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part stayed intact for over 100 years,”
says Hearn. “With regards to the
renovation, I looked at the golf course
at Flossmoor as a great work of art
that just needed to be dusted off, with
the correction of a few weak holes
and subtle improvements to others.”
For the recent renovation of
Mira Vista G&CC
in El Cerrito,
California, which was originally
designed by Robert Hunter and
Willie Watson, a painstaking study
pieced various items together to
understand the original architects’
design approach.
“The club had the old plan, in
pieces,” explains Forrest Richardson,
ASGCA. “We were also able to
unearth some news articles and old
photos. We then worked to put the
various elements together to create
something that could be used to form
opinions and assumptions.”
Richardson and his team created a
full timeline of the course, charting
the progress from its original layout
to the course that is in play today.
The restored sixth green at Mira Vista Golf &
Country Club (above), and as featured on the front
cover of
The Fairway
magazine, 1930
Photo: Mike Houska, courtesy of Forrest Richardson & Assoc.