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Spydrjohn
of our local courses in 1927. I would like to find out if he designed
other courses and if so where and are any famous. Also any sort of
bio on this person.
Anyone have any clues as to where I can look?
Rob Witherspoon
Ron Whitten (called "The Architects of Golf" or sometjing like that
- my copy is at home). It has short bios of most course designers. I'll
try to dig my copy out at home tonight and look him up for you.
Robbie
Spydrjohn (Spyd...@msn.com) wrote:
: I am interested in finding out about a Jack Daray. He designed one
Dan King
>I am interested in finding out about a Jack Daray. He designed one
>of our local courses in 1927. I would like to find out if he designed
>other courses and if so where and are any famous. Also any sort of
>bio on this person.
From Cornish and Whitten's book "The Golf Course"
Jack L. Daray, Sr. (1881-1958) ASGCA: Charter Member
Born: :Louisiana Died: Coronado, California, at age 76.
Jack Daray turned professional in 1901 and served as club pro at Highland
CC, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and then at Olympia Fields CC near Chicago for
many years. He also worked as winter pro at clubs along the Mississippi
Gulf Coast. Among Daray's students were Princeton University president
Woodrow Wilson (later president of the United States) and baseball great
Ty Cobb.
Daray was one of a number of Chicago professionals who designed courses on
the side during the 1920s. He kept active in the thirties and resumed his
design work after World War II. Allthough ill health necessitated his move
to southern California in the early 1950s, he was still designing courses
at the time of his death.
Jack Daray was a charter member of the PGA of America in 1916. His elder
son, Captain Jack Daray, Jr., took up the practice of course architecture
in the late 1970s after retiring from a naval career.
Courses by Jack L. Daray, Sr.:
ALABAMA: Old Spanish Fort CC. Mobile; Roebuck CC, Birmingham
CALIFORNIA: Admiral Baker Memorial GC, U.S. Navy Base, San Diego (1956);
Circle R Ranch GC, Escondido; Coronado Muni GC (1957); North Island
Naval Air Station GC, San Diego; Port Huenume GC; Sail Ho! Par 3 GC;
Sea and Air Exec. GC.
ILLINOIS: Cherry Hills CC, Flossmoor (original 18,c.Collis,1932);
Glenwoodie GC, Chicago Heights (c.Collis); Melody Farms CC, Lake
Forest; White Pines CC, Bensenville (1930)
LOUISIANA: Metairie CC, New Orleans (1925); Tchefuncta Park GC, Mandeville.
MICHIGAN: Big Rapids CC; Cascade Hills CC, Grand Rapids; Grand Rapids CC;
Gulf Lakeview GC, Richland ("West" course); Hastings CC (original
9,1922); Highlands CC, Grand Rapids; Meadowbrook CC, Northville
(c.Collis,1921)
MISSISSIPPI: Greenville CC (1950); Gulf Hills GC, Ocean Springs (1922);
Edgewater GC, Biloxi (c.Collins)(n.l.e)
>Anyone have any clues as to where I can look?
Other places to look would be to contact the PGA of America. Since he was
a founding member, they may have more information. You may also want to
check with Highland CC or Olympia Fields since he was a head pro at those
courses for a period of time. You may be able to contact his son, Jack Jr.
through:
The American Society of Golf Course Architects
221 North LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Good Luck,
Dan King
djk...@netcom.com
dk...@golfinc.com
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John W. Griffin
> Check out the golf course architecture book authored by Geoff Cornish and
> Ron Whitten (called "The Architects of Golf" or sometjing like that
> - my copy is at home). It has short bios of most course designers. I'll
> try to dig my copy out at home tonight and look him up for you.
If this is the book I'm thinking of - not "The Golf Course", also
by Whitten and Cornish, but a large directory of golf course
architects - it is a great reference. I've seen a copy at a local
bookstore, but it was rather pricey at around $50. I would like to
have a copy, but I decided I'll keep checking back to see if they
ever put it on sale... I figure it's not going on the bestseller
list anytime soon. :-)
I did have fun looking through it to see who had designed some of
my favorite local courses. I was surprised to see that the same
architect had designed my school's course (Zollner GC, Tri-State
University, Angola IN) and a small back-roads course near my
wife's hometown (Pond-A-River, Woodburn IN). Once I thought
about it, I could see some similarities in the two courses.
Fun book, and a great reference tool.
--
John W. Griffin
ts...@agt.gmeds.com