Link: "Portrait of a Legend: George Arthur Crump"

Golf historian Tom MacWood has done it again.

Following brilliant essays titled "Arts and Crafts Golf" and "Gliding Past Fuji - C.H. Alison in Japan", MacWood's latest, "George Arthur Crump: Portrait of a Legend", now features at GolfClubAtlas.com as well.

"Portrait of a Legend..." is a fascinating read that chronicles the remarkable life of George Crump (1871-1918) and his ambitious development of Pine Valley Golf Club in the sand barrens of New Jersey. Remarkably, 90 years after Crump initially hatched his idea for Pine Valley, the infamous, suburban Philadelphia layout continues to rank as the consensus world's number one course.

The late Geo. A. Crump: mastermind of the development of Pine Valley GC