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  • The Course, Hole by Hole
    • Hole #1 “Eli”
    • Hole #2 “The Pits”
    • Hole #3 “Blind”
    • Hole #4 “Road”
    • Hole #5 “Short”
    • Hole #6 “Burnside”
    • Hole #7 “Lane”
    • Hole #8 “Cape”
    • Hole #9 “Biarritz”
    • Hole #10 “Carries”
    • Hole #11 “Valley”
    • Hole #12 “Alps”
    • Hole #13 “Redan”
    • Hole #14 “Knoll”
    • Hole #15 “Eden”
    • Hole #16 “Lang”
    • Hole #17 “Nose”
    • Hole #18 “Home”
  • Eras
    • 1895-1926: Yale Golf’s Early Years
    • 1923-1926: Building the Yale Golf Course
    • 1926-1943: The Ben Thomson Era
    • 1944-1974: The Widdy Neale and Harry Meusel Era
    • 1975-2000: The David Paterson Era
    • Into the 21st Century: The Era of Thomas Beckett, Peter Pulaski, and Scott Ramsay
  • Interviews
    • Tom Beckett
    • Reverend William T. Lee
    • Mary Moan
    • Bob Nagel and Bob Tettleback
  • Topics
    • Captains, Champions, and Players
    • Yalies Who Influenced Golf
    • Men’s and Women’s Golf Teams
    • Yalies as Professional Tour Players
    • The Clubhouses
    • The Yale Golf Club
    • Hallowed Ground
    • Miscellaneous Facts
  • Image Galleries
  • Other Resources
    • Maps and Drawings
    • Documents
    • Film and Videos
    • Other Studies

Home » Eras » 1944-1974: The Widdy Neale and Harry Meusel Era

1944-1974: The Widdy Neale and Harry Meusel Era

1944-1974
The Widdy Neale and Harry Meusel Era

William H. “Widdy” Neale Jr. | Athletics Department administrator and coach

Harry Meusel | Yale Golf Course superintendent

Joe Sullivan | Assistant pro, head pro, and golf team coach

Al Wilson | Golf team coach and head pro

William A. “Billy” Booe | 1948 team captain and PGA Pro

Roy “Andy” Dye | Varsity golfer and course designer

Lincoln Roden III | 1952 team captain

Gerald “Jerry” Fehr | 1955 team captain

Edwin C. “Ned” Vare | 1956 team captain

David M. Ragaini| “Believe It or Not”

James Gamble Rogers III | 1968 team captain, clubhouse architect, and Yale Golf Association president

Theodore “Ted” Weiss | 1960 team captain

Robert “Bobby” Trent Jones, Jr. | Varsity golfer and Course Designer

Rees Jones | Golf course architect and “The Open Doctor II”

Roger G. Rulewich | Golf course architect

Herbert V. Kohler Jr. | Innovative golf resort developer

Charles E. Fraser | Course developer and conservationist

Mark McCormack | Pioneer sports agent

Philip F. Nelson | Player, professor, and Golf Committee chairman

Bibliography of sources for Yale golf, 1944-1974

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