunker to the right in the fairway was a poor move as well-but then I can't think of too much he was involved in that wasn't pedestrian. The forerunner of Fazio :).


Cobb designed the third nine at Athens CC (1985ish) when I worked on the crew-and yes it was/is? quite pedestrian....







Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Michael Whitaker on March 19, 2018, 03:05:29 PM
The photo of #1 showing a large house behind the green... are you sure that is ANGC? The photos before and after that one show a fully mature pine forest in that space.
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Zack Molnar on March 19, 2018, 05:41:58 PM
When was the 16th changed?


I believe this was in the late 40's. Golf Digest has a great compilation of the changes as well.


https://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-complete-changes-to-augusta-national
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Jim Nugent on March 19, 2018, 06:18:29 PM
The photo of #1 showing a large house behind the green... are you sure that is ANGC? The photos before and after that one show a fully mature pine forest in that space.

Look at the 2nd and 3rd photos of #1 in this thread.  The fairway bunker, on the right, looks identical in both photos.  The lumpy land forms around the green in the first two photos look similar too. 

Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Sven Nilsen on March 19, 2018, 06:20:13 PM
The photo of #1 showing a large house behind the green... are you sure that is ANGC? The photos before and after that one show a fully mature pine forest in that space.


That is ANGC.
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Ira Fishman on March 19, 2018, 07:34:48 PM
A hypothetical but I hope a fun one for any architects reading this fantastic thread:


Chairman of AGNC asks you to do a restoration to return green complexes and bunkers to original state. Would you take the assignment? Under what conditions?


Ira
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Joel_Stewart on March 19, 2018, 08:37:10 PM
Just incredible to me that the powers to be don't see certain features and restore them. IMHO the bunkers are far superior in the MacKenzie style.
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Wayne_Kozun on March 19, 2018, 08:54:49 PM
Just incredible to me that the powers to be don't see certain features and restore them. IMHO the bunkers are far superior in the MacKenzie style.
So true - pretty much the only MacKenzie styled bunker that remains is the one on 10 that is useless from a strategic perspective.  How often do players in the Masters ever find themself in that bunker?
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Dave Maberry on March 19, 2018, 08:55:24 PM
The photo of #1 showing a large house behind the green... are you sure that is ANGC? The photos before and after that one show a fully mature pine forest in that space.


A plan early on to raise money was for lots to be sold and winter houses to be built, see map #3 in Post #1. Only one lot was sold and the house was built behind first green. The house remained until 1977 when the club bought the lot and tore down the house.
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Matthew Rose on March 20, 2018, 03:05:06 AM
I'd love to see all the bunkers changed to that style.... it'd be a way to bring some MacKenzie back into it without necessarily altering how the holes play.


The one thing that never made sense to me was that odd cluster of bunkers to the left of #3. Namely, why are there four?
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: jeffwarne on March 20, 2018, 09:33:34 AM
The photo of #1 showing a large house behind the green... are you sure that is ANGC? The photos before and after that one show a fully mature pine forest in that space.


A plan early on to raise money was for lots to be sold and winter houses to be built, see map #3 in Post #1. Only one lot was sold and the house was built behind first green. The house remained until 1977 when the club bought the lot and tore down the house.


Amazed that house stayed until then-I never noticed it in my early Masters visits....hidden behind trees?
I googled it and evidently it belonged to the Harrison family, long time member and Masters starter whose son I grew up with who he himself has been working the tee as his dad's assistant for at least 30 years.
Actually found it in an interesting article written by the son of one of the early superintendants who also lived on the property with his family.
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Tom Bagley on March 20, 2018, 03:44:34 PM
I'd love to see all the bunkers changed to that style.... it'd be a way to bring some MacKenzie back into it without necessarily altering how the holes play.


The one thing that never made sense to me was that odd cluster of bunkers to the left of #3. Namely, why are there four?
According to the Golf Digest article reference above (and elsewhere), those bunkers were added at Jack Nicklaus' suggestion to replace the original bunker.
 
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: V. Kmetz on March 20, 2018, 05:25:48 PM
When was the 16th changed?


1947-48...RTJ


Sven, this is the best dedicated photo archive the board has ever known...Ran...administrators...put this thread on its own premier line, so it never gets buried. It should be the subject of a book.


cheers vk
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Jim Nugent on March 20, 2018, 05:38:52 PM
Sven, can you add dates to some/all the photos, so we can get a bit of a timeline for the course's evolution? 
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Mark McKeever on March 23, 2018, 10:39:30 AM
Easily one of the best threads on GCA.  Thanks again for providing these awesome pictures and renderings.
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Sven Nilsen on March 23, 2018, 10:52:16 AM
Sven, can you add dates to some/all the photos, so we can get a bit of a timeline for the course's evolution?


Jim:


The evolution of the course is covered in this thread:


http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,51383.0.html


Sven
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Matthew Rose on March 23, 2018, 01:57:26 PM



I think that's the first picture I've ever seen of the pond on #6. It's just so...... strange.

Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Thomas Dai on April 06, 2018, 03:44:13 AM
I was looking at ANGC photos comparing the 1930's, 1960's, last year and the current telecast with a golf mate.
The comment was made that in years gone by Augusta looked like a golf course whereas now it looks like a high quality computer game.
atb
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Jeff Schley on April 06, 2018, 04:59:22 AM
I see on one of the architectural drawings with a description next to it that there was to be a 19th hole.  It was going to be called double or quit?

Was such a hole built?  I know the par 3 course wasn't built until the 50's. 

Anyone have knowledge of this?  Or was it just a grandiose plan that didn't materialize?

Anyone?
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Sven Nilsen on April 06, 2018, 11:29:41 AM
I see on one of the architectural drawings with a description next to it that there was to be a 19th hole.  It was going to be called double or quit?

Was such a hole built?  I know the par 3 course wasn't built until the 50's. 

Anyone have knowledge of this?  Or was it just a grandiose plan that didn't materialize?

Anyone?


If it was built (there are conflicting reports), it didn't last very long.
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Erik J. Barzeski on April 06, 2018, 12:05:23 PM

1933/2018 Before/After:https://i.imgur.com/6BTSDbU.gifv (https://i.imgur.com/6BTSDbU.gifv)
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Rob Rigg on April 06, 2018, 09:42:38 PM
Just amazing - Thanks Sven!

Can't help but love the rustic artistry of MacKenzie Augusta.

Gotta wonder if the bug to restore some of those elements will be elevated by the new Chairman?

Very likely not if the foundational reason for Augusta's existence is to challenge the best golfers in the world once a year . . .
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Peter Gannon on April 06, 2018, 11:41:21 PM
I will keep coming back to these photos over the weekend.  Thank you!
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Kalen Braley on April 03, 2019, 05:56:52 PM
Whether its your first time seeing this, or multiple viewings...I was thinking this would be a good time to bump this.


Thanks again Sven!
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Matt_Cohn on April 03, 2019, 06:53:15 PM
Was Augusta always considered to be the gold standard of golf course conditioning? I'm looking at the color photos from the ~70's, and I don't know what golf courses generally looked like at that point.
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Sven Nilsen on April 04, 2019, 12:40:56 PM
I've added a few photos in to the earlier posts.  Here's another one of Bobby Jones on site in 1931.  By the way, there is one glaring mistake in the identification of the photos.  Kudos to whoever can find it.


(https://oi1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/A1%20Album/Augusta%20National%20Jones%201931_zpsgnj7znti.jpg)
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Matthew Petersen on April 05, 2019, 12:26:17 PM
Was Augusta always considered to be the gold standard of golf course conditioning? I'm looking at the color photos from the ~70's, and I don't know what golf courses generally looked like at that point.


I don't know about "always" ... but I seem to recall reading in Palmer's autobiography that says he looked forward to going to Augusta because it was one of the best conditioned courses they played.


Now, there's a lot of context I suppose you have to put on that. For one, compared to what. Consider that Arnie won his first Masters in '58 after that famous controversy in which he played two balls after his tee shot plugged in mud between the green and back bunker on 12. I know that's a wet and shady spot on the course, but ... the concept is still unthinkable now. (And not just now but even within the 30+ years I have a memory of watching.)


The other context is that Arnie's a 4 time winner so by the time he's writing his legacy years later he's going to be predisposed to help polish the shine of the place.


There may well be contemporary accounts from the early days that Augusta had better overall conditioning than the average course the Tour played (that may not have been hard when you consider some of the places they played in those days, after all), but I'm not familiar with them.
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Sven Nilsen on April 05, 2019, 01:44:37 PM
There are no early reports that I've read that discuss the conditioning of the course being anything special.  If you search for old photos from the 1970's, the course doesn't have the refined look you see today, and there are even *gasp* brown patches visible in many of them.


Perhaps you can blame the advent of high-def television, but if I had to guess I'd say the ghost of Clifford Roberts resonates through those fairways. 
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Josh Tarble on April 05, 2019, 04:15:39 PM
While I generally think the early version of Augusta looked fantastic, those images from the 60s/70s are horrible.  The bunkers and greens have lost their artistry, they look shallow and boring and the course generally looks extremely generic. 


While I think it would be interesting to see some of those early features re-incorporated, I'm really, really glad it evolved from what it was in the 70s to what it is now.
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Thomas Dai on April 06, 2019, 05:50:00 AM
This 1935 article has just appeared on social media. I hope whoever posted it doesn't mind it being reposted here.
Interesting article generally but the part that caught my eye is the section mentioning the reduction in scoring from the previous years event being due to the changes to the impossible approaches to some of the greens by the removal of the humps on the aprons.
atb


(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3Wtd92XkAEKfh5.jpg)
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Steve Kline on April 06, 2019, 06:47:16 AM
I’m watching the 1968 Masters broadcast on YouTube right now. Right near the beginning the announcer mentioned the immaculate condition of the course. However, even in low-def black and white, you can seem some sandy patches of grass on the course and even the back of the 18th tee. Also, some of the bunkers have long shaggy grass around the top edges.


Interesting how wide some of the fairways are, how small the Eisenhower tree was, and some of the mounds in the fairway like on 17.


Bob Goalby was rocking the mock turtleneck.


The greens were clearly much slower than they are today.


Goalby looked like he hit a five or six iron into 15.


The announcer said Divicenzo hit a 300 hundred yard drive on 17.


To show where players are on the course, the telecast used an actual model of the course.


Only 13 green on was shown.


It’s pretty cool that the Masters has made available every final round broadcast since 1968 on YouTube.
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Mike Hendren on April 09, 2019, 01:32:32 PM
Was Augusta always considered to be the gold standard of golf course conditioning? I'm looking at the color photos from the ~70's, and I don't know what golf courses generally looked like at that point.

I suspect the course's reputation for hyper-conditioning escalated with the advent of the over-seeding of the fairways with ryegrass.  I can't imagine the club is far enough south for the bermuda to have annually filled in fully by the first full week of April.  In fact, I have read somewhere that both Palmer and Nicklaus remembered that it was not unusual for balls to collect mud in the fairways after significant rain.
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Sven Nilsen on April 11, 2020, 01:45:50 PM
Bittersweet.
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: V. Kmetz on April 11, 2020, 04:53:34 PM
I've added a few photos in to the earlier posts.  Here's another one of Bobby Jones on site in 1931.  By the way, there is one glaring mistake in the identification of the photos.  Kudos to whoever can find it.


The 18th fairway identified as the 9th?


(https://oi1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/A1%20Album/Augusta%20National%20Jones%201931_zpsgnj7znti.jpg)
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Mike Bodo on April 11, 2020, 05:02:20 PM
Bittersweet.
Amen to that! I love this thread and never tire of looking and dissecting the photos depicting the changes to this venerable course over the years. Having viewed them for the umpteenth time, I've arrived at my conclusions regarding the original design features and elements I would like to see returned/restored per that below, based on much slower putting surface stimp speeds (9 or 10 compared to 13)


1. Hole #1: I would replace the current green complex with the more contoured putting surface of the original green, while retaining the fairway and greenside bunkers of the current hole.


2. Hole #4: Definitely redo the green and greenside bunkers according to the original Mackenzie layout. It's a much more interesting and daunting looking green compared to the present one. You may have to widen the front tongue to accommodate a pin position there, which would bring the bunkers on either side more into play, but that's the only modification to the original green I can potentially see making.


3. Hole #5: The original 5th green looks more contoured and intimidating than the current 5th green, which is pretty imposing in its current form. The false front and steeper drop-off's of the original green complex place even more emphasis on the accuracy of the approach shot. An approach missed short, far left, far right or long is sure to fall off the putting surface.


4. Hole #6: It's hard to tell from the two photos posted of the original green just how contoured it is and whether it's a more challenging/demanding putting surface than the current green. I prefer the original front bunker design to the bunker present now, but it's tough to know if the original green is an improvement over the existing green without better early year photos.


5. Hole #7: I would rebuild the original boomerang green on the current green site and place a lone front bunker along the the length of the left side, which would also catch a shot missed to the left on a front right pin position. I would also have mounds behind the green making a pitch to it from that position extremely difficult to keep on the putting surface.


6. Hole #8: I'd return to the original mounding flanking both sides of the green and restore the green complex to it's original design. I liked how the original green wrapped around the last mound on the left, creating a hard to access, back left pin position that's not present on the current green - which is narrow in the front and open in the back.


7. Hole #9: Not even close. The original #9 green is way more interesting and intimidating than the present one. I also prefer the lone bunker fronting it to the bunkers flanking the left side of the current green. The only modification I might make to the original green is widening the front right tongue to accommodate a pin position on that portion of the green. It's likely too narrow and perhaps to steep to have one from what I can tell from the first photo of it.


8. Hole #10: Had the large bunker flanking the left side of the original green been built closer to it (as depicted in the sketch) I'd probably prefer it to the current green complex. Unfortunately, there was such a large gap between the green and bunker that I can't see the bunker playing much of a factor in the players decision making process in how their drive was played. I suspect this partially explains why they moved and redid the entire green, as the hole likely played easiest on the course during the first few Masters.


9. Hole #11: The original green looks to have been larger than the current, crescent shaped green. Unfortunately, because the only photo of the original green is so bright it's hard to make out the details of the contours (the same problem exists with the first photo of the original 6th green). That said, from the details I can make out it appears to be a more contoured putting surface that offered more pin positions to the current green site. Also, rather than damming Rae's Creek to create a pond that bordered the left side of the green, I'd either leave the rough where the drop-off was or perhaps put a sand bunker in its place to create a tough up and down. Lastly, according to the sketch of this hole there's what appears to be a bunker placed in the middle of the fairway in the landing area for a drive. Does anyone know if that was actually constructed? I don't recall seeing photos of the original fairway for that hole with a bunker present, so I am guessing this design element was left out. It would have been interesting to have that hazard intact forcing players to pick a side of the fairway from which to play their approach shot from.


10. Hole #12. There's something about the rustic appearance of the original #12 green that I prefer visually-speaking to the current green complex. I definitely like the size, shape and contours of it better than the current 12th green. Perhaps the best of both worlds would be to combine the putting surface and contours of the original 12th green with the height, bunker styling and front drop-off of the current green complex?


I don't have any major gripes with the changes made to holes 13, 14 and 15 over the years. While the current 13th green is smaller than the original green site, it by and large plays, putts and receives shots the same. Little appears to have changed to 14 since it was originally built outside of it being lengthened over years and trees added to both sides of the fairway. The green complex looks relatively the same, thus the hole pretty much plays as it was originally intended. While the narrow right side of #15 green no longer exists, it's relatively the same green as it was in 1934 - with the only major differences being the increased size of the pond fronting the green and the addition of the bunker on the right side.


The 16th hole boils down to a matter of taste. The current hole is nothing like the original 16th hole. While I love the shape and contours of the original #16 green, the bunkers to the back left were useless and I question how much Rae's creek played a factor in club selection given the short length of the hole? If the pin was front right you could miss long and get up and down easier than you could on #12. I suspect these things came into play in Clifford Roberts and Bob Jones decision to completely redesign the hole to what it is now - one of the most dramatic finishing par 3's in golf.


I don't have a major issue with the current #17 green, but would love to see a return of the original large mound fronting the left side in place of the front left bunker. I think it's visually a much more intimidating obstacle or hazard and creates a blind approach if the pin is on the left side of the green. I'd also like to see Ike's tree back. I miss seeing it on the camera shot from behind the tee on television. Something seems off to me about the tee shot with it missing from view.


I prefer the original 18th green and Mackenzie bunkers to what we have now. There's more front to back slope and curvature to it and I like the rustic greenside bunker styling to the pristine round-shaped bunkers that protect the green now. I have no problem with the bunkers that were added to the left side of the fairway in the 70's and felt they were needed to better challenge the players drive and provide a more difficult approach to the green for an errant tee shot.


I'm sure others here have their preferences, likes and dislikes, which is what makes this such an engaging and entertaining topic. Even more so with this typically being Masters week. I would love to hear others thoughts and comments regarding ANGC course design changes they would make if they were in charge and see if we can arrive at a consensus on those that should be made to specific holes.
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Bryan Drennon on April 11, 2020, 05:10:01 PM


These 2 pics are listed as number 6, but are actually number 12 looking back from across Rae's Creek. The wooden bridge would become the Hogan bridge. The small wooden ramp above it in the pic is the tributary that used to cut across the 13th fairway (it's now pumped under the fairway). You can see both bridges in one of your later pics of 12 (the 3rd pic). Awesome work.

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%201934%20Masters_zpspungmzuo.png)


(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%20Early%20Photo_zpszjr3bktw.jpg)






(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc435/snilsen7/Augusta/ANGC%2012th%20-%20Program_zpsgzkuypje.jpg)



Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Thomas Dai on April 11, 2020, 05:33:54 PM
Some cracking photos on this thread.
Here's a mosaic of the greens from the very early days of ANGC with some colour now added to the original b&w photos.
Enjoy.
atb


(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVP_mnCUcAE8loi?format=jpg&name=900x900)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVP_mnDU8AIveS8?format=jpg&name=900x900)
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Mike Bodo on April 11, 2020, 05:39:33 PM
Thomas, I love these photos! Problem is they're part of a collage, so you can't blow any of them up individually to more closely examine them. Do you know if larger, individual images of each hole from this collection or collage exist? That would be hugely valuable to this discussion.
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Thomas Dai on April 11, 2020, 05:50:02 PM

Thomas, I love these photos! Problem is they're part of a collage, so you can't blow any of them up individually to more closely examine them. Do you know if larger, individual images of each hole from this collection or collage exist? That would be hugely valuable to this discussion.

Mike,
If you scroll down from page 1 of this thread you'll see the same photos individually in large format (although not coloured). For large size with colour added see - http://alistermackenzie.org/articles/2020/3/16/plans-for-the-ideal-golf-course (http://alistermackenzie.org/articles/2020/3/16/plans-for-the-ideal-golf-course)
atb
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Mike Bodo on April 11, 2020, 05:59:50 PM

Thomas, I love these photos! Problem is they're part of a collage, so you can't blow any of them up individually to more closely examine them. Do you know if larger, individual images of each hole from this collection or collage exist? That would be hugely valuable to this discussion.

Mike,
If you scroll down from page 1 of this thread you'll see the same photos individually in large format (although not coloured). For large size with colour added see - http://alistermackenzie.org/articles/2020/3/16/plans-for-the-ideal-golf-course (http://alistermackenzie.org/articles/2020/3/16/plans-for-the-ideal-golf-course)
atb
Thanks for the link, Thomas. That's a huge help! That said, even with the color added to the photo of the 6th green it's impossible to make out any details outside of the original bunker. You can't even make out the fringe of the green let alone the contours of it. I am hoping one of the historians here have access to better quality photos of the original 6th green for posting. The colorized photo of the 11th green provides better detail of how the rough was in the drop-off area to the left of the green. It really looks more like a grass bunker, which is super cool, as I don't believe there were any other grass bunkers on the course when it opened.
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: archie_struthers on April 01, 2021, 09:44:06 PM
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Sven that is so impressive tyvm!! ! ! !
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Jeff Schley on April 02, 2021, 02:23:30 AM
:o 8)


Sven that is so impressive tyvm!! ! ! !
Yes Archie I agree, thanks Sven for your efforts. It gets the juices flowing for the upcoming invitational.
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Mark Mammel on April 03, 2021, 01:04:23 AM
This the most amazing thread I have seen. Sven is clearly the Professor of GCA
Title: Re: ANGC - A Retro Photo Tour
Post by: Nigel Islam on April 12, 2022, 10:10:00 AM
Bumping this because I was searching all over for this the other night until Bret Lawrence found it for me. One of the greatest threads ever on Golfclubatlas.com. Hopefully a few people see this that have yet to see it.