AUTHORED BY A.W. TILLLINGHAST, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY Version Date: August 14, 2012 PM

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1 AUTHORED BY A.W. TILLLINGHAST, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY Version Date: August 14, 2012 PM A.W. Tillinghast was a golf journalist, author and poet. Over some 40 years, his articles, short stories and poems were published by numerous national and regional publications. Over the first third of his journalist career he worked as a newspaper sports editor in Philadelphia and wrote feature

2 articles for Golf, The American Cricketer, Country Club Life and The Golf Course, Golfer s Magazine, and The Architectural Forum. Over his career, some number of his written pieces were syndicated and published in various U.S. newspapers. He also authored two books of fictional golf tales and one short promotional pamphlet on golf course architecture. He started his writing career covering sports, cricket and golf for several Philadelphia newspapers. He also covered the local Philadelphia golf scene for The American Golfer and its editor Walter Travis writing under the pen name. There is speculation, but no definitive proof, that he also wrote for the American Golfer under the pen name Far and Sure, from June of 1911 through January of 1913, when did not appear in the magazine. His last known piece writing as was in the May 1919 issue of The American Golfer. Tillinghast s writings give us a first-hand account into golf in America in its early days. He saw and wrote about the development of his first course Shawnee, and the masterpieces of Pine Valley and Merion. He witnessed the rise and fall of America s first U.S. Open champion Johnny McDermott. He covered the play in America s early amateur and open tournaments and in many of these tournaments also competed as a player. He had access to all the leaders of golf in America which gave him an inside perspective to write in his columns and essays. In 1914 Tillinghast began writing a monthly column for Golf Illustrated called The Humor of the Game. In June of 1917 he began writing a monthly column called The Green Committee Page, which he contributed through October of He would continue to write feature articles for Golf Illustrated on a sporadic basis through the nineteen-twenties. The demands of his flourishing golf architecture practice may have kept him from writing more frequently during this period. However when he did write, his articles were feature pieces on varied topics on all things golf, from recent and historic tournament play to golf architecture and maintenance. With the unset of the Great Depression and the decline in his golf architecture business, Tillinghast was writing again on a regular monthly basis for Golf Illustrated, and for a short period for The American Golfer. In June of 1933, Tillinghast was named the Editor of Golf Illustrated, and would serve in that role until the magazine closed down in The last published issue of Golf Illustrated was in August 1935, and the final issue dated September 1935 was never printed for circulated. After being named the consulting golf course architect for the PGA of America in 1935, Tillinghast contributed a feature monthly piece for The Professional Golfer of America. His last article for this magazine was in the November 1937 issue shortly after his PGA tour service had ended. After moving from New Jersey to California, Tillinghast became an associate editor at The Pacific Coast Golfer alongside his friend Scotty Chisolm. He began writing a monthly column for this magazine in the February 1938 issue, and his last known article was in the February 1940 issue. This annotated bibliography includes over 400 published works authored by Tillinghast which are currently in the Tillinghast Association Archive. However, this bibliography is not all-inclusive. Not included are many Tillinghast articles from various newspapers and magazines. As these articles are rediscovered, it is the intent to update this bibliography. There are also many articles published by Golf Illustrated with no by-line during Tillinghast s tenure as the editor; but these articles have not been listed in this bibliography at this time. Articles expressly written by The Editor during this same period have been included.

3 A complete copy of many of the articles listed in this bibliography can be found on-line at two electronic archives: The USGA Museum s Janet Seagle Electronic Golf Library: The LA84 Foundation: PUBLICATION TYPE: A = Magazine Article; B = Book; C = Magazine Column; P = Poem; S = Short Story; N = Notes ; P = Pamphlet Month Year Title Publication Type Annotations Jun 1901 St. Andrews Golf, Vol. 8 A Personal reflections on holidays in St. Andrews Scotland; Meeting and getting to know Tom Morris and other golfing personalities of St. Andrews, Scotland. Aug 1908 Middle Atlantic Notes, by Nov 1908 Around Philadelphia, by Dec 1908 Around Philadelphia, by The American Golfer, p N Billiard player T.M.S. Rolls takes up golf at Philadelphia CC; Menace of development may force Philadelphia CC to advance $300k or relocated elsewhere; Profile of the tenth and sixth holes at Wilmington; Golf match known as a Philadelphia ballsome of 7 to 8 players; Bannockburn Golf Club gives up its links at Chevy Chase to a subdivision; Fictitious tale of A.W. Tillinghast working to get back to his old time form playing a match against Vardon and Ray only to be interrupted by a pink elephant in pajamas. N New Course for White Marsh Valley CC; Philadelphia Golf Association corresponding with Pittsburgh Association on forming a State Association. N Novel idea of caddie dogs; Not one of Quaker links of championship caliber.

4 Jan 1909 Around Philadelphia, by Feb 1909 Around Philadelphia, by Mar 1909 Around Philadelphia, by N Tournament play in the Philadelphia district; Merits of the four ball match and opinions on the matter by the coterie of Philadelphians who spend their weekends playing golf at Atlantic City including R.E. Griscom, A.H. Smith, Rodman Stull, J.P. Edwards, W.P. Smith, R.E. Hanson, H.B. McFarland, Arnold Service, Walter Pfeil, Dr. Simon Carr, H.W. Perrin, A.W. Tillinghast and H.C Fownes of Oakmont; Coining the term Birdie by brothers Smith, either A.H. or W.P., some 4 or 5 years earlier; Origin of the term Eagle by George Crump on the second hole at the Philadelphia Country Club; Origin of the term Bob holes by the Philadelphians. N Report on the annual meeting of the Golf Association of Philadelphia; Retirement of Samuel Heebner from the USGA executive committee, fond remembrances of his contributions to golf over the years, and a wish for him to live long and prosper; Snap shot of Dr. Simon Carr at the 1903 National championship at Nassau; Probability of a public golf course for Philadelphia in Fairmont Park; New clubhouse at St. Martins for Philadelphia Cricket Club; Course improvement changes at Huntington Valley. N Best 18 hole course in Philadelphia with a composite of 18 holes from various Philadelphia courses; Short history of the Lesley Cup contests; Profile of golfer H.B. MacFarland s record; Meeting of the Women s Golf Association of Philadelphia; Review of one of the oldest courses in Philadelphia, the course at Briar Crest; Formation of the Pennsylvania Golf Association at a meeting of the Philadelphia and Western Pennsylvania golf associations at Rittenhouse Club; Date set for the first Pennsylvania State Championship on October 11, 1909.

5 Apr 1909 Around Philadelphia, by May 1909 Around Philadelphia, by Jun 1909 Middle Atlantic Notes, by Jul 1909 Middle Atlantic Notes, by N Howard Perrin, one of the most formidable golfers in Philadelphia, transfers from Philadelphia Cricket Club to Merion; Philadelphia golfers traveling to play in Atlantic City during the winter; Philadelphia National League baseball team training in Southern Pines, NC has taken up golf; Robert Leslie reports there would be no problem with a Pennsylvania team substituting for the one representing Philadelphia in the Leslie Cup matches. N Encroachment of the City of Philadelphia on golf courses, forcing Frankford and Aronimink to relocate and consolidate with other clubs. Plan by City to cut new streets jeopardizes many more courses. W.P. Smith s lucky cut shots. Joseph Clark of Philadelphia Cricket elected to USGA Executive Committee; Changes to plans for the St. Martins clubhouse at Philadelphia Cricket. N Profile of the Ditches hole, number eight at the Philadelphia Cricket Club; History of the Silver Cross one of the most coveted trophies of the Golf Association of Philadelphia, which is the Association s medal play championship; Notes on individual and team play and other matters from area golf courses including Wyoming Valley, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. N Report on the Patterson Cup at Spring Haven; Qualifying for the team matches; Profile of the 17 th hole at Huntington Valley and its bunker fronting the green which has been criticized as unfair; Report on the Philadelphia Amateur championship at Huntington Valley which was won by W.G. Pfeil; also mention of match lost by Tillinghast on fifth extra hole to H.P. Smith.

6 Jul 1909 Middle Atlantic Notes, by Aug 1909 Middle Atlantic Notes, by The American Golfer, July Supplement, pp Sep 1909 Middle Atlantic Notes Oct 1909 Middle Atlantic Notes, by Nov 1909 Middle Atlantic Notes, by N Columbia GC acquires 140 acres near Chevy Chase, MD; Results of Philadelphia Team Championship played at Merion; Results of Wilmington CC Tournament; Results of Lynnewood Hall Cup at Huntingdon Valley. N Results of tournament at Manwalamink at Shawnee on Delaware, CC Worthington s private course; Commissioners in Washington DC to include budget for completion and maintenance of a course in Rock Creek Park. N Ruling on a golf ball coming to rest close by a lark s nest; New 9 hole course at Frankford CC is rounding-to nicely; Bannockburn CC in Chevy Chase has not had to vacate. N Report on Open Championship of Philadelphia played at Philadelphia CC and won by Gilbert Nichols; Women s championship of the United States will be played at Merion and specific changes since the event was last played at Merion; Description of the holes at Merion; Tillinghast following the play at the National Amateur at Wheaton; T.M. S. Rolls loses his temper in a match. N Formal organization of the Pennsylvania Golf Association consummated at Huntingdon Valley CC on September 28; Humorous tale of a golfer and a mind-reader at a vaudeville performance; Passing of George Fowle; Chevy Chase club in Washington started piping water for their greens. Results of Pennsylvania State Championship at Huntingdon Valley, Macfarland defeats Tillinghast in the 36-hole final by margin of 8 and 6. Results of USGA Women s championship at Merion, won by Miss Campbell. Results of St. Martins Cup at Philadelphia Cricket, which was won by T.M. Conlin of Boston defeating H.W. Perrin in extra holes.

7 Results of Huntingdon Valley Invitation tournament for women, won by Mrs. Barlow 6 and 5 over Mrs. Vanderbeck. New Country club for Washington to be called Columbia will be merged with old Columbia and has purchased 150 acres near Chevy Chase. Officers of Naval Academy organize a golf club. Dec 1909 Middle Atlantic Notes, by N Report on the playing of the Mary Thayer Farnum Memorial Cup under the Women s Golf Association of Philadelphia at St. Davids; Hospitality at Philmont CC and discussion of proposal to move the club closer to Philadelphia; passing of David Flemming, Jr.; Tournament play on various courses; Baltimore CC stretches its course to meet modern requirements. Jan 1910 Middle Atlantic Notes, by N Building of new pits at Huntingdon Valley; Green committee actively improving course at Springhaven; Club at Moorestown, NJ has purchased 46 acres to lay out a new 9 hole course; No progress by the city council on the public course at Fairmont; Philmont decides to stay put and passes on option on land near Elkins Park. Feb 1910 Middle Atlantic Notes, by N Annual meeting of the Golf Association of Philadelphia held at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel; At meeting Tillinghast calls attention to the fact that there is no systematic handicap list and he is appointed to a committee to accomplish this; Unpopularity of Leslie Cup foursome matches; Suggestion to add the Middle Atlantic team to the Leslie Cup along with Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and the Metropolitan Associations; Snow in Philadelphia, but golf continues in Atlantic City; MOTHER GOOSE ON THE LINKS (a poem) George Brown of Huntingdon Valley borrows a club. Mar 1910 Middle Atlantic Notes, by N Preview of US Open to be played at Philadelphia Cricket Club

8 the home club for Willie Anderson; Report on the annual meeting of the Women s Golf Association of Philadelphia; Description of the Philadelphia Country Club and its 10 th hole and improvements to the 12 th hole. Apr 1910 Middle Atlantic Notes, by N Plans for a golf course on the Old York Road near Jenkintown; Huntingdon Valley decided to a add to the old clubhouse; General activity by Green Committees to the betterment of golf courses in the area over the past year; Objection to the proposed changes at the 8 th, the Ditches Hole, at the Cricket Club; Changes at the Merchantville CC; Special committee on handicaps selects the Calkin s system as best suited and is ratified by the Golf Association of Philadelphia; Success of Howard Perrin at Pinehurst; Building of dykes at Whitemarsh; MOTHER GOOSE ON THE LINKS (a poem). May 1910 Middle Atlantic Notes, by N Handicap list completed for members of the Golf Association of Philadelphia; Belfield CC secures ground beyond the fourth green to enable the addition of a 3 shot hole; New course at Frankford is shaping up nicely; Riverton course in NJ enjoying ideal conditions; Caddie strike at Philadelphia CC; Former caddie George Griffin appointed professional at Belfield; U Penn Golf Team schedule. Jun 1910 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Western Pennsylvania Golf Association likely to use same handicapping system as Philadelphia; Team matches of Women s Golf Association of Philadelphia underway; Willie Anderson and Gil Nichols must be considered contenders for this year s U.S. Open; Caddie strike ends at Philadelphia CC;

9 Jul 1910 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, Aug 1910 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, Sep 1910 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, Richard Mott of Riverton wins annual spring tournament at Atlantic City, defeating the qualifying medalist, Ernest Shackleford of the home club. THE DUFFER (a poem) Detailed caddie rules of procedure, which were issued by a prominent golf club. N Merion wins team matches of Women s Golf Association of Philadelphia; Several Philadelphia clubs have tried the new handicap system and they like it; Results of the Patterson Cup won by H.R. Worthington of the Philadelphia Cricket Club; Belmont Cricket Club has to move; Criticisms of the new second hole at Philadelphia Cricket Club; Inter-city Match for the Griscom Cup; Results of Women s Championship won by Mrs. Fox; Results of the Philadelphia Individual Championship won by Mr. Thompson over William P. Smith. N First handicap event of Philadelphia Golf Association played at Whitemarsh Valley and is won by H.B. Brazier of Merion with an 88, net 71. Event marked the opening of new course at Whitemarsh Valley; Reginald Worthington makes his debut in Philadelphia golfdom playing for the Cricket Club; Progress on the construction of the 18 hole course at Shawnee; Opinion on how Philadelphian players fair at medal play; Philadelphia Ballsome and perception on medal play ability. N Results of St. David s tournament won by Reginald Worthington in his first local tournament; Description of the 18 holes at Shawnee and prediction that it will rank as with the notable links in America when it open next May; Unusually low handicap scores in Cape May are no more with

10 Oct 1910 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, Nov 1910 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, Dec 1910 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, the new handicapping system; GOLF VERSUS NATURE (a poem) N Results of the Open Championship of Philadelphia won by J.J. McDermott; Results of mixed foursome tournament at Cape May; Results of annual invitation tournament at Manwalamink at Shawnee-on-Delaware won by Howard Perrin of Merion, defeating H.R. Worthington of Philadelphia Cricket. Leslie Cup matches will be played over Myopia Hunt club course; Random notes from the National Amateur at Brookline; THE GOLFER (poem). N Dr. Simon Car and George Crump have been missed from local tournaments due to business and travel in Europe; Tillinghast has absented himself from tournaments as he has been actively engaged in the development of the new course of the Shawnee Country Club; Results of the Mary Thayr Farnum Memorial Cup won by Mrs. Barlow; Philadelphia CC is considering the reconstruction of its entire course; THE DIFFERENCE (a poem). N Announcement of Merion s plans for a new golf course on 300 acres near their Haverford clubhouse; R.E. Griscom of Merion had C.B. MacDonald and H.J. Whigham as guests and both pronounced the land to be admirably suitable. Death of Willie Anderson much regretted; Philadelphia Cricket arranges a subscription for Anderson s widow and baby; Interesting relics turned up in golf course construction at Shawnee; Results of the annual fall tournament at Atlantic City CC won by Walter Travis; Tillinghast qualified and lost in the first round.

11 Jan 1911 Middle Atlantic Notes, by Feb 1911 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes Feb 1911 Middle Atlantic Notes, by Mar 1911 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes N Announcement of opening of new 9 hole course the Field Club at Moorestown, NJ and description of the new course with a course layout/diagram; Recap of club and individual point totals by Golf Association of Philadelphia; List of course records for Philadelphia golf courses; Belfield contemplates abandoning the 9 th hole and replacing with a new 190 yard hole between the 4 th and 5 th holes; Merchantville Field Club reconstructed it 9 hole course; requested by a prominent daily to list the top 20 players in the U.S. and regrettably no-one from Philadelphia made the list; Based on form over the past season, ranks the top dozen Philadelphia players with W.L. Thompson on top; George Crump returns from extended tour in Europe and considers the course at Sunningdale one of the best in Great Britain; CC of Atlantic City contemplates building new course on the meadows close by the present links; Profile of the Whitemarsh Valley clubhouse. N Opinion piece that class courses will produce class players; Handicap committee of the Golf Association of Philadelphia completes its revision of the list issued in the spring; The handicap committee consists of Francis Warner, A.E. Barnes, and Tillinghast. N Golfers dinner at Wyoming Valley was successful with Philadelphia represented by Perrin, Tillinghast and Woodruff; At the dinner, J.P. Williamson of Wyoming Valley was elected captain for next season; Report on the 14 th annual meeting of Philadelphia Golf Association; Fourth team approved for the Leslie Cup matches. N Letter from Poultney Smith to regarding his opinion piece the month before on producing class players in Philadelphia;

12 Apr 1911 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, May 1911 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, Jun 1911 Middle Atlantic Notes, by THE DUFFER (a limerick); North Hills CC gives promise of great development; Connie Mack encourages his ball players to take up golf; Shawnee retains Bob Hobens as professional; Handicap committee lists over 700 players; There are 8 players listed at handicap of 5, and Tillinghast is listed as a 6 along with Cam Buxton, George Crump and a dozen others. N Philmont purchased ground on which their golf course is located; Wyoming Valley CC contemplates and invitational tournament over their 9-hole course which demands accurate seconds; Announcement of formal opening of Shawnee to be held on Saturday, May 27 th ; JJ McDermott is now employed by Atlantic City CC; Diagram of the 8 th green at Belfield and discussion of its obsolete/old fashioned bunkering; N Report of the first annual dinner of the Golfers of Philadelphia at the Bellevue-Stratford; Alec Duncan succeeds Willie Anderson at Philadelphia Cricket; Willie Hutchinson from St. Andrews takes up duty at Huntingdon Valley; Bob Hobens, brother of Jack Hobens, goes to Shawnee; Digging of the bunkers at Shawnee late last fall and subsequent winter flooding filled the bunkers with sand; Merion nearing completion in planning; During the month C.B. MacDonald and H.J. Whigham who have been aiding the committee visited Merion; MacDonald said in his opinion seven of the holes [at Merion] equaled any in this country Review of the progress made in the coverage of golf by the sporting journalists in the newspapers. N Report on the invitation tournament at Chevy Chase Club to inaugurate the opening of the extended course; U.S. President Taft and Vice President Sherman presented the

13 first place and runner up trophies, respectively; The tournament was won by Walter Travis who beat Thomas Sherman, the Vice President s son; Chevy Chase implements new system to number player s golf balls and dock caddies pay for lost balls Jun 1911 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Organization of the Lehigh Country Club; by Far and Sure Philmont CC will erect a new clubhouse; W.E. Shackelford defeats A.W. Tillinghast 6 and 4 to win the spring tournament at Atlantic City; Jul 1911 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, by Far and Sure N Results of Joseph Patterson Memorial cup won by R.C. James of Springhaven; George Crump wins Silver Cross; Scranton CC arranges to have John Reid, who has experience laying out courses particularly in Philadelphia, advise on constructing a new 6,300 yard course. Aug 1911 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, by Far and Sure N Huntingdon Valley wins interclub matches for 10 th time in 14 years. Sep 1911 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, by Far and Sure N New Lehigh CC course opens at Rittersville with temporary greens; U.S. Open Champ Jack McDermott wins Philadelphia Open championship; Testimonial and funds raised to honor Philadelphia born Jack McDermott for becoming first American to win the U.S. Open. Oct 1911 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, by Far and Sure N Sam Heebner resigns from GAP Executive Committee to give younger men a chance; Nov 1911 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, by Far and Sure N Results of 6 th annual invitational tournament at Philadelphia Cricket Club. Dec 1911 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Results of Club Record Cup and other tournaments. by Far and Sure Jan 1912 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Commentary on competiveness of Philadelphia golfers. by Far and Sure Feb 1912 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Philadelphia tournaments do not attract the big names; by Far and Sure Philadelphia does not have a course to compare with NY or Chicago. Feb 1912 ALPINIZATION ON THE The American Cricketer, A Invention of alpinization by J.H. Taylor and Peter Lees with a

14 MID-SURREY COURSE p.? sketch of the 2 nd hole at Mid-Surry, in England; Mr. Henry Leach, the British critic, coined the term alpinization. Mar 1912 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, by Far and Sure N GAP handicap list arranged by Tillinghast, F.B. Warner and A.E. Barnes; Philmont prepares plans for a new clubhouse; Belmont Cricket club to distribute proceeds from sale of course to the City to its members, and committee formed to find other grounds; Belmont takes option on 98 acres near Garrettford; Speculation that Aronimink an offshoot of Belmont will join Belmont; The new course for Belmont has been staked out and topographically may be one of best in the City; A new course is to be started in Norristown. Apr 1912 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Philadelphia will have busiest season in its golf history; by Far and Sure Quaker players will have two novelty events, the Pater-filius (Father-Son) match and the Seniors event. May 1912 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Golfing renaissance in Philadelphia has begun; by Far and Sure Old York Road to construct 9-hole addition; Springhaven has changed entire playing map of its course; Country Club of Lansdowne has made changes to its course; Aronimink takes option 98 acres originally preempted by Belmont Cricket Club. June 1912 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Various tournament results; by Far and Sure Suggestions to Certain Golfers. Jul 1912 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, by Far and Sure N Eastern Women s Golf Association, Griscom Cup and other tournament results; Philmont turns leasehold of clubhouse into a purchase. Aug 1912 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, by Far and Sure N Various tournament results including the Women s and Professional tournaments at Shawnee. Sep 1912 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, by Far and Sure N Various tournament results including first tournament for the Buckwood trophy at Shawnee. Oct 1912 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, by Far and Sure N Merion opens new course which was constructed under direction of Hugh Wilson, H.G. Lloyd, R.E. Griscom, and R.S.

15 Nov 1912 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, by Far and Sure Dec 1912 Middle Atlantic States, by Jan 1913 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, by Far and Sure Feb 1913 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, Francis and H. Toulmin; Some of the famous holes from abroad have been reproduced, and many pits and traps remain to be built. N Pennsylvania captures Leslie Cup for first time at Huntingdon Valley; Mental, Muscle Habit or the Fateful Thirteenth. N Discrepancy in handicaps between Philadelphia and Metropolitan players; Howard Perrin nominated to the USGA Executive Committee; Samuel Heebner served on the nominating committee; Rudyard Kipling s poem IF used in a golf sense in an ode to a caddie; Results of the Atlantic City Tournament won by Walter Travis; A DUFFERS LAMENT (a poem first published in American Cricketer); Assessment of 10 th hole at Shawnee with accompanying sketch; Mysterious player with his face painted black, who is known to be an English professional of ordinary ability, has been seen stalking J.J. McDermott frequently on a public course looking to challenge him to a challenge match; Tillinghast hits a shot over the clubhouse in the qualifying round at Atlantic City, which scatters two bridge games. N Review of the new course at Merion; CB MacDonald involved at Merion in an advisory way; Construction committee at Merion headed by Hugh Wilson; Divot neglect warning posted on the bulletin board at Merion; Mid-Surry scheme of alpinization under construction at Shawnee on the 10 th hole. Old York Road course is preparing to bunker their course; Modernization of Philadelphia CC is progressing; Philmont s clubhouse which was donated by members is nearing completion of renovations. N Records over Philadelphia courses indicate the best scores of the professionals average three shots better than the

16 Mar 1913 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, Apr 1913 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, amateurs; These musical parodies prepared by Tillinghast at the Gofers Dinner at Merion were popular: o HUNT AROUND o DREAMING o GOLFING DAYS o WAITING AT THE SEVENTEENTH TEE Tussle between Huntingdon Valley and Wilmington at the USGA Annual meeting over hosting the women s national championship; Voting was close but Wilmington was awarded the championship by a vote of 28-22; Philadelphia Cricket Club plans to improve its course and Mr. Janney of their Green Committee has outlined the proposed changes; Robert Leslie tells two stories relating to lack of divot replacement at Merion; Announcement of George Crump s plan to build Pine Valley. N Report on the annual meeting of the GAP and establishment of a committee to pursue the development of a public course at Fairmont Park; Tree removal is major argument against the course at Fairmont Park; A.W. Tillinghast has been chief advocate for a public course in his golf editorials noted that several courses could be routed in the park without disturbing a single tree; New course at Clementon is progressing; The GAP handicap committee adopted a variation of the Calkins system give a par rating for the a course accounting for differences in difficulties of the hole in relation to par; Report on the Women s GAP meeting at Bellevue-Stratford; Difficulty of the Philadelphia courses has been stiffened over the past two years to the betterment of the game. N Tree removal at Pine Valley is opening the land and 7 holes are now open for play; Description of the first seven holes at Pine Valley;

17 May 1913 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, Jun 1913 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, Two other new courses are being contemplated, one near Absecon and one near Chestnut Hill; The GAP committee and prominent golfers toured the Fairmont Park grounds investigating proposed sites for a golf course; Sad story of a club moving to a new location on land unsuitable for a golf course; Shawnee announces dates for open tourney, has commitments from leading professionals and has scheduled the date close to the national open at Brookline in hopes that Vardon and Ray will play; Golf in America is considered primitive by British public opinion; however when Henry Leach visited last year he returned to England praising our golf. N First appearance of Vardon and Ray will be at the open tournament at Shawnee for August 23 and 24; Fight for a public course in Philadelphia continues with support of the press; Pine Valley is progressing, Haddonfield is building 18 holes, and Overbrook and Woodberry are contemplating adding 9 holes; The GAP handicap committee has determined a par rating for each course; Mayor Blankenburg announces his attitude toward a public course, which is favorable. N H.S. Colt is in America and is expected to visit Pine Valley; Shawnee is contemplating the erection of a foot bridge across the Binniekill to replace the ferry; Frankford has laid water pipes to their greens; Development pressure forcing local clubs to relocate that do not own the land under their course; H.P. Dixon s fairway grass cutter at Wallingford; Results of the spring tournament at Atlantic City; Overbook club is planning an expansion of its course to 18 holes;

18 Jul 1913 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, Aug 1913 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, Sep 1913 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, Oct 1913 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, Belfield added a new hole and made changes which were planned by Willie Hutchinson; Lessons to be learned developing young golfers from the practices in developing young cricket players. N Results of Women s Philadelphia championship won by Mrs. Barlow; Invitational tournament at Wilmington won by Walter Travis; Philmont opened their new clubhouse; Aronimink and Bala will each abandon their 9-hole course and form a new club which will be known probably as Balaron and will build an 18-hole course; Results of Patterson Cup at Whitemarsh Valley; Commission blocks proposed course at Fairmont Park and instead recommends a course in Cobb s Creek park; H.S. Colt spent a week at Pine Valley and it is likely some of his plans will be followed; New work and changes to the Philadelphia CC course. N Results of the Philadelphia Open played over the new Merion course and won by J.J. McDermott; Results of the Silver Cross medal tournament won by C.B. Buxton of Huntingdon Valley; N Harry Vardon and Ted Ray landed from the Celtic on Friday night, August 15; has permit to go out on the Revenue Cutter to greet Vardon and Ray and they talk golf on the ride up the harbor; Vardon and Ray play an exhibition defeating the Nichols brothers at Whitemarsh Valley the next day; Tillinghast gives a golf lesson at Shawnee; Value of photography in seeing the golf swing; New course at Aronimink promises to be one of the most interesting and best tests of golf found anywhere. N Results of the Shawnee Open won by J.J. McDermott who handily beat one of the best fields in golf including Ray and Vardon; Vardon and Ray visit the new Aronimink course under

19 Nov 1913 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, The Perfesser Dec 1913 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, Jan 1914 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, Feb 1914 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, The American Golfer, p construction and Vardon notes that the 2 nd hole along the ruins is one of the most attractive and thoroughly good holes that he has seen anywhere; The new Aronimink course should be ready for play next year. N Humorous story of how Ted Ray, Harry Vardon and Tillinghast took a Sunday drive in the Poconos and met and took a golf lesson from the Innkeeper at a mountain hotel and primitive nine-hole course. N Results of the Atlantic City Tournament won by Fred Herreshoff; 11 holes of Pine Valley have been seeded and it is possible to describe the course as completed; George Crump, Howard Perrin, Richard Mott and Tillinghast are the first to play the first 5 holes which are playable; Tillinghast resigns as chairman of the GAP handicap committee; New Seaview course at Absecon is progressing; New Aronimink course gives great promise and 12 holes will be ready for play in June; Remarkable 9-hole course in Hazelton; goes out to visit Merion s second new course. N Poem titled THE FRATERNITY by The Duffer; Bob White reports much has done at Shawnee notably on the 10 th hole (old 7 th ) where turfed mounds have been built; Golfing career of Howard Perrin. N Poem titled PUNKERS LAMENT; Park Commissioners for Fairmont Park refuse to turn over waste land for use as a golf course; 12 holes of the new Aronimink course may be ready by June; George Klauder and Cecil Calvert head the construction committee for Aronimink, and Tillinghast laid out the course; Discretion of several of the new holes at Aronimink; Tom Anderson, the late pro at Montclair, is buried next to his son Willie in a Philadelphia cemetery; Eleven holes at Pine Valley are open for play and the last three

20 Mar 1914 The Necessity for a Tale of Woe Committee Mar 1914 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, Apr 1914 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, The Golfers Magazine, p holes to be cleared of stumps are opening rapidly and will be ready for seeding in the spring. A Humorous suggestion to create a special committee to deal with golfers who recount every detail and shot of their round of golf. N Philadelphia CC plans to lengthen its home hole by building a new green in the apple orchard well back from the present green; Humorous story told at dinner by George Crump of some mandarin ducks he purchased for the pond on the 5 th hole at Pine Valley; Philadelphia to have a new course called Sunnybrook in the Whitemarsh Valley and Donald Ross may lay out the course; Connie Mack has taken up golf and finds himself at Pine Valley regularly with Dr. Simon Carr providing instruction; Golf editor of the Philadelphia Record has written letters to various golfers seeking their opinion on various features of modern golf architecture; Poem titled JIMMY by The Duffer. N Tillinghast receives a letter from Harry Vardon on his intentions to revisit the U.S. in 1915 and his public comments on ill-mannered elements in American galleries; Clarence Geist is active in the development of Seaview course; James Govan the pro for many years at St. Davids has been engaged as greenkeeper at Pine Valley; The Prayer of the Bogey Club given at the club s annual dinner; Selective replies to the sports editor of the Philadelphia Record request for opinions on modern golf architecture; Remarks from W. P. Smith with a sketch of a hole for players of differing abilities; Response from George Crump along with a sketch of the 17 th hole at Pine Valley; Sketch from Herman Wendal at St. Davids Response from Robert Leslie President of the GAP; A poem titled THE GOLFERWOCK by The Duffer;

21 Last six holes at Pine Valley are remarkable; A book store frequented in Philadelphia. May 1914 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Tillinghast returns from Florida where his services as a golf architect have been in demand at Davista on the west coast near St. Petersburg and in Jacksonville where a new course is to be constructed; Elaboration on a sketch of a two-shot hole with a limited drive zone ending at 200 yards. May OPENING OF THE SEASON The American Cricketer, p. 150 A Results of the Atlantic City Tournament with little improvement in the quality of play; Annual meeting at Lakewood with a better quality field; Three new courses are coming along and Aronimink will have nine holes open by June; Turf at Pine Valley is coming along nicely, the tee for the second hole will likely be shortened, and H.S. Colt is in America again and will likely visit; Donald Ross has planned some fine holes at the Sunnybrook and the work is coming along nicely. Jun 1914 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Ben Sayres the famous pro of North Berwick visits his son George the professional at Merion; 12 new holes of the Aronimink course have been opened for play; Merion opens its second new course; Pine Valley is coming along with a few remaining holes to be cleared. Jun The Humorous Side of Golf Country Club Life, p. 156 A Humorous golf stories from across the golfing world. Jul Caddies Here And There Country Club Life, p. 156 A Caddie stories from across the golfing world. Jul More of the Humorous Side of Serious Golf Country Club Life, p. 171 A Humorous story of a serious golf match interrupted by a mongrel yellow dog. Jul Sharp Practice in Golf Country Club Life, p. 193 A Reflections on unsportsmanlike behavior in golf. Jul s Country Club Life, p. 250 A Importance of s in golf and the most notable ones in Britain and America. Jul 1914 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes The American Golfer, p. 812 N Opinion disagreeing with USGA President Robert Watson s remarks on classifying golf writers and architects as professionals rather than amateurs;

22 Update on play of Johnny McDermott. Jul 1914 THE MALEFACTORS The American Golfer, p. 816 P A poem about three giblets who were hung for various golf crimes, and a fourth who was shunned for a crime much worse. Jul Shawnee-on-Delaware Country Club Life, p. 217 A History of the development of Tillinghast s first course, Shawnee-on-Delaware; play on the course in its first years including the Eastern Open Tournament. Aug 1914 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Review of several holes at Whitemarsh Valley; Notes on tournament play. Sep 1914 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Reports on tournament play; Thanks to various contributors including The Duffer and Old Timer; New contribution from The Scot. Sep 1914 The Humor Of The Game Golf Illustrated, pp N Series of humorous and true golf stories. Oct 1914 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Reports on tournament play; Oct 1914 The Humor Of The Game Golf Illustrated, pp N A golf match saved by a mongrel yellow dog; Andra Kirkaldy refuses to wash his hands at a nobleman s home for fear of spoiling his grip; Several other humorous golf stories; Two illustrations from Punch. Nov 1914 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Comments on noted golfers and reports on tournament play; Nov 1914 The Humor Of The Game Golf Illustrated, pp N Humorous stories from the Oxford-Cambridge team matches in America in 1903 with two illustrations from Punch. Dec 1914 The Humor Of The Game Golf Illustrated, pp N Humorous golf stories with illustrations from A.B. Frost; Yarn submitted on fictional play at Van Cortland Park; Report on the tombstone tournament at Hot Springs, Virginia. Dec 1914 In The Bag S Humorous tale of animated golf clubs recounting their experiences on the golf links with their master. Dec 1914 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Pine Valley opened its clubhouse and 11 holes on November 7 th ; New course at Seaview will formally open soon;

23 George Crump holds a demonstration on how to play to the 5 th at Pine Valley. Jan 1915 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Aronimink announces that the new 18 hole course will open by summer; Clarence Geist, president of Seaview GC, announces the opening of the new course with a winter tournament; Reminiscence of Charles Seeley and Archie Graham meeting Tillinghast for golf in Atlantic City at the Northfield course on the night of winter blizzard; Homage to the late Willie Anderson; Talk of a new course at the Harrisburg Country Club; John J. McDermott retires as pro at Atlantic City CC; Course at Belfield s days are numbered. Jan 1915 The Humor Of The Game Golf Illustrated, pp N Series of humorous and true golf stories. Feb 1915 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Report on the official opening and tournament play at the new Seaview course on January 11; Review of the new Seaview course; Planned changes to the first 9 holes at St. Davids GC. Feb 1915 The Seaview Opening Golf Illustrated, pp A Tongue and cheek story on the opening of Seaview and its first manual tournament attended by Mr. Stymie. Feb 1915 The Humor Of The Game Golf Illustrated, pp N Series of humorous and true golf stories. Mar 1915 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Report on JJ McDermott commitment to a sanatorium and reflections on the Shawnee incident as the cause; New holes at Pine Valley nearing completion; The public course for Philadelphia is destined to be built in the park at Cobb s Creek; Tillinghast departed to Florida for a month to construct 18 holes at Davista; Country club of Atlantic City will again change the order of the holes at Northfield. Mar 1915 The Humor Of The Game Golf Illustrated, pp N Series of humorous and true golf stories. Apr 1915 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Preliminary work for the public course at Cobb Creek is underway; The plans have been criticized and the park commissioners are seeking advice from the leading golfers of the City.

24 Apr 1915 The Humor Of The Game Golf Illustrated, pp. 44, N Series of humorous golf stories; 46, 56 Poem titled, A-DREAMING; Untitled poem in which a school teacher asks for the name of the gulf stream. May 1915 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Aronimink will have open its entire new course with a change to the 13 th hole; St. Davids rearranges and remodels holes; Sketch of the changes to the 5 th hole at St. Davids Seaview has called in Donald Ross to build traps and his ideas along with Wilfrid Reid should stiffen the course; Wilfrid Reid is new professional at Seaview; Work started on new public course at Cobb s Creek; Approach and putting course laid out at Queen Lane Manor; Photo of introduction of native stool grass to a bunker. May 1915 The Humor Of The Game Golf Illustrated, p. 44 N Series of humorous golf stories including parody by John Reid sung at Glenview to those who played the Haskell ball. Jun 1915 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Greens are coming along at new Sunnybrook course; Aronimink opened its completed course on May 15; Shawnee secures services of Professional Elphick late of the National Golf Links; Various tournament results. Jun 1915 The Humor Of The Game Golf Illustrated, pp. 46, 48, 56, 58 N Fictional story of match between Major Foozle and Provost Madcuff; Series of humorous golf stories; Local rule for a ball lying in a grave on the course at Tientsin, China. Jul 1915 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Poem titled CHACUN A SON GOUT; Little Phil the caddie grows up into a big cop; Plans made for a new course at Wernersville; Sketch of new no. 6 at Wernersville; Construction underway for public course in Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Record offers a trophy for its first championship; Various tournament results. Jul 1915 The Humor Of The Game Golf Illustrated, pp. 50, N Series of humorous golf stories;

25 52 Parody of prose written by Tom Daly; F. C. Newton of Baltusrol hits a horseshoe in a match with Jerry Travers. Aug 1915 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Various tournament results Aug 1915 The Humor Of The Game Golf Illustrated, pp , 46 N Humorous stories about the Hell Bunker at St. Andrews, Andra Kirkaldy; Poem titled, DE PROFUNDIS; Humorous story when Tillinghast was taking measurements on a course he was reconstructing. Sep 1915 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Poem titled YELLOW; Cameron Buxton moves to Texas; GAP considers letters and survey on whether caddies should be paid by the hour or by the round; Various tournament results. Sep 1915 The Humor of the Game Golf Illustrated, p. 40, 42, N Humorous stories of caddies in the south; 44, 46 Reference to the new course Tillinghast built the month before at Atlantic Beach near Jacksonville. Oct 1915 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Philadelphia is proud of Mrs. C.H. Vanderbeck the new national champion who won at Onwentsia; William Connellan gives up green keeper position to pursue contract work as a consulting green keeper and contractor; New courses at Edge Hill by Masonic Order of Lu Lus and at Bridgeton to be called Cohanzick; Another course is being planned for Ocean City, NJ; Various tournament results. Oct 1915 Cobble Valley Golf Yarns and Other Sketches Philadelphia Printing and Publishing Co., Philadelphia, PA B Series of nineteen short stories about various characters and human nature associated with a fictitious golf club called Cobble Valley. Of these stories, In the Bag and The Runnerup were first published in The American Golfer and Kings Men was first published by Harold Hilton in Golf Illustrated, London. Oct 1915 King s Men Golf Illustrated, p. 24 S A reprint of a Cobble Valley Yarn. The venue is Port Ellen Ireland and the tale is about caddie Terry Malone and Lieutenant Vincent O Hara of the King s Army.

26 Oct 1915 The Humor of the Game Golf Illustrated, p. 42, 44 N Several humorous stories including one of Fred Tait and Old Tom Morris. Nov 1915 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Tillinghast is in San Antonio for a month, building the municipal course for the City, planning 18 holes at Fort Sam Houston, and remodeling the course for the Country Club; Various tournament results. Nov 1915 From The Shoulder Golf Illustrated, p. 23 S A reprint of a Cobble Valley Yarn. Barnard tells Volmer that no Nov 1915 The Humor of the Game Golf Illustrated, p. 42, 44, 46 Dec 1915 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, Dec 1915 The Grouch, A New Cobble Valley Story one at Cobble Valley wants to play with him anymore. N Poem titled, HIAWATHA S PRACTICE; Several humorous stories; Poem titled, THE SUPREME TEST. N Elaborate new course in Ocean City NJ is under construction on an island and William Robinson is in charge of construction; Philadelphia public course will be ready in the spring; Old York Road CC has started work of reconstruction the course. Golf Illustrated, pp S This new Cobble Valley yarn was republished in The Mutt in In this tale Tucker laments over a match lost at Cobble Valley. Dec 1915 The Humor of the Game Golf Illustrated, p. 42, 44 N Several humorous stories. Jan 1916 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N Pine Valley has secured the services of green keeper Bender; Whitemarsh Valley is changing its ninth hole Jan 1916 Once to Every Man Golfers Magazine, pp S Reprint of A Cobble Valley Golf Yarn in which Tucker and Tommy Sprague are set up to play a match against Nellins and an unknown crack player. Jan 1916 Modern Golf Chats Golf Illustrated, p. 22 A Early American golf courses laid out along puny scales and Feb 1916 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, unintelligent lines. Poem titled SINCE ANDY WENT AWAY by The Duffer; New course at Aronimink coming along nicely; A.W. Tillinghast retained to reconstruct 9-hole Lu Lu Temple course and extend to 18 holes; Bon Air course to be modified; Majority of Philadelphia clubs pay caddies by the hour; Review of Merion East which will host the US Amateur and introduction of new hazards;

27 The last three holes most spectacular and Ben Sayers declares the course Thoroughly good; DONALD WRITES TO JOCK a yarn by The Scott. Feb 1916 Modern Golf Chats The Golf Course, p. 9 A Answering the question, what is golf architecture? Feb 1916 Building Golf Courses in the South Golfers Magazine, p. 28 A Recollections of golf course projects at Atlantic Beach and Brackenridge Park in San Antonio. Mar 1916 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, The American Golfer, p. N In April municipal golf course in Philadelphia will open; 345 Poem on Thaddeus Jones. Mar 1916 Golf for Golf s Sake Golfers Magazine, p. 44 A Opinion on the evils of betting in golf and various sharp practices. Mar 1916 Modern Golf Chats The Golf Course, p. 23 A Construction of hazards, in particular mounding and alps, which are built at grade from the ground up. Note: a few years later in his career he stopped building this type of mounding. Mar 1916 The Round Table Golf Illustrated, p. 44 N Golf Illustrated announces that Humor of the Game will become part of this new department where readers are invited to contributors; It is not clear whether Tillinghast wrote this piece which includes a poem from an unidentified contributor named Topper. The balance is a series of notes and commentary including reference to Herbert Strong the professional at Inwood. Apr 1916 Eastern Pennsylvania Notes, N George Crump asserts the greens at Pine Valley have recovered from a setback in the fall and 14 holes will be ready for play in the spring. Apr 1916 Modern Golf Chats The Golf Course, p. 23 A Identification of twisting and irregular fairways as one of the most certain earmarks of a modern golf course; Dog-leg and elbow holes are defined; Reference to the first hole of Pine Valley as an example dogleg hole. Apr 1916 A Novel Type of Three-Shot Hole Golf Illustrated, p. 22 A Explanation with a photograph of a plasticine model of a new type of original golf hole designed by Tillinghast, the double dog-leg. Apr 1916 The Round Table Golf Illustrated, p. 42 N Notes and comments on various golfing subjects; Poem by Topper ; St. Andrews and the caddie called Fiery;