Design philosophy
Greens ondulés, bunkering stratégique, variété des coups, drainage naturel et refus des arbres comme défense systématique; parcours demandant réflexion et possibilités de récupération.
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Walter John Travis was born at Maldon, Victoria, Australia, on 10 January 1862. He arrived in New York in 1886 as a representative of a hardware and construction-materials company, married and became an American citizen in 1890. His golfing story is extraordinary because it began so late. He bought clubs and first played seriously in October 1896, almost thirty-five years old. Four years later he won the U.S. Amateur. Travis captured three U.S. Amateurs, in 1900, 1901 and 1903, and in 1904 became the first non-British winner of the Amateur Championship. Success rested on analytical method, remarkable putting and continuous experimentation. He adopted the rubber-cored Haskell ball early and used the Schenectady putter, becoming part of important debates concerning equipment change. He was equally one of American golf’s major writers. Practical Golf appeared in 1901, The Art of Putting in 1904 and he founded The American Golfer in 1908. His work addressed technique, equipment, rules, handicapping, construction and architecture. Travis rejected mechanical cross bunkers stretching across fairways at predictable intervals. He advocated naturally draining soil, undulating but not excessively hilly ground, few trees and maximum variety of stroke. His first important project was Ekwanok, designed with John Duncan Dunn in 1899. He later transformed Devereux Emmet’s Garden City course. Westchester West, Hollywood, Cape Arundel, Scranton and Country Club of Troy are among the finest of nearly fifty creations or remodels. Undulating greens and strategic bunkering demanded thought, yet safer routes and opportunities for recovery remained available. Travis died in Denver on 31 July 1927, having remained active until the final weeks of his life. His influence connects competition, journalism, equipment and architecture. He demonstrated that a man discovering golf as an adult could, through study and experiment, transform almost every dimension of the American game.
Greens ondulés, bunkering stratégique, variété des coups, drainage naturel et refus des arbres comme défense systématique; parcours demandant réflexion et possibilités de récupération.
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