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NATIONAL GOLF LINKS OF AMERICA

Southampton, New York

1913

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Unknown              Maxwell reads “The Ideal Golf Links” by H.J. Whigham about the National Golf Links of America in the May, 1909 issue of Scribner’s Magazine.  [Bulletin of Green Section of USGA, Vol. IV, No. 2, February 23, 1924, Pg. 34-35]

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1914

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Unknown              Maxwell visits the National Golf Links of America on Long Island and meets Charles Blair Macdonald.  [“The Midwest Associate”, by Christopher Clouser (2006), Pg. 20]  Editorial Note:  Clouser’s information is based in part on interviews he conducted with now deceased descendants of Maxwell.  We accept their recollection of events in the absence of any information to the contrary.

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1939

 

Unknown              Maxwell works on National Golf Links of America in Southampton, New York.  [“The Architects of Golf” by Geoffrey S. Cornish and Ronald E. Whitten (1981); The Daily Oklahoman, May 23, 1993; “The Midwest Associate”, by Christopher Clouser (2006), Pg. 253]  Editorial Note:  Multiple modern sources credit Maxwell with working on NGLA.  It is not clear, however, when and what he did.  According to Clouser, Maxwell’s work included re-bunkering the 8th hole and possibly remodeling the 1st green.

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AERIALS

February 19, 1954, USGS

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