Cedar Rapids CC awesome Donald Ross course that has been restored. Has a members only logo that is a lifeboat because one of the founding members died on the titanic, because he refused to get on a life boat before woman and children
Edit: Here’s a write up that does a better job explaining the logo.
I can’t tell if Kingston Heath’s is one of the best examples of graphic design or one of the worst. Either way, it’s provocative
Fried Egg is not the biggest fan of the logo.
Much prefer the alternate logo, which I believe they will be using for the Presidents Cup.
Watching the Pebble Beach video, I just wanted to highlight that Glenna Collett Vare also donated the U.S. Girls’ Junior trophy in 1949 that’s still awarded every year. @BamaBearcat
The new Office Hours is up on YouTube. USWO and Pebble Beach, plus a summer school student looking to earn some extra credit. Thanks as always for your support.
Great Fun Fact! I did not know that. Thanks for the info.
@BamaBearcat - as a homer at Pasa, wished you had given us the shoutout of Marion Hollins also getting Jones to play the inaugural round at Pasatiempo (an inland hilly course) on 8-Sep-1929 after his elimination from US Amateur as part of the reason for ultimate collaboration with MacKenzie surely in addition to the Cypress round(s).
The course officially opened on September 8, 1929, with the first group to play consisting of Marion Hollins, Bobby Jones (considered the father of modern golf), Glenna Collett (U.S. Womens Amateur Champion) and Cyril Tolley (British Amateur Champion). Over 2,000 spectators gathered for the grand opening and followed this world-class foursome around the course. The photo at top is Marion Hollins teeing off the fourth hole on Opening Day and includes a select who’s who of golf in the 1920s. Besides Pasatiempo’s first foursome, some of the other golf celebrities of the era attending the Opening were Alister MacKenzie, Ernest Jones, and Grantland Rice.
Pasatiempo is a heck of a saga. I also wish there was time to talk about the ups and downs of the current market-based membership model. It’s the only one of its type I’ve heard of.
Sorry there wasn’t time for more, but hopefully some folks will dive deeper into the books we recommend.
Thanks for the feedback.
Love this logo:
There’s also tons of inspiration here:
https://refuge.nolayingup.com/t/best-course-club-logo-also-state-flags/954
Late to the discussion but I think OFCC’s alternate logo is pretty classy
Pasatiempo bought the rights to the “Champion in a man’s world” biography of Hollins to re-publish it.
Need a pic of Tron wearing Ohoopee or Sweetens merch if anybody can help.
Best
Worst:
The entire TPC network.
You’re going to slap the same logo on dozens of courses all over North America and it totally stinks? Imagine how much more merch they could sell at every TPC venue if the merch at TPC Scottsdale didn’t look basically exactly the same as it does at TPC Sawgrass and TPC Harding Park and TPC San Antonio. Those places have nothing to do with each other and could have interesting and unique merch/logo identities. Instead … a tired play on the mediocre Tour logo.
I have a Deere run hybrid headcover that has hoofprints on it that looks good but I couldn’t agree more. Give each course some freedom to come up with their own logo instead of generic bullshit.
At the tournament, Scottsdale has started to branch out with more desert themed stuff, as well as stuff featuring the 16/amphitheatre logo. But it’s that’s apparently all for the tournament, not the course pro shop.
I went to Sawgrass this year and really thought that given the castle of a clubhouse they have that (a) they would have a massive pro shop and (b) they’d have some unique merch with the island green, or gators, or … I don’t know, anything that wasn’t the stupid TPC logo. I was wrong. The pro shop there isn’t really any bigger than a your typical resort course and everything in it is just the TPC logo. It’s so dumb.
It’s been a while but I used to work at a TPC property. From what I remember, there are some very strict branding guidelines about what TPC courses can and can’t do with logos so that is probably a big part of it.
Open Championship edition of Office Hours is out. Topics covered:
I’m a liar
John Ball Jr was good at golf
Hoylake is old
Checkerboard suits are underrated
Hope you enjoy.
Good episode. Really enjoyed all of these so far.
Mr @BamaBearcat, you and @MerchCzar missed a great opportunity to mention that John Ball Jr was the first “reinstated amateur”.
Great episode! I’ve wanted these types of videos for 20 years. Thank you for doing them!
