ALHAMBRA HOTEL AND COUNTRY CLUB
a new fantasy course by Mark Alan Willett
for Jack Nicklaus Unlimited Golf and Course Design
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ABOUT THE ALHAMBRA
The first western settlers came into the area in 1767.  Record
searches indicate that a small village, Lydale, had been formed by
1780.  For whatever reason, economics most likely, Lydale failed
to thrive and no traces of the village remain today.
     The first family name associated with the area is that of John
Marley Nugg.  Nugg, his wife, Allison, and three children, are known 
to have established their first homestead on the property by 1785.  The
exact location of this homestead is unknown.
     In 1817, Nugg's eldest son, Avril, discovered gold just five and
one-half miles NW of the property.  The "Old Dog" mine went on to
produce for almost fifty-three years to the day.
     In 1823, Avril built the family's second homestead.  Family letters 
indicate that this was a substantial home, and Avril continued to invest
in additional businesses:  He started a cattle ranch just south of the
property (west of the current town of Kenilworth), and by the mid-1830's
we know he had heavily invested in the L&R Railroad Company, Canada's
first.
     The year 1865 began a decade that was disasterous for the Nugg
family.  Avril, 81 years of age, was taken by influenza.  In 1866, two
of his sons and one daughter died in a cholera epidemic.  Control of
the family estate fell to the youngest, John Nicholas Nugg. In 1867,
the second homestead gave way to a massive fire.  In 1870, the "Old Dog"
gave out.  And finally, in November of 1874, the L&R Railroad collapsed,
depleting the Nugg family of most of its fortune.
     In 1875, investing much of the remaining savings, J.N. opened the
Alhambra Hotel.  Satisfying the growing shipping town of Kenilworth, the
Alhambra thrived.  As the century turned, control of the Alhambra passed
to J.N. Nugg, Jr. ("Jack," to his friends). And, in the economic boom
following the Great War, Jack added a golf course to the extensive
hotel grounds.
    The first Alhambra course was nine holes, and it opened to guest
play in 1925.  Demand for the game was so strong (and so lucrative to
the hotel) that the course was expanded to eighteen holes by the Fall
of 1926.  Hotel records credit the original nine-hole design to Theodore
Ulysses Maiden (origins unknown).
    Though five holes have since been redesigned (and some lengthened),
the Alhambra course has stood the test of time.  Bobby Jones came twice
a year (late Spring, early Fall - like clockwork) to relax and play.
Sam Snead often practiced here.  And Jack Nicklaus, before he
worked on Glen Abbey, pronounced it "the best in the Canada."

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
With many thanks and much gratitude to Ted Maiden.  Ted graciously 
reviewed the Alhambra while it was in progress, and his suggestions have
made the course infinitely richer.
     I would like to express my appreciation to Ted, Lee Ritze, and 
Scott Chesney.  Their courses (Kiawah, Augusta, and Spyglass,
respectively) were the first "independent" courses I owned, and showed 
me just how marvelous the JNUG editor could be.

OBJECTS
Most of the objects are new.  Some deserve credit:
     Lee Ritze - bushes, hedgerow (both lightly modified)
     Scott Chesney - flowers
     Ted Maiden - water weeds (small), sand weeds (modified)
     Rodney Harris - willow
     Accolade - lone pine (modified), small rock group
If I have omitted anyone, or if any of the above objects themselves were
"borrowed," I offer my sincere regrets.

The 3-pine group was first created for GREEN GABLES, and has been
"improved" with more highlighting.  I take sole blame for the remainder
of the objects:  house, bench grouping, broadleaf 3-group, broadleaf 
single, rock, large rock group, piers, and small sign.

THE COURSE
OUT
Three Sisters           Par 4           437 yards
Old Willow              Par 5           560 yards
Wildflower              Par 3           122 yards
Christmas Stocking      Par 4           413 yards
Jack and Jill           Par 4           410 yards
String                  Par 5           546 yards
Maiden Hollow           Par 3           226 yards
Dunes                   Par 4           458 yards
Astoria Lake            Par 4           442 yards
                           36          3614

IN
Hallard Lighthouse      Par 4           418 yards
Little Serpent          Par 4           376 yards
Cliffside               Par 4           412 yards
The Coast               Par 5           528 yards
Allison Glen            Par 3           168 yards
Nugg Woods              Par 4           424 yards
Three Fishes            Par 3           144 yards
Beaker's Point          Par 4           453 yards
Boat Dock               Par 5           530 yards
                           36          3462

TOTAL                      72          7076

(signed) Mark Alan Willett
November, 1991

1086 Corona #6
Denver, Colorado  80218
Prodigy code FNVV69A

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