People & the land Architect
Architect
Alexander H. Findlay
Alexander H. Findlay designed Pittsburgh Field Club’s course at its present location, with construction by Fred Pickering. Work began in August 1914, and the course opened for play on June 1, 1915.1
In the archive 3 Courses at 3 ClubsDated work 1928
Course work
Published course connections in the archive.
- Redesign
- Original design
- Original designOriginal nine-hole Lakeside course, predecessor of The Meadows.
A Course with an Island Green
The club’s account preserves details of holes that have disappeared: a 600-yard twelfth finishing at an island green, and a 165-yard hole called Gibraltar with its green above a sharp cliff. Parts of Findlay’s original holes remain, alongside alterations by later architects.1
Sources and record notes4 references
Sources for this history
- About Us: club and golf course history
Pittsburgh Field Club
Primary page paragraphs describing the named architect and project, reviewed in the retained original.
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Architect record sources
- Rees Jones, Inc. (opens in a new tab)Architect identity · Course design
- Pittsburgh Field Club (opens in a new tab)Course design
- The Greenbrier (opens in a new tab)Course design