![]() Bendelow - described by some as the "Johnny Appleseed of American Golf" - was a prolific early golf course designer, and designed some 700 courses in his lifetime. (During this era, golfers at Boston's Franklin Park paid a 25–cent fee.) Local newspapers blasted the poor playing conditions, the unmanageable crowds, and a general lack of golf etiquette.Īs a result, the City hired Scottish–born Golf Architect Thomas Bendelow in 1899 to manage the course and oversee its expansion from a 55–acre, 9–hole course to a 120–acre, 18–hole course. Unheard of in this day and age, the only charge was for a caddy, and those who did not use one paid nothing for the privilege of golfing at Van Cortlandt. In its first year, there were no set rules at the Van Cortlandt Golf Course, and it quickly became overcrowded. Architect William Follet Mitchell rearranged fairways, eliminated two hillside holes, and added four new holes west of the Putnam Railroad line. ![]() ![]()
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