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Brooksville's clubhouse held its grand opening on April 18, 1971, with an initial club membership of 425. [7] By 2002, Brooksville faced "declining play and a dated layout". [1] According to the Tampa Bay Times, "greens were in poor condition, tee boxes had become crowned and bunkers had lost their payability and attractiveness". [8]
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The idea for Meadowbrook Country Club, a private golf and social club, came about in 1916 [1] when 23 Northville businessmen purchased 125 acres (0.51 km 2) of the Fred C. Cochran Farm. The club was named after a brook, which ran through the property. Its golf course hosted the PGA Championship in 1955, won by Doug Ford. Willie Park, Jr is ...
Developers have proposed a 198-unit apartment complex near hole 14 of the Glen Oaks Country Club golf course, which runs through the Glen Oaks subdivision off Brownsboro Road. Henson, however ...
Shell's Wonderful World of Golf was a televised series of golf matches which began in the 1960s. [1] [2] The program was sponsored by Shell Oil.It was a part of the tradition of "challenge matches" between pairs of professional golfers, which were the earliest form of professional golf competition, but have now been almost entirely replaced by large field tournaments.
The Women of Meadowbrook Country Club is a non-profit women's club, a group originally founded in 1965 to preserve the historic gardens of the club which had been designed by renowned landscape architect Charles F. Gillette for the original estate grounds in Chesterfield County where the club is situated. Although the country club was founded ...
entrance to the club. The clubhouse, located over the 18th green with a view of the lake, was built in 1966 by architect Claus R. Moberg. The golf course was designed by George Cobb. [6] A ski slope was built in 1966, but was later closed and became part of the golf course. The swimming pool and tennis courts were built in the 1970s. [6]
According to historians, the club quickly became a haven for the wealthy of Detroit seeking to avoid the daily grind of the city. The club became very popular, hosting the Michigan Open in 1928, and even saw the construction of an airstrip. In 1930 the club hosted the Western Open, one of the most prestigious golf events of the time.