Source: VT Golf Magazine | Issue: Summer 1998 | Author: Bob Labbance Synopsis: This article is about the accomplishments of Walter Travis and how he became so successful throughout the golf community.   When Walter Travis arrived in the United States in 1885 from his native Australia, he had never touched a golf club in […]

Source: VT Golf Magazine | Issue: Summer 1998 | Author: Bob Labbance Synopsis: This article is about Geoffrey Cornish and his successes in his golf career.   A quick scan of Vermont’s course list brings into focus exactly what Geoffrey Cornish has meant to golf in the Green Mountains. From his first design at Manchester […]

Source: VT Golf Magazine | Issue: Summer 1998 | Author: Bob Labbance Synopsis: This article is about Hall of Famer Joe Kirkwood and his accomplishments within the golf community.   Joe Kirkwood was born April 3, 1897, in Sydney Australia. At the age of 10, he departed for points uncharted without a compass, roosting at […]

Source: VT Golf Magazine | Issue: Summer 1998 | Author: Bob Labbance Synopsis: This article is about George Low Sr. and his career within the golf community.   George Low exerted a major influence on Vermont golf in its seminal days. Low was born in Carnoustie, Sotland in 1874, where he pursued a training and […]

Source: VT Golf Magazine | Issue: Summer 1998 | Author: Bob Labbance Synopsis: This article is about the success and career of Bobby Locke as a golfer.    Arthur D’Arcy Locke was born in Transvaal, South Africa in 1917, and went on to become one of the greatest golfers in history, winning the British Open […]

Source: VT Golf Magazine | Issue: Summer 1998 | Author: Bob Labbance Synopsis: This article is about George Sargent and his accomplishments throughout the golf community. It specifically dives into his success as a professional.    When George Sargent won the U.S. Open at the Englewood (New Jersey) Golf Club on June 25, 1909, one […]

Source: VT Golf Magazine | Issue: Summer 1998 | Author: Bob Labbance Synopsis: This article is about Doctor Bob Rotella. It delves into how he came to be the person he is today as well as his accomplishments.  Doctor Bob Rotella is one of the foremost performance consultants in the world, counseling Nick Price, Tom […]

Source: VT Golf Magazine | Issue: Summer 1999 | Author: Bob Labbance Synopsis: This article is about the notable John Lombardy. It delves into his accomplishments as a golfer and specifically with the Ekwankok Country Club.        It’s inevitable that when you put together a list of the top anything, you’ll miss something that […]

Source: VT Golf Magazine | Issue: Summer 1999 | Author: Bob Labbance Synopsis: This article is about Frank Kennedy’s private golf course and how it became to be the course that served as his quiet retreat.        In the early years of golf in the United States, when the golf bug bit the upper […]

Source: VT Golf Magazine | Issue: Summer 1999 Synopsis: This article discusses some golf courses in Vermont and the emergence of the golf destinations in Central Vermont.       These days, you pick a golf vacation spot by reputation, experience, geography and heresy- or by falling prey to a stack of colorful brochures on your […]