William Campbell This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. www.cohassetgc.org

   www.cohassetgc.org/club/script - [Cached]

   Published on: 12/26/2007   Last Visited: 12/26/2007

   Cohasset Golf Club was originally a six-hole layout designed by William (Willie) Campbell, an itinerant golf architect and accomplished golf professional, who later became the Head Professional at The Country Club.

2. 2. 1894-1900, The Early Years

   www.cohassetgc.org/History/189 - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/29/2000   Last Visited: 10/1/2000

   The original course was laid out by William Campbell, an itinerant golf architect and accomplished golf professional. He laid out many of the original holes at a number of clubs in the Boston area such a Oakley Golf Club in Watertown and Franklin Park in Boston. He also laid out the six holes at The Country Club in Brookline around the horse track that was part of the course until the early 1960s. Campbell became the head professional at The Country Club and was a contestant in the unofficial US Open that was contested at Newport the year Cohasset was founded. It was a professional tournament that was won by Campbell according to the Newport Country Club history written by Alan T. Schumacher.
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   The founders of Cohasset Golf Club asked Campbell to lay out a course that circled their humble clubhouse (which became the pro shop for many years until it was finally demolished in the fall of 1993). It stood next to the first tee for most of its existence.
   
   The course had a simple design, although it was said to have its subtle difficulties in poor weather or high winds. Campbell designed the course in less than a week, as was the usual case in those days when simple courses could be designed in a day or two. He was paid a grand sum of $ 16.10 for his work, according to the Annual Report of 1898. Campbell helped with the simple design of 1894 but refined it a few years later. An episode of high winds in 1899 was termed the great storm when it hit Cohasset's coast. The golf course was somewhat damaged and Campbell came back for a day to make a few changes due to uprooted trees.
   
   The first tee of the so called new course was set up just to the left of the clubhouse, which is now a parking lot. It traveled down to where the auxiliary parking lot is today. The second tee was elevated on the rocks to the right of today's first hole and the green was in front of today's third green. The third hole went out from the current fourth tee down in front of the ladies' tee on fourteen today. The final three holes utilized the area of the final three holes of today. All in all, the land area consisted of forty acres.
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   At the time the new course was being put together, the Club hired its first professional, said to be a man recommended by Campbell.