Arnold Palmer's DIY ANGC yardage book

[nevets88]

SP over Trap. Tree C of T. What's SP? C of T? Ball washer on #12 tee. Arnie says Rae's Creek is a ditch, lol.

 

[Golfingdad]

Just posted this in the Masters thread.  Almost didn't because I said to myself "I bet Steven will post this soon"

Ha!!!

[gmohr]

What an amazing piece of golf memorabilia and history!

[nevets88]

Surprised the committee didn't remove the word ditch - I bet a lot of players thought - I hate that ditch.

SP - sprinkler head?

[mchepp]

3 hours ago, nevets88 said:

Surprised the committee didn't remove the word ditch - I bet a lot of players thought - I hate that ditch.

SP - sprinkler head?

I remember stories where they have damned the creek to allow players to hit out of it. I can remember if they did that recently or back then. If it didn't have any water in it, one might call it a ditch.

[Chilli Dipper]

35 minutes ago, mchepp said:

I remember stories where they have damned the creek to allow players to hit out of it. I can remember if they did that recently or back then. If it didn't have any water in it, one might call it a ditch.

It was the other way around: they dammed the creek at some point in the '80s to completely fill the channel to its banks. The point was that golfers couldn't play out of it, as can be seen in this photo from 1990. The creek was restored to its natural state at some point in the '90s.