A few weeks back there was a discussion on the 10th on the New Course, and as a consequence of that discussion, Melvyn sent me a couple of articles relating to redesign work undertaken by Colt during the winter of 1919/1920. The main article is the Evening Telegraph of Thursday 29th January 1920 which gives a description of the changes together with a drawing of the 7th hole. Being a techno-numpty I'm unable to post the drawing or article which in any case probably wouldn't lend itself to being posted however I've summarised the changes as below;
2nd – hole to be widened
3rd – hole to be widened
4th – tee transferred to the left, fairway bunker 200 yards to the right to be filled in and new bunker to left in more visible position, further new bunker short right of green, left hand corner of bank guarding green three new shallow pot bunkers formed.
5th – ridge guarding green lowered in middle by 18 inches to make green more visible and to allow a ball landing short to run onto green. Ridge originally had small pot bunkers at either end of ridge – replaced by two larger bunkers. Depression made in green to back right.
6th – hole widened and large bunker made in middle of fairway on rising ground about 160/170 yards from tee. Whins to the left removed. New bunker made 160 yards further on right hand side at bottom of hill overlooking hollow. Green moved to the right, adjoining the old tee ground for the 4th.
7th – bunkers 70 yards in front of tee filled in. Bunkers to left and right of green enlarged such that distance between them is 20 feet.
8th - new bunker 160 yards on from tee to right in face of hill. “Half way to hole” two new bunkers in middle of fairway. Gap in bank in front of green lowered to give better view of green with bunkers on either side.
9th – hole shortened with new green. Pot bunker in hollow in front of old green filled in.
10th – row of bunkers running across course (fairway) in echelon from left to right along “range of hills” that cross fairway. Bunkers designed to trap a bad second.
11th – hole lengthened by 100 yards with formation of new green to right and further back “in the dunes”. Bunkers round existing/old
11th green to come into play in 12th.
12th – hole lengthened with new tee in dunes behind old 11th green. Various bunkers filled in and new ones formed (article is not specific).
13th - “an excellent attempt to embody the features of the famous short 11th on the old course is seen” – green pushed back to bank beyond existing green with deep bunkers flanking either side.
15th – green moved beyond and to the right to form double green with 3rd. Previous green had cross bunkers in front.
17th – made into a drive and pitch hole with green pushed back beyond old green and “higher level with natural banks”.
18th – new green described as large and spacious and beyond old green. Large area of whins cleared away to make way for green. Teeing ground brought forward to edge of the hills but well to the right so that the old hole is practically the same length as the old one. Many of existing bunkers filled in and new ones created, no details given.
The overall cost of the work was £1,000 with work carried out by Mr Hart of Sutton & Co who was in charge of work in connection in making Eden course.