Fifty years fade like a twilight’s flicker and the old cadie’s breath quickens as he vividly recalls, stroke by stroke, put, by knee-knocking putt the climactic holes of the 1946 Eastern New York Women’s Amateur Championship. “I had just been discharged from the Navy.” Hank Vergie can’t forget, “and I was looking for something to […]
Monthly Archives: February 2019
Williston Golf Club | By Wayne Mills (2009)
Rome wasn’t built in a day and nor was the Williston Golf Club. in 1927, Frank Talcott built the original nine holes. It was created for the enjoyment of his friends and family. It was a simple layout with sand, greens, coffee cans were used for the holes and a single set of hickory shafted […]
Pasteurized Beginnings [Early Courses in Vermont] | By Tom Mackin, Vermont Golf Magazine (2005)
The waning years of the late 19th century saw the creation of a handful of what would turn into Vermont’s still-standing, historic golf clubs. As Jack Mahoney wrote in “The Golf History of New England:” “Following Dorset came a flock of courses in Vermont, including Woodstock (1895), Mt. Anthony in Bennington (1897), Ewanok in Manchester […]
Nature and Nurture [History of Basin Harbor] | By William Noble, Vermont Golf Magazine (2003)
In the muted sunshine of a summer’s day, Bob Beach Jr, points with pride at the 700 acres that make up his family’s Basin Harbor Club, along Lake Champlain’s eastern shore. “We’re weeking property-wide Audubon certification,” he says, and if the club gets it, it will be one of the few in Vermont to do […]
Collector’s Item; Want to Start a Golf Collection, or Just See Some Cool Old Stuff? | By Kevin Mendik Vermont Golf Magazine (2006)
There are many thoughts about what makes a golf course great. For those of us who collect golf stuff, everything from books and clubs to medals and ephemera, there is another factor beyond the usual. For us, a visit to a golf club can actually have as the day’s highlight something other than playing golf. […]