Alfred
H.
Tull
Golf Course Architect
By
ERNIE
APRIL
Alfred
Horace
Tull,
a well-known golf course architect with offices in White Plains, NY, laid out
exceptional courses from Newfoundland to Arkansas. English-born Tull
emigrated with his family to Canada in 1907 and to the United States in
1914. He began his career with his brother William J. Tull in a firm
that supervised the the construction of the golf courses designed by Walter Travis, A.W. Tillinghast, and Devereux Emmet. During this period, the Tull brothers designed a
few golf courses on their own.
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Alfred
Horace
Tull
born: 7 Jan 1897,
in Brighton,
Sussex, England immigration: ~1920, New York
residence: Connecticut
fellow: American Society of Golf Course Architects died: 28 Sep 1982, age 85,
Fort Meyers, FL |
In
1924, Alfred H. Tull joined Devereux Emmet (1862-1934) as a design
associate. Full partnership with Emmet in 1929 established Alfred
H. Tull as a respected professional golf course architect. Tull continued the practice on his own after
the death of Emmet in 1934.
Alfred
H. Tull became Member No. 33 of the American Society of Golf Course
Architects in 1963 and a Fellow of the society in 1967.
Those associated with Tull
envied his remarkable ability to lay out individual holes and develop a
routing plan for the entire course merely by walking the land and
without resort to a topographical plan.
Subsequently, he would place his circuit on a topo to convey to others
his conceptual proposal.
Characteristics
of Tull designs included ferocious free-flowing bunkers,
defending generous (even flamboyant) greens.
Tull felt that chipping should be an integral part of the game.
While Tull made extensive use of water, it was restrained.
"A bad shot may indeed earn a dunking, but a decent shot will usually
avoid disaster." Perfect swings are not required.
Tull's design
and re-design work in chronological order includes:
[Re-sort for Alphabetical listing]
1924
Port
Jefferson CC (Port Jefferson, LI, NY): Devereux Emmet designed
an eighteen-hole course which included the original course built by
Alfred Tull. In 1956,
Alfred Tull Re-designed the course.
1924
The
Congressional Country Club
(Bethesda, MD) Private, 36 hole. Devereux Emmet designed
the eighteen-hole Blue Course which was built by
Alfred Tull.
1927
Green
Hill Yacht and CC
(Quantico, MD):
Private (military),
18-hole.
Designed and built by Devereux Emmet with Alfred H. Tull.
1927 Hampshire
Country Club (Mamaroneck, NY). Private, 18-hole. Designed and built
by Devereux Emmet with Alfred Tull.
1927
Keney
Park Golf Course
(Hartford, CT): Public, 18-hole.
Designed by Devereux Emmet with Alfred H. Tull.
1927 Nassau
Country Club
(Gen Cove, LI, NY) Designed and built by Devereux Emmet with Alfred H. Tull.
1927 Seawane
Country Club (Hewlett Harbor, LI, NY) Private, 18-hole. Designed and
built by Devereux Emmet with Alfred Tull.
1927
South
Shore Golf Course (Staten
Island, NY):
Public, 18-Hole.
Devereux Emmet with Alfred H. Tull.
1928 Bedford
Golf & Tennis Club (Bedford Village, NY). This 1891 Private 18-hole
course was re-designed by
Devereux Emmet with Alfred H. Tull.
1928
Bonnie
Briar Country Club (Larchmont, NY): Private, 18 hole. This 1921
Devereux Emmet course was re-designed by
Devereux Emmet with Alfred H. Tull.
1928
Huntington Country Club (Huntington, NY): Private, 18 hole.
Existing 1910 Devereux Emmet course re-designed by
Devereux Emmet with Alfred H. Tull.
1928
Old
Country Club / Flushing Country Club (Flushing, LI, NY): Private, 18 hole,
extinct (c.1936). Course
re-designed by
Devereux Emmet with Alfred H. Tull.
1928
Radisson Cable
Beach Hotel & Golf Course (formerly Carnival's Crystal Palace
Golf Course) (Nassau, Bahamas) 18-hole. Designed by
Devereux Emmet with Alfred H. Tull.
1928
Belmont Hotel Golf & Country Club
formerly the St. George Hotel Golf
Course (St George, Bermuda): Resort, 18 hole. Designed by
Devereux Emmet with Alfred H. Tull.
1928
Vernon
Hills Country Club
(NY): Private, 18-hole, extinct. Devereux Emmet with Alfred H. Tull.
1929 Schuyler
Meadows Course (Loudonville, NY).
Devereux Emmet with Alfred H. Tull.
1929
Broadmoor
Country Club (New Rochelle, NY).
Public, 18-hole,
extinct.
Designed and built by Emmet
& Tull.
1929
Cooper
River Country Club (NJ): Extinct. Designed by
Devereux Emmet with Alfred H. Tull.
1929
Cape Cod Country Club,
(Hatchville, MA). Public, 9-hole. Designed by
Emmet & Tull. Fairways
roll through Scotch pines to greens tucked away in grass covered dunes.
1929 Henry F. DuPont Private Course (DE):
Personal, 18 hole, extinct. Re-designed by Emmet & Tull.
1929 Rockwood Hall Country Club
(Tarrytown, NY): Private (built as personal), 18-hole, extinct.
Designed and built by Emmet
& Tull.
1929 Vanderbilt Estate Golf Course (LI, NY):
Personal, 9-Hole, extinct. Designed and built by
Emmet & Tull.
1929
Wheatley Hills Golf Club (Williston, LI, NY): Private, 18 hole.
Re-designed by Emmet
& Tull.
1930 Mayflower Golf Course (NY)
Extinct, 18-hole. Designed by
Emmet & Tull
1931 Hog Back Mountain Course
(NC): Resort, 9-hole, extinct. Designed and built by
Emmet
& Tull.
1931
Huntington Crescent Club (Huntington, LI, NY)
Private,
18-hole, extinct.
East Course:
Alfred Tull Re-designed the 1910 Devereux Emmet 9-hole creation.
West course: Added 9 holes designed and built by Emmet &
Tull.
1932
Concord
Resort and Golf Club (Kiameshia Lake, NY) Challenger Course:
Resort,18-hole.
Original 9-holes designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1932
Greenacres
Country Club (Lawrenceville, NJ): Private, 18-hole. Designed and
built by Emmet & Tull.
1933 Silver
Spring Country Club (Ridgefield, CT): Private, 18-Hole. Designed by
Robert White. Re-designed by Alfred Tull.
1933
Fulton
Estate Golf Course (CT): 18-hole, extinct. Designed and built by Emmet & Tull.
1934 Hob Nob
Hill Golf Course (CT): 18-hole,
extinct. Designed and built by
Emmet
& Tull.
1935
Passaic County Golf Course (Wayne, NJ): Municipal, 36 hole.
Alfred Tull designed and built additional nine to the original nine.
1937
Hercules Country Club
now Delaware National Country Club (Wilmington, DE): Private,
original 9-hole course. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull. 6-
1938
DuPont
Country Club (Wilmington, DE). Nemours Course: Private, 18-hole championship
course. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1941
Hercules Country Club
now Delaware National Country Club (Wilmington, DE): Private,
second 9-hole course. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull. The signature hole on the South Course is #4, a 399-yard,
par 4, featuring a dogleg left fairway and an elevated green.
1941
Lawrence
Park Gold Club (Lawrence Park, PA): Private, 18-Hole. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1943 Valley Forge V.A. Hospital Course
(Valley Forge, PA): Military, 18 Hole, extinct. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1947
Willow Ridge Country Club formerly Hasty Brook C.C. (Harrison,
NY): Private, 18 hole. Alfred Tull re-designed the 1917 course.
1947
Brandywine Country Club
(Wilmington, DE): Private, 18-hole championship
course. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1947
Country Club of New Canaan (New Canaan, CT) Private,
18-hole. Alfred Tull designed and built the additional nine.
1948
Ledgemont
Country Club (Seekonk, MA):
Private, 18-Hole. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1949
Canoe
Brook Country Club (Summit, NJ): Private, 36-Hole. North Course:
18-hole. Alfred Tull and Walter Travis
re-designed this 1905 Alex Smith course.
Only holes
17 and 18 retain evidence of Tull's expansive hazarding. Ranked 10th
among "America's 100 Most Testing Courses (1969-1970)." Among
"America's 200 Toughest Courses" (1967-1968).
1949
Seaford
Golf & Country Club (Seaford, DE): Private, 18-Hole.
Original
nine designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1950
Concord
Resort and Gold Club (Kiameshia Lake, NY) International
Course: Resort, 18-Hole. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1950
DuPont
Country Club (Wilmington, DE). "The DuPont": Private, 18-hole championship
course. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull & William Gordon.
1950
Huntington Crescent Club (Huntington, LI, NY):
Private, 18-hole. Designed in 1932 by Emmet & Tull. Re-designed in 1950 by Alfred
H Tull.
1950
White
Beeches Golf & Country Club (Harworth, NJ): Private, 18 hole.
Alfred Tull re-designed this Walter Travis course.
1951
Ash
Brook Golf Course
(Scotch Planes, NJ.):
Public, 18-Hole. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1951
The
Congressional Country Club (Bethesda, MD): Private, 36 hole.
Blue Course, original 1924 design by Emmet (built by Alfred Tull),
re-designed by Tull.
1951
Concord
Resort and Golf Club (Kiameshia Lake, NY) International
Course:
Resort,18-hole. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull. Ranked among
"America's 200 Toughest Courses" (1966).
1951
Woodmont
Country Club (Rockville, MD) Private, 18 hole. North
Course, 9 hole. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1952
Blomidon Golf & Country Club, (Corner Brook,
Newfoundland): Semi-private,
18-hole. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1952
Tennanah
Lake Gold & Tennis Club (Roscoe, NY): Public, 18-Hole.
Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1953
Galloping Hill Golf Course
(Kenilworth, NJ): Public, 27-hole. Alfred H Tull re-worked
the 9-Hole course designed by Willard Wilkinson in
1926 and re-designed in 1949 by Robert Trent Jones.
1953 Pine Tree Country Club / Rock Ridge
Country Club (CT): 9-Hole.
Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1953 Ponce Golf Course (Ponce, P.R.) Public,
9-hole, extinct.
Designed
by Alfred Tull.
1954
Cape Cod Country Club,
(Hatchville, MA). Public, 18-hole. Additional nine designed by Alfred
Tull. Fairways
roll through Scotch pines to greens tucked away in grass covered dunes
1954 Elmwood
Country Club (Elmwood, NY): Private, 18 hole. Alfred Tull
re-designed this 1930 Tillinghast course.
1954
Green
Hill Yacht & Country Club (Quantico, MD): Military
(private). The original 9-hole Emmet & Tull course was re-designed by
Alfred Tull with an additional nine holes and opened in 1955.
1954
Norbeck
Country Club (Rockville, MD): Private, 18-Hole.
Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1954
Pelham
Country Club (Pelham Manor, NY): Private, 18 hole.
The original 18-hole Devereux Emmet course was re-designed by
Alfred Tull.
1954 Pine Ridge Country Club (NY).
Extinct.
Designed and built by Alfred Tull.
1954
Westwood
Country Club formerly Westbriar
Country Club. (Tysons Corners, VA):
Private,
18-holes. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1955 Brook Manor Country Club (VA): Resort,
18-hole, extinct. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1955
Middle
Bay Country Club (Oceanside, LI, NY): Private, 18-Hole.
Re-designed by Alfred Tull.
1955 Woodmont Country Club (Rockville, MD) South Course:
Private, 18-Hole. Additional
9, designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1956 Georgetown Country Club (SC): Resort,
9-hole, extinct. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1956
Port
Jefferson Country Club at Harbor Hills (Port Jefferson, LI, NY):
Private, 18-hole.
Original Devereux Emmet design, Re-designed by Alfred H. Tull.
1958
Bethpage
State Park Golf Course (Bethpage, LI, NY). Blue Course: Public, 18-hole.
Originally designed by Tillinghast, Re-designed by
Alfred Tull.
Yellow Course: Public, 18-hole.
Designed by
Alfred Tull.
1958
Country
Club of Darian (Darian, CT): Private, 18-Hole. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull. Ranked among
"America's 200 Toughest Courses" (1966-1968).
1958
Campo de Golf Bella Vista (D.R.) Resort, 18 hole, extinct.
Designed
by Alfred Tull.
1958
Rockleigh-Bergen
County Golf Club (Rockleigh, NJ): Public, 27-Hole.
Red Course and White Course ("The Rockleigh") designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1959
Silvermine Golf Club (Norwalk, CT): Public, 27 hole. Re-designed
by Alfred Tull.
1959
The
Muttontown Club (East Norwich, LI, NY): Private, 18-Hole.
Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1960 Estate Carlton (St Croix, VI):
Private, 9-hole, extinct. Designed
by Alfred Tull.
1961
Jug End Inn Gold Course (South Egremont, MA): Resort, 9-hole, extinct
c.1980. Designed
by Alfred Tull.
1961
Mendham
Golf and Tennis Club (Mendham, NJ):
Private, 18-Hole. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1961 Morningside Hotel Golf Course (NY):
Extinct. Designed by Alfred Tull.
1961
Rosswood
Country Club (Pine Bluff, AK): Private, 18-Hole. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1962
The
Apawamis Club (Rye, NY): Private, 18 hole. Alfred Tull
redesigned this 1890 Willie Dunn/Maturin Ballou course.
1962
Green Hill
Municipal Golf Course (Worcester, MA): Public, 18 hole.
Re-designed by Alfred Tull.
1962 Old Fort Golf Club (Old Fort, NC):
Semi-Private, 9-hole. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1962
Poxabogue
Golf Course (Bridgehampton, LI, NY): Public, 9-Hole.
Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1962
Sunken Meadow Golf Course (Kings Park, LI, NY). Public 18-Hole.
Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1963 Lake Anne Golf Course (Monroe, NY):
Public, 9-hole. Designed and built by Alfred Tull.
1963
Nevele Golf Course (Ellenville, NY): Original design by Alfred Tull.
1964
Fairmont Southampton Princess Golf Course
(Southampton, Bermuda): Resort, 18 holes. Original design by Alfred Tull;
recently re-designed by Theodore G. Robinson.
1964 Fairview Country Club (NY):
Extinct.
Re-designed by Alfred Tull.
1964
Sunken Meadow Golf Course (Kings Park, LI, NY). Blue Course:
Public 9-Hole.
Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1965
Indian
Hills
(Northport, LI, NY): Private, 18-Hole.
Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1965
Maidstone Golf Club (East Hampton, NY): Private, 18 hole. Alfred
Tull re-designed this 1922 classic Willie Park course.
1965
Radley
Run Country Club (West Chester, PA):
Private, 18-Hole. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1965
Rockland County Club (Sparkill, NY) Private, 18-hole.
Alfred Tull re-designed this 1928 Robert White course.
1965 Rolling Hills Country Club (Wilton, CT):
Private, 18-hole. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1967
Country Club of Mobile (Mobile, AL):
Private, 27-hole. Short Nine Course: Alfred Tull
re-designed the nine hole Executive Course.
1967
Delaware
National Country Club, formerly Hercules
Country Club (Wilmington, DE): Private, 9-hole
added to 1937 course as the North
Course. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull. The signature hole on the North Course is #15,
a 389-yard, par 4, with trees running along the right side of the
fairway and an elevated green.
1967
Oak
Hills Park Golf Course (Norwalk, CT): Public, 18-Hole. Designed
and built by Alfred Tull.
1967 Red
Hook Golf Course (Red Hook, Dutchess Co, NY): Semi-Private, 18
hole. Alfred Tull re-designed 9 holes in 1967.
1967
Waccabuc Country Club (Waccabuc, NY): Private, 18 hole.
Re-designed by Alfred Tull in 1967.
1968 Fairmont Country Club (Chatham, NJ)
Private, 18 hole. Re-designed by Alfred Tull.
1968
Glen Head Country Club (Glen Head, NY): Private, 18 hole. Alfred
Tull re-designed this 1923 Devereux Emmet course.
1968
Hunter Golf Club (Meriden, CT). Public,
18-Hole. Re-designed by Albert Tull.
1968
Sunken
Meadow State Park Golf Course
(Kings Park, LI, NY) Blue-Green Course: Public, 18-Hole.
Re-designed by Alfred Tull.
1968
Sunken
Meadow State Park Golf Course
(Kings Park, LI, NY) Green-Red Course: Public, 18-Hole. Re-designed
by Alfred Tull.
1968
Sunken
Meadow State Park Golf Course
(Kings Park, LI, NY) Red-Blue Course: Public, 18-Hole. Re-designed
by Alfred Tull.
1968 Walnut Hills Golf Course (NY):
Extinct. Designed by Alfred Tull.
1969 Belmont Country Club (Belmont, MA):
Private, 18 hole. Alfred Tull re-designed this 1908 Donald Ross course.
1969
Westchester
Country Club (Harrison, N.Y.): Private 36-hole. West ciurse: This Walter
Travis 1919 classic was renovated by Alfred Tull
1970 Pilgrim's Harbor Country Club (Walingford, CT):
9-hole. Designed by Alfred Tull
- his last work before retirement at age 71.
19?? Ed Oliver Golf Club formerly
Wilmington Country Club (Wilmington, DE): Public, 18-hole. Alfred
Tull re-designed the original 1901 course.
[Re-sort for Alphabetical listing]
(Source: The Architects
of Golf, Geoffrey S. Cornish and Ronald E. Whitten,
Harper Collins Publisher, 1993.)
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