a V-shaped drag to smooth the fairways
a hole marker in the foreground and a "green" behind it
a bird that wanted it's picture taken
and getting there, remains of a WWII truck cab
Thursday, June 7, 2012
I wanted to capture images of the old original 1920s golf course north of Pioche before it was completely gone. Years back, steel poles with sheet steel numbers were at each hole as well as drags to smooth the sand greens before putting. Unfortunately, there's not much left: 2 benches, a few course markers, what's left of the club house, and of course the "greens."
I was using two cameras. The differences should be obvious.
To begin, one of two benches
a V-shaped drag to smooth the fairways
a hole marker in the foreground and a "green" behind it
a bird that wanted it's picture taken
and getting there, remains of a WWII truck cab
a V-shaped drag to smooth the fairways
a hole marker in the foreground and a "green" behind it
a bird that wanted it's picture taken
and getting there, remains of a WWII truck cab
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The first three make good use of foreground interest. I might crop down the bird shot a bit.
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So this was golf played entirely on sand, I take it?
Fairways were dirt w/ the out-of-bounds deliniated by berms and markers. Sand was hauled in for the greens. Coffee cans were used as cups. The mine owners flew from course-to-course by biplanes. This course is close to the old Pioche dirt runway. There were a few old water coolers scattered along the course. I'm guessing golf was the "in" sport in the 1920s.
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