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| Web URL(s): | https://gsrpdf.lib.msu.edu/?file=/2000s/2004/040319.pdf
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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Sykes, Christopher C. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Superintendent, Cherokee Country Club |
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| Title: | Taking your course back to the future: Preserving important architectural documents can serve as future building blocks |
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| Source: | USGA Green Section Record. Vol. 42, No. 2, March/April 2004, p. 19-21. |
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| Publishing Information: | Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association, Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 3 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf courses; History; Golf course design; Restoration; Records
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| Abstract/Contents: | States that "Cherokee Country Club (Knoxville, Tennessee) was found in 1907, and the existing course was designed by Donald Ross in 1920. When I accepted the golf course superintendent position in 1997, the course had no plan, no vision, and no mission." Explains that "due to this lack of planning, changes were made to the golf course with no regard to their long-term impact...This classic, links-style golf course was slowly but surely evaporating, and everything that Ross had envisioned was being erased. The club desperately needed a plan and it made sense to look to the past, since, arguably, the greatest architect of all time had already developed a plan for the golf course." Describes the search for information about the course's history and Ross's original plan, which included reading old newspaper articles, talking to Knoxville's local historical society, and obtaining aerial photographs of the course taken by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Explains that "the 1939 TVA aerial photograph of the Cherokee Golf Links...[gave us] a good idea of what Ross had intended. This aerial photograph later became the backbone for our long-range master restoration plan." States that "Ron Prichard was chosen [to be the restoration architect because of] his interest in staying with the integrity of the original architect's design." Explains that "Ross's plans were never completed...We are restoring what we know existed, and we are relying on Ron Prichard's expert knowledge for the rest. We have an excellent long-range master restoration plan in place and are well on our way to restoring the golf course." Lists other sources of information about the course's past. Recommends discussing renovations with the architect, if he or she is still alive. Concludes that "whether it's a brand-new course or one built at the turn of the 20th century, [you should] protect and save your past because you will need it for the future." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Pictures, color & b/w |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Sykes, C. C. 2004. Taking your course back to the future: Preserving important architectural documents can serve as future building blocks. USGA Green Sec. Rec. 42(2):p. 19-21. |
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