Meadow Club was the first course designed by the great Dr. Alister MacKenzie in North America. It was designed in 1927, and is situated in the Bon Tempe meadow, beneath Mt Tamalpais.
The club is very proud of it's MacKenzie history, and has been strongly committed to returning the course to its original state. Like many courses, the depression, and World War 2, had big impacts on staffing and budgets, therefore maintenance practices changed.
For the past 10 years there has been a lot of work done on reshaping greens and bunkers, removing trees, and re-instating bunkers. When the course was created, there were no trees in the meadow.
This creek runs down the left hand side of the par four 7th hole, and you can see the fantastic bunkering at the green.
Vicki Frost prepares to hit her tee shot at the par three 8th hole.
The view at the fairway bunker on the par four 9th hole, looking up to the very expansive clubhouse.
I don't know how Rob Frosts ball managed to stay here, but it did, and he did manage to play it without the ball falling into the bunker.
The hazard located short right of the green at the par five 13th.
The view from behind the par three 14th, a 185 yard hole playing into the wind over water. There were two birdies in our group here today. No I was not one of them.
Our Meadow Club host, John Stewart, preparing to drive at the par five 15th. John is also a member at Burlingame, and will be joining us on Wednesday as well.
Another great view of the magnificent bunkering here at Meadow Club.
A great day was had by all, and we thank the members at Meadow Club for making us feel so welcome. We travelled across this twice today, and just had to stop to get a picture.
All of the tour members in front of the Golden Gate bridge.
Next up is the California Golf Club of San Francisco, or Cal Club as it is more commonly known.
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