Anyone who's worked on an old house has seen the signs of how things have changed over the years. Additions, demolitions, repositioning and repairs are made to make the structure fit the needs of the owner at the time. The same is true of old golf courses—trees are planted, bunkers removed, green sites altered and holes rerouted as changes are dictated by forces inside and outside the club. The course at Waterville Valley Golf Club in the White Mountains of New Hampshire has been in play since 1898. Over that time, the 9-hole layout has seen a lot of change—the construction of roads, hotels and houses has influence the routing, length and placement of many holes. But, generally speaking, those alterations came sporadically and incrementally.
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