May 21, 2014 update: Horace Gamble was an early pro at Cobb’s Creek and a big advocate of the quality, and challenge, of the course. He wasn’t timid about comparing Cobb’s to other famous courses as demonstrated by this March 16, 1919 article by Perry Lewis in the Philadelphia Inquirer:
Apparently this article caused lots of chatter in the golfing circles. Perry Lewis had a follow-up piece on March 25: