An in-depth look at the history and evolution of the C.H. Alison designed Davenport Country Club. Sam Snead arrived in the Quad Cities in 1951 in pursuit of a three-peat in the Western Open, staged that year at Davenport Country Club. The Western, which was first contested in 1899, was one of the early majorContinue reading “HONORING ALISON AT DAVENPORT C.C.”
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Awakening to Alison – Milwaukee CC & Orchard Lake CC
My golf adventures here in the midwest have recently exposed me to the work of another Golden Age architect – C.H. Alison. Prior to the past month, I had only played one other course credited to the design partnership of Colt & Alison, and that course had been meaningfully altered. In playing Milwaukee Country ClubContinue reading “Awakening to Alison – Milwaukee CC & Orchard Lake CC”