PETER PULASKI
PETER PULASKI Director of Golf Interviewed on December 21, 2004 Interview (42 mins) Peter Pulaski grew up in Stratford & at Mill River C.C. where his father and grandfather played. At age 12 he started taking lessons from Al Fuchs and Doug Daigel. He played high school football and golf. He attended Southern Connecticut State college […]
DAVID PATERSON
DAVID PATERSON Director of Golf Emeritus and Head Coach, Men’s Golf Team Interviewed on September 19, 2004 Interview (1 hr 20 mins) Dave Paterson was raised on golf courses in Scotland. His father was a golf professional who “only knew golf & sheep” (during WWII sheep were grazed on courses for maintenance). After high school he […]
PETER OOSTERHUIS
PETER OOSTERHUIS 1973 PGA Champion and CBS golf analyst Interviewed on February 19, 2005 [conducted by telephone by John Godley] Interview (12 mins) As a professional golfer (who has won 20 tournaments worldwide, including the French and Canadian Open and the US PGA, played on six Ryder Cup teams, was a runner-up in the 1974 British […]
HERBERT NEWMAN
HERBERT NEWMAN Architect and designer of Prospect Hill Clubhouse and the cart barn Interviewed on April 7, 2006 Interview (13 mins) with introduction by John Godley He first designed the golf cart storage shed in the late 1970’s [he is concerned that it has not been well-maintained], and then the Prospect Hill Clubhouse which opened in 1984. It […]
PHILIP NELSON
PHILIP NELSON Former Dean of the Graduate School of Music, Yale University and Chairman of Golf Committee in the 1970’s Interviewed on September 4, 2005 [conducted by telephone by John Godley] Interview (22 mins) Born in Minnesota and began playing golf at age 7. Attended the U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Played several PGA events as […]
BOB NAGEL and BOB TETTLEBACK
BOB NAGEL and BOB TETTLEBACK Longtime members of the Yale Golf Club and of the Eli Club Interviewed on September 7, 2004 Interview (46 mins) Bob Nagel (Yale class of 1938) first learned golf as a caddy in Walpole, MA from 1929 to 1933. He first played the Yale course as a guest of hockey coach […]
WILLIAM [BILL] NEALE
WILLIAM [BILL] NEALE Grandson of “Widdy” Neale Interviewed March 23, 2006 Interview: part one | part two His first memory of his grandfather is from when he was age 10-12. On a summer evening, after his father came home from work, he would go with his father and mother to meet “Grandpa” to play 4 or 5 […]
MIKE “MOW” MORAN
Head Greenskeeper, Yale Golf Course Interviewed on September 7, 2004 Interview (51 mins) Mike Moran started mowing greens at age 12, thus earning the nickname “mow.” In 1975 he graduated from U. Mass. at Stockbridge with a degree in Turf Management. He worked both East and West Coast courses before coming to Yale as Master Gardener […]
MARY MOAN
MARY MOAN Head coach, Women’s Golf Team Interviewed on November 30, 2004 Interview (57 mins) Mary Moan first learned golf from her family in Far Hills, NJ . She played for four years at Princeton, becoming the senior captain and first Ivy League individual champion in 1997, as well as achieving All-American status (there are only […]
HARRY MEUSEL
HARRY MEUSEL Course Superintendent, 1951-93 Interviewed on September 14, 2005 Interview (1 hr 24 mins) Harry’s neighbor, John Czenkus, gave him the 1924-26 construction photographs that he took (he is the construction worker in the photo) which are now on display in the clubhouse. Harry grew up in Hamden and as a youth, Harry caddied at […]