Timeless

Time.  A part of golf we don't often recognize but are always facing. You have three minutes to find a lost ball(new rule), you have a tee time, you are encouraged to play in under 4 hours.  But at the end of the day the time you spend on a golf course should be something to connect you with nature and friends.  

When you finish putting out on the 18th green at St. Andrews, you might look up, note the time and determine if there is time for more golf.  

Most golf courses have gone forward adding Rolex clock, Pebble Beach, Pinehurst, and Chambers Bay to name a few.  Usually near the clubhouse where the flow of the first tee and putting green can be seen from a common spot.

Famous clocks are everywhere, discussed and used around the world, sometimes it is the most famous piece of architecture in the city.  There was an idea to create a classic look that would better suite the west elevation of the clubhouse.

Many of the clocks you see today are made by Electric Time located in Massachusetts just outside of Boston.  There design team helped create the design with my input.  It was always known that the A would represent the top of the hour.  The black colored markers on the clock and the 'brain' of the clock were made at there factory.  Now to have to it assembled. 

             

        

The clock measures nearly six feet tall.  Thank you to Kyle Montgomery, pictured above, and his team at TimberWorks Building for turning out a fabulous finished product.

 

In 2010, there was an idea to add a flag pole near the front of the clubhouse.  The idea was Bill Tindall's and what a fantastic idea it was.  When I see the flag flying in the wind I often think of Bill and smile.  A simple idea, executed well has left a mark, I hope the clock leaves a similar mark in time.