Original sentence: A total of 120 acres of the estate had been made available for the course.Although the crew ran into irrigation issues that required  of pipes to correct and the project itself ran way over budget, the course officially opened for play on April 15, 1926.Byers and Jess Sweetser on the committee, they contacted golf course architect Charles Blair Macdonald to confirm the possibility of having a golf course on the estate.Following the donation of the Griest Estate by Sarah Tompkins, a Yale Golf Committee was formed.Heavier construction began in April 1924.It was a veritable wilderness when given to Yale ... When in the timber one could not see fifty feet ahead, the underbrush was so thick.Macdonald described it: The building of it was a difficult engineering problem.Macdonald pushed for the hiring of a former associate of his, Seth Raynor, to be the course architect.One reviewer, Herbert Warren Wind wrote that the Yale Golf Course was, "a back-breaking job over an untouched plot of rugged land whose hazards and greens have the kind of dimensions that one would have expected of Michelangelo".The course remains mainly unchanged to this day.The courses' final cost was a then-record $400,000.The crew had to blast, dig and drain the land that was mostly swampland.The project initially began with 60 workers and rose to 150 at the height of the project.Upon opening, the course set up as a  par 71.With George Adee as its first chairman and J
Edited sentence: Although the crew ran into irrigation issues that required 35,000 feet of pipes to correct and the project itself ran way over budget, the course officially opened for play on April 15, 1926.Byers and Jess Sweetser on the committee, they quickly contacted noted golf course architect Charles Blair Macdonald to confirm the possibility of having a world class golf course on the estate.Following the donation of the Griest Estate by Mrs.It was a veritable wilderness when given to Yale ….Macdonald himself spoke to the degree of difficulty: "The building of it was a difficult engineering problem.Macdonald quickly pushed for the hiring of a former associate of his, Seth Raynor, to be the course architect.One such reviewer, Herbert Warren Wind wrote that the Yale Golf Course was, "a back-breaking job over an untouched plot of rugged land whose hazards and greens have the kind of dimensions that one would have expected of Michelangelo".Soon after, heavier construction began in April 1924.The course remains mainly unchanged to this day and is still regarded as one of the premier tests of golf in the United States.The courses' final cost totaled to a then-record $400,000 and quickly gained positive reviews from all who played.The project initially began with 60 workers but would see that figure rise to 150 at the height of the project.This was no easy task however as the crew had to blast, dig and drain the land that was a majority swampland to begin with.Tompkins, a Yale Golf Committee was formed.Upon opening, the course set up as a 6552-yard par 71.When all was said and done, 120 acres of the estate had been made available for the course.When in the timber one could not see fifty feet ahead, the underbrush was so thick".With George Adee as its first chairman and other notables such as J