Source: VT Golf Magazine | Issue: Summer 2006 | Author: James Pentland Synopsis: This article talks about Lake St. Catherine country club and West Bolton club and specifically speaks to the beauty and quality of these courses. For a Vermont course, Lake St. Catherine has an unusually wide-open feel, and it doesn’t get […]
Monthly Archives: August 2019
Venerable Site
Source: VT Golf Magazine | Issue: Summer 2006 | Author: William Noble Synopsis: This article discusses the Rutland Country Club and its history. It summarizes the accomplishments this country club has had as well as bringing the reader through a timeline of the country club. The year was 2001, and the Rutland Country […]
Borderline Case
Source: VT Golf Magazine | Issue: Summer 2007 | Author: Brent Long Synopsis: This article talks about the Richford Country Club and its history along the Canadian Border. It addresses how it came to be and its significance during the prohibition. Along the Vermont/Quebec Border the Stars and Stripes and the Maple Leaf […]
Breaking 80
Source: VT Golf Magazine | Issue: Summer 2007 | Author: Tom Bedell Synopsis: This article talks about some of the first golf clubs in Vermont. It specifically talks about how they have been constructed and what they are doing today. In January of 1927, the Harlem Globetrotters played their first game. In May, Chalres […]
Stowe’s Pro
Source: VT Golf Magazine | Issue: Summer 2007 | Author: William Noble Synopsis: This article is about Joe Kirkwood who has been described as the world’s best trick-shot golfer. It talks about his work in the golf world and how he later became Stowe’s first golf pro. He was a big man with […]
Vermont Roots
Source: VT Golf Magazine | Issue: Summer 2007 | Author: Tom Bedell Synopsis: This article talks about Bobby Rotella and his work as a golf sports psychologist. It speaks to his philosophy and his view on his work. Come August, look for Bobby Rotella to team up with his dad, Guy, once more, in the […]
Bob Labbance: Word & Image
Source: Vermont Golf Magazine | Issue: Summer 2008 | Author: David Cornwell Synopsis: This article talks about Bob Labbance and his influence on golf. It talks about him as a person as well as his work both playing and researching golf. Bob Labbance has been writing, researching, and photographing golf for more than […]
The History of the American Golf Course: Chapter 1, “The Origins of Golf”
Source: Vermont Golf Magazine | Issue: Summer 2009 | Author: Ross Forbes Synopsis: This article discusses what different games have lead to the creation of the sport of golf we see today. It also speaks to the evolution of golf that occurred throughout our history. Ball and stick games have, in all likelihood, been […]
The History of the American Golf Course: Chapter 2, “America’s Early Attempts at Golf”
Source: Vermont Golf Magazine | Issue: Summer 2009 | Author: Ross Forbes Synopsis: This article discusses the history behind golf in our country. It includes a discussion about the origin and how it developed into the sport it is today. Undoubtedly Scots that migrated to the New World during the 17th and 18th centuries occasionally […]