Anthony Pioppi
@anthonypioppi
Golf writer, author of The Finest Nines, podcast host @TurfNet, historian, consultant and archeologist, executive director Seth Raynor Society, part-time caddy.
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The greatest rock festival that never was, about 54 years ago this week. Legal injunction caused the cancellation day before the event was to start. 30,000 people showed up not knowing what had happened. Cassandra Day Keith Angilly Lloyd Cole
Cohasse CC, Southbridge, Mass. 1916 Donald Ross. 3 green in foreground, no. 1 in the background. #Finest9s Donald Ross Society Michael Vessely Bradley S. Klein 🇺🇦
I think many people outside of golf do not understand the vastness of the playing area. This is the field of Fenway Park, plus some seating, laid on top of 1 & 18 of the Old Course. Thanks to Michael Altobello for the graphic. Derek Duncan Lloyd Cole Geoff Shackelford
Contacted by residents of one of the condo communities around Lake Wales CC (Seth Raynor) informing me the course is abandoned. Residents trying to maintain it. There was a proposed developments but nothing in the works. Derek Duncan Bethpage Black Metal
A bizarre scorecard from the Connecticut State four-ball event. Things weren't going very well, then came the 11th hole. Christopher Girling
On my way to caddie Sunday morning, stopped to take this photo of the Connecticut River in Middletown. I didn't adjust the color. eweather Christopher Girling Cassandra Day The Middletown Press
A judge has ruled in the lawsuit pitting two groups of former owners of Metacomet Country Club, including Brad Faxon, again one another. Keith Angilly Christopher Girling
This is great news for Rhode Island golfers and those that golf in the Ocean State. Fun layout with the option to play all 9 holes as as par-3s, a genius idea. Christopher Girling Michael Vessely #Finest9s
The most comprehensive list of courses Seth Raynor was involved with, as well as list of the courses that he did not have involvment, no matter what the clubs/owners say. Christopher Girling Brookhart Twiggs theaposition.com/anthonypioppi/…
Drone photos of Yale Golf Course from over the weekend. It has been a tough summer to grow grass in New Haven with rain fall well above average, combined with high heat and humidity. Shown are 9-11. More to come. Geoff Shackelford Christopher Girling Michael Vessely Bethpage Black Metal
More Yale Golf Course photos, 13-14, 16. Bafflfed by the left front bunker on 16. Not original, added between 1934-1949. Hate it. Christopher Girling Brookhart Twiggs Bethpage Black Metal
More Yale: 3 with the massive bunker between the pond and what should be a Punchbowl green, 15-4-5, and 1-8, both covered, with a new back tee for 9 making the distance to the middle of the back tier, the only portion that should be green, about 250 yards. Christopher Girling Brookhart Twiggs
The last of Yale Golf Course photos for now. 2-4 greens, 2 covered, 18 with spectacle bunkers from 10 in the foreground. New range tee, extended back. Old entrance road runs through it, new road behind it. Christopher Girling @YeahClickClack Michael Vessely
After 24 years, time for a new Club Glove. The first one served me extremely well. We went to Scotland (5 times), Northern Ireland, Ireland, Curacao, Thailand, Bermuda, Mexico, Holland, Bahamas, Mexico, Costa Rica and a ton of U.S. states. Christopher Girling
Great to have GolfNewsRI TV out to South Shore Village Golf Club. This wonderful 9-hole course deserves all the attention it gets. #finest9s
Just completed playing courses from the Great Design Triumvirate. Charles Banks (Tamarack, Whippoorwill), Chas. Macdonald (NGLA), Seth Raynor/Macdonald (Westhampton), Raynor (Westhampton, rode Southampton) plus Quogue Field Club. Christopher Girling Michael Vessely John Moran
Here is a periodic reminder that all Biarritz greens were only intended to have the putting surface on the tier behind the swale. Whippoorwill 1931 drawing. Line is from middle of the tee to the middle of the green. 1940 aerial confirms Banks's intent. Christopher Girling Shaun Marcellus