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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Cornish, Geoffrey S. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Golf Course Architect, Fiddlers Green, Amherst, MA. |
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| Title: | History of Golf Course Architecture |
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| Meeting Info.: | Held: March 12-15, 1989, Vancouver, British Columbia. |
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| Source: | Canadian Turfgrass Conference & Show. Vol. 40, March 1989, p. 1-3. |
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| Publishing Information: | Toronto, Canada: Canadian Golf Superintendents Association |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: History; Golf course design; Golf course architects
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| Abstract/Contents: | Presents a brief history of golf course architecture in outline form with specific mention of golf course architects: Alan Robertson (1815-1859), Tom Morris (1821-1908), Willie Park Jr., H.S. Colt, W.H. Fowler, J.F. Abercromby, and Charles Blair Macdonald. Three of Canada's contributions to golf architecture are listed: 1) Five major Canadian clubs, 2) Architect Charles Blair Macdonald known as the Father of American Golf Architecture, and 3) Stanley Thompson, first architect to introduce strategic design in North America. |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | Other items relating to: DESIGN |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Cornish, G. S. 1989. History of Golf Course Architecture. p. 1-3. In Canadian Turfgrass Conference & Show. Held: March 12-15, 1989, Vancouver, British Columbia. Toronto, Canada: Canadian Golf Superintendents Association. |
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