Herbert J. Tweedie
{{short description|English golf course architect (1864–1906)}}
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| birth_name = Herbert James Tweedie, Jr.
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1864|7|21}}
| birth_place = Bombay, India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1906|7|9|1864|7|21}}
| death_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
| occupation = Golf course architect
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| nationality = English
| spouse = Mary Ellen Armson
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| children = 8
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Herbert James Tweedie, Jr. (July 21, 1864 – July 9, 1906) was an English golf course architect. Tweedie was one of the first golf course designers to build courses in the American Midwest.{{cite news |title=Pro Invasion Begins |url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1917-12-30/ed-1/seq-40/#date1=1836&index=16&rows=20&words=Herbert+Tweedy&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1922&proxtext=Herbert+Tweedie&y=14&x=18&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 |accessdate=May 19, 2015 |newspaper=Evening Star |location=Washington, D.C. |page=3 |date=December 30, 1917}}
Early life
Tweedie was born in Bombay, India, on July 21, 1864,{{cite web |title=1900 U.S. Census |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1900-census-Cook_County-EvanstonTownship-Herbert.J.Tweedie.jpg |publisher=United States of America - Census Bureau |accessdate=May 19, 2015}} to parents of Scottish ancestry. He spent his formative years in Hoylake, England, where his father was a founding member of the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in 1869. Growing up next to the links, Tweedie learned the game alongside the great English amateurs John Ball and Harold Hilton and twice defeated Ball to win Hoylake's Junior Championship in the 1870s.{{cite web |title=Herbert J. Tweedie, Original Architect |url=http://www.flossmoorcc.org/history/original_architect.html |publisher=Flossmoor Country Club |accessdate=April 8, 2015}}{{cite news |title=The World of Golf |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nicholls_in_England.jpg |accessdate=May 19, 2015 |newspaper=Newark Daily Advocate |location=Newark, Ohio |date=March 19, 1900}} He was also a frequent playing companion of Bernard Nicholls at Hoylake.
Emigration to the U.S.
He sailed from Liverpool aboard the RMS Umbria of the Cunard Line and arrived in New York City on July 26, 1886.{{cite web |title=Ship Manifest Records |url=http://www.ancestry.com |accessdate=May 20, 2015}} He and his family then relocated to Chicago in 1887.{{cite web |title=Chicago Aerials: H.J.Tweedie From Hoylake to Chicago |url=http://golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php?topic=24650.0;wap2 |website=golfclubatlas.com |accessdate=May 20, 2015}} Tweedie was instrumental in working with Charles B. Macdonald to establish golf in the Chicago area.{{cite web |last=Moore |first=Dan |title=Architectural Evolution of Flossmoor Country Club |url=http://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/flossmoor-country-club/ |website=golfclubatlas.com |accessdate=May 19, 2015}} Tweedie designed a number of golf courses, primarily in Illinois. Among them was the Midlothian Country Club in Midlothian, Illinois, located {{convert|18|mi}} southwest of Chicago and built on {{convert|208|acre}} of land. The course opened for play in 1898.{{cite journal |title=On the Golf Links |journal=The North Adams Transcript |date=April 5, 1898 |page=2}} Another was Waukegan Country Club which he designed and built in 1900 which later re-organized as Glen Flora Country Club in Waukegan in 1911. Tweedie's last place of employment before his death was at Belmont Golf Club in Downers Grove, Illinois, where he was the president. He laid out the original course in 1899.
In 1902, Tweedie was a contestant in the U.S. Amateur Championship which was played at the Glen View Club in Chicago, Illinois, where he was a member. He lost one of his matches to Phelps B. Hoyt by the score of 5 and 3.{{cite news |title=Youngsters Best "Vets" in Opening Golf Battle |newspaper=The Constitution |location=Atlanta, Georgia |page=2 |date=July 16, 1902}} The tournament was won by Louis N. James by a score of 4 and 2 over Eben Byers.{{cite news |title=Travis Out of the Race |url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1902-07-18/ed-1/seq-5/#date1=1902&index=5&rows=20&words=Herbert+Tweedie&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1902&proxtext=Herbert+Tweedie&y=9&x=13&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 |accessdate=May 20, 2015 |newspaper=New York Tribune |page=5 |date=July 18, 1902}}
Ironically, Hoyt spearheaded an effort to raise funds for Tweedie's widow and children who were left without provisions for their future after Tweedie's death.
Courses designed
Note: This list may be incomplete.
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- Exmoor Country Club (1902) – Private in Highland Park, Illinois{{cite web |title=H. J. Tweedie: Courses Built |url=http://www.worldgolf.com/golf-architects/h-j-tweedie.html |website=worldgolf.com |accessdate=May 19, 2015}}
- Flossmoor Country Club (1899) – Private in Flossmoor, Illinois
- La Grange Country Club (1899) – Private in La Grange, Illinois
- Maple Bluff Country Club (1899) – Private in Madison, Wisconsin
- Midlothian Country Club (1898) – Private in Midlothian, Illinois
- Park Ridge Country Club (1906) – Private in Park Ridge, Illinois
- Ridge Country Club (1902) – Private in Chicago, Illinois
- Rockford Country Club (1899) – Private in Rockford, Illinois
- Belmont Golf Club (1899) – Public in Downers Grove, Illinois
- Waukegan Country Club (1900) - Private in Waukegan, Illinois
- Glen View Club† (1897) – Private in Chicago, Illinois{{cite web |title=Brief History of Glen View Club |url=http://www.glenviewclub.com/ |website=glenviewclub.com |accessdate=May 20, 2015}}
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Death
At his death on July 9, 1906,{{cite news |title=The Death Record: H. J. Tweedie |url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1906-07-10/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1906&index=15&rows=20&words=Tweedie&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1906&proxtext=Tweedie&y=6&x=16&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 |accessdate=May 19, 2015 |newspaper=The Salt Lake Herald |page=1 |date=July 10, 1906}} Tweedie left a widow and eight children, seven of whom were step-children. A committee made up of Phelps B. Hoyt, president of the Western Golf Association, and others, sent out an appeal to raise funds for Tweedie's estate. According to an article dated July 24, 1906, and published in The Sun newspaper in New York, Tweedie's large family was left with "absolutely no means of support".{{cite news |title=Golf – Tournament Dates for Deal-Notes From the West |url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1906-07-24/ed-1/seq-8/#date1=1836&index=15&rows=20&words=Herbert+Tweedie&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1922&proxtext=Herbert+Tweedie&y=14&x=18&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 |accessdate=May 19, 2015 |newspaper=The New York Sun |page=8 |date=July 24, 1906}}
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Category:British golf course architects
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