The Old Man (history), a mostly disembodied, online creature, took up golf in May 2010 (rare moving image). He writes about it in his life, mediated by the arts, primarily literature. The site map and library list influences. His narrative equipment: fiction, memoir, photo, video, scorecard, map, event planning, taxonomy, product placement and more. He started with the commonplace that art can be found anywhere, even in golf. The Old Man (“With a name like yours, you might be any shape, almost.” Humpty Dumpty) and the stereotypical golfer play different games. Favorite practitioner: Samuel Beckett.
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During breaks from club business, the Old Man withdraws to a Room with a Keyboard.
California
Sunnylands (design: Wilson and Lee), Rancho Mirage
Georgia
Augusta National Golf Club (A. Mackenzie and Jones), Augusta
New York
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club (Flynn*), Southampton
Oregon
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Old Macdonald: Doak/Urbina), Bandon
Pennsylvania
Allegheny Country Club (Ross*), Sewickley Heights
Linden Hall (P. Snead), Dawson
Wingfield Pines (Palombo), South Fayette/Upper St. Clair
England
Heythrop Park (T. MacKenzie), Oxfordshire
Germany
Trümmerbahnen (Weber), Braunschweig/Berlin
Ireland
Taylor’s Hill Pitch & Putt, Galway
Galway Golf Club (A. Mackenzie), Salthill
Mexico
Agua Caliente Casino and Resort (Wm. Bell, Sr.), Tijuana
The Netherlands
Deposition of C. H. W. d’Artillac Brill (Colt), Zandvoort
Arizona
Fred Enke (design: Benz and Phelps), Tucson
California
Arrowood (Robinson), Oceanside
Balboa Park 18 Municipal (& Balboa 9) (Bell, Sr./Halsey and Daray (Jr.)), San Diego
Bonita (Wm. Bell, Jr.), Bonita
Boulder Oaks (Sanderson and Fleming), Escondido
Carlton Oaks (Perry Dye), Santee
Castle Creek (Halsey and Daray (Jr.)), Escondido
Cathedral Canyon (D. Rainville), Cathedral City
Chula Vista Municipal (H. Rainville/G. Gill, Daray, Jr. and G. Williams)
Cimarron, Boulder Course (Fought), Cathedral City
Cimarron, Pebble Course (Fought), Cathedral City
Coronado Municipal (Daray, Sr./Bell, Jr./Halsey and Daray (Jr.))
Cottonwood, Lakes Course (Moorman and Sears), El Cajon (No Longer Extant)
Cottonwood, Ivanhoe Course (Moorman and Sears), El Cajon
Desert Dunes (Trent Jones, Jr.), Desert Hot Springs
Eagle Crest (D. Rainville/Halsey and Daray (Jr.)), Escondido
EastLake (Robinson), Chula Vista
Emerald Isle (Gandy), Oceanside
Fallbrook (H. and D. Rainville), Fallbrook (NLE)
Goat Hill Park (Keehn), Oceanside
Indian Canyons, North Course (Bell, Jr.), Palm Springs
Marine Memorial, Miramar (Daray, Jr. and K. Welton/Fream, Thomson and Wolveridge), San Diego
Marine Memorial, Pendleton (Bell, Sr.), Oceanside
Meadow Lake (Sanderson), Escondido
Mission Bay Municipal (Robinson), San Diego
Mission Trails (Bell, Sr. (9)/R. M. Graves (9)), San Diego
Mt. Woodson (Schmidt/Curley), Ramona
National City (H. Rainville), National City
Navy Admiral Baker, North Course (J. Daray, Sr./Robinson/Halsey and Daray (Jr.)), San Diego
Navy Admiral Baker, South Course (Halsey and Daray (Jr.)), San Diego
Oaks North (Robinson), Rancho Bernardo
Oasis (D. Rainville), Palm Desert
Oceanside Municipal (R. Bigler)
Pala Mesa (Johnson), Fallbrook
Presidio Hills (par 3), San Diego
Reidy Creek (Olson), Escondido
Riverwalk (L. Hughes/Robinson), San Diego
Rustic Canyon (Hanse and Shackelford), Moor Park
Sail Ho (Spalding), San Diego
Salt Creek (Bickler and Cook), Chula Vista (NLE)
Shadow Mountain (Von Elm/Fream), Palm Desert
SilverRock (Palmer), La Quinta
Singing Hills at Sycuan, Pine Glen Course (Hollingsworth/Robinson), El Cajon (NLE)
Singing Hills at Sycuan, Oak Glen Course (Hollingsworth/Robinson/D. Fleming), El Cajon
Singing Hills at Sycuan, Willow Glen Course (Bell Sr. and Jr. and W. H. Johnson/Robinson), El Cajon
Suncrest (Watson), Palm Desert
Tahquitz Creek, Legends Course (Bell, Jr.), Palm Springs
Tecolote Canyon (Trent Jones), San Diego
Torrey Pines Municipal, South Course (Bell, Sr. and Jr.*), La Jolla
Twin Oaks (Robinson), San Marcos
The Vineyard (D. Rainville), Escondido
Warner Springs (H. and D. Rainville), Warner Springs
Woods Valley, now Native Oaks (Ginkel), Valley Center
Colorado
Flatiron Municipal (R. B. Harris), Boulder
Connecticut
Shennecossett (Ross*), Groton
Pennsylvania
Mt. Lebanon Municipal, previously Castle Shannon Golf Club (Ormiston)
Ranch View, North Strabane (NLE)
Schenley Park Municipal (Ormiston), Pittsburgh
South Park Municipal (Hassenplug), Library
South Carolina
Charleston Municipal (Adams)
Springfield (Johnston), Fort Mill
Mexico
Bajamar, Vista 9 (Clifford) and Oceano 9 (Von Hagge), Ensenada
As observer
The Farms (P. Dye/Fought), Rancho Santa Fe CA
Galway Golf Club (Mackenzie), Salthill, Galway IR
Mission Hills, Dinah Shore Course (Muirhead), Rancho Mirage CA
Oakmont (Fownes and Loeffler*), Oakmont PA
Ojai Valley Inn & Spa (Thomas and Bell, Sr./Morrish), Ojai CA
Sunnylands (Wilson and Lee), Rancho Mirage CA
Under scrutiny of Golf Widow
Admiral Baker, North Course
Balboa Park 18 Municipal
SilverRock
Suncrest
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon OR
Carrickmines GC (N. M. Hone, A. Armstrong and W. H. Wilson), Dublin IR
“Crawl” of SW PA courses
Foxrock GC (Colt), Dublin IR
Kennemer Golf & Country Club (Colt*), Zandvoort, The Netherlands
National Golf Links of America (C. B. Macdonald), Southampton NY
Pine Valley Golf Club (Crump*), Pine Valley NJ
* original architect
Bethel Park (Crystal Drive), Castle Shannon (Crystal Drive), Dawson (Linden Hall), Downtown (Exit the Son), Millvale (The Secret of the Orphanage), Mt. Lebanon (Crystal Drive; Ordale, Home of Golf; Putting Green), North Strabane (Ranch View Father-Son Challenge), Oakmont (The Secret of the Orphanage), Sewickley Heights (Deposition of C. H. W. d’Artillac Brill, Folly, The Molyneaux Invitational, The Old Man Invitational), South Fayette (Mayview), Library (The Open) and Upper St. Clair (Mayview)
The Delinquent (Cleveland driver)
The Geologist (Kenneth Noble Sandefur putter, club head provenance: Tecopa Hills CA)
The Grandpa (maternal grandfather’s Spalding persimmon 2-wood, for honorific and decorative purposes)
The Portmanteau (golf bag)