Aw tillinghast biography
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AW Tillinghast
Why have his courses stood the test of time? His courses are eminently playable for players of all levels and are fun as well. They are natural, pleasing to the eye and work with nature. He designed great greens and dynamic par-three.
What was it about his design that made it suitable for tournament play? It always gets back to the greens, they are where a course always starts. If your greens are dynamic and have a reasonable amount of tilt they can still challenge the best players. If you get soft conditions its eliminates many of the protections and challenges the greens can provide.
Tillinghast had a viewpoint that is worth considering in light of the set ups we see for the United States Open. He said, “Any great course will now and then take a good beating from good men, and there is nothing that can be done to fairly stop it, nor any reason why there should.”
What are the criticisms of his design? In Frank Hannigan seminal article “Golf’s
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— Geoffrey S. kornisk, golf course architect
“At gods we have an authoritative biography of the great golf architect Albert Warren Tillinghast. Well researched and very readable, it brings the mästare fully to life. Those of us who previously had only a rudimentary knowledge of Tilly, based on the classic courses he created, will marvel at the real man–his ambitions, his ideals and his struggles.”
— Bob Grant, noted English golf historian, collector and publisher
“I thought it was quite good… Your recitation of his life events and attitudes seemed to be as close to accurate as one can get from the distance of many decades…”
— Philip W. Brown Jr., grandson of A.W. Tillinghast
Tilly was a rudderless youth until his father took
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A. W. Tillinghast
American golf course architect (1876–1942)
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Tillinghast in 1909 | |
| Born | (1876-05-07)May 7, 1876 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | May 19, 1942(1942-05-19) (aged 66) Toledo, Ohio, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | World Golf Hall of Fame (2015) |
| Projects | Winged Foot Golf Club, San Francisco Golf Club, Bethpage Black Course, Baltusrol Golf Club, Somerset Hills Golf Club, Quaker Ridge Golf Club, Baltimore Country Club, Shackamaxon Country Club[1] |
Albert Warren "Tillie" Tillinghast (May 7, 1876 – May 19, 1942)[2][3] was an American golf course architect. Tillinghast was one of the most prolific architects in the history of golf; he worked on more than 265 different courses. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2015.[4]
Tillinghast, along with William Flynn, George C. Thomas, Jr., Hugh Wilson, George Crump, and William Fo