Nine days, eight courses, and a search for the heart of Golden Age golf in the Northeast.
This trip was not just mine. It was a journey shared with two fellow Evans Scholars and Old Barnwell caddies, chasing the designs that shaped the game we love.
From Tillinghast to Travis, from the public gems to the most exclusive private clubs, these are the courses and the stories from the road.
Old North Course, Tom Doak's vision of strategic restraint
A public Charles Banks course hiding in plain sight
Donald Ross in the hills of northern New Jersey
Golden Age elegance where three architects left their marks
Walter Travis restored by Brian Schneider of Renaissance Golf
Travis with the volume turned up on the Jersey Shore
Tillinghast's crown jewel, East and West in a single day
Coore & Crenshaw's links on Long Island's North Shore