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Web URL(s): | https://gsr.lib.msu.edu/1950s/1951/510607.pdf Last checked: 10/2002 Requires: PDF Reader |
Publication Type:
| Professional |
Author(s): | Drukenbrod, M. F. |
Author Affiliation: | Golf Editor, Detroit Times |
Title: | Oakland Hills' new look for the open |
Source: | USGA Journal and Turf Management. Vol. 4, No. 2, June 1951, p. 7-9. |
Publishing Information: | New York: United States Golf Association |
# of Pages: | 3 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Facility profile; Tournament preparation; Playability; Golf course design; Strategic design
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Facility Names: | Oakland Hills Country Club |
Abstract/Contents: | Discusses the modifications made to the Oakland Hills Country Club by Robert Trent Jones in preparation for the USGA Open Championship and covers the new way the course should be played. Changes include creating hazards and pitfalls to make the course a test of intelligence and skill rather than a test of power hitting. Covers the specific pars of most of the holes and states the overall effect these holes have in choosing a champion. |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
Note: | Pictures, b/w |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Drukenbrod, M. F. 1951. Oakland Hills' new look for the open. USGA J. Turf Manage. 4(2):p. 7-9. |
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