[Note: this article was sourced from a Facebook post in the Society of Golf Historians, by Connor T. Lewis. Photos and the original source that Connor pulled from is an article by Walter Travis in The American Golfer Magazine (which Travis founded). We’ve made minor edits to improve the flow of the narrative]. Walter Travis […]
Monthly Archives: September 2019
Mae Murray Jones
Source: Vermont Golf Magazine | Issue 1997 | Author: Arthur Ristau Fifty years fade like a twilight’s flicker and the old caddies breath quickens as he vividly recalls, stroke by stroke, putt, 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,” […]
Williston Golf Club: 80 Years of Family Dedication Created a Masterpiece
Source: Vermont Golf Magazine | Issue: 2009 | Author: Wayne Mills Rome wasn’t built in a day and nor was 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 […]
Collector’s Item: Want to Start a Golf Collection, or Just See Some Cool Old Stuff?
Source: Vermont Golf Magazine | Issue: 2006 | Author: Kevin Mendik 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 […]
Pasteurized Beginnings – Early Courses in Vermont
Source: Vermont Golf Magazine | Issue: 2005 | Author: Tom Macklin 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, […]
Nature and Nurture – The History of Basin Harbor
Source: Vermont Golf Magazine | Issue: 2003 | Author: William Noble 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 seeking property-wide Audubon certification,” he says, and if the club gets it, it […]