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From fields to fairways : classic golf clubs of Minnesota
- Title
- From fields to fairways : classic golf clubs of Minnesota / Rick Shefchik.
- Author
- Shefchik, Rick.
- Publication
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2012.
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- Description
- xiii, 369 p. : ill.; 27 cm.
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Introduction: from fields to fairways -- The wellspring. the Town %& Country Club (1893) -- Cradle of championships. The Minikahda Club (1898) -- The Godfather: C. T. Jaffray -- Lake Superior gem. Northland Country Club (1899) -- Crossroads of history. Interlachen Country Club (1909) -- Sailors and golfers. White Bear Yacht Club (1912) -- The unsung hero: Tom Vardon -- Minnesota's Bobby Jones: Harrison R. "Jimmy" Johnston -- Ross shows his stuff. Woodhill Country Club (1915) -- The players' club. Minneapolis Golf Club (1916) -- Rising from the ashes. Golden Valley Golf and Country Club (1916) -- Tillie's gift. Rochester Golf & Country Club (1915) -- Raynor comes to Minnesota. Somerset Country Club (1919) -- The professors' legacy. Midland Hills Country Club (1920) -- University of Minnesota Lee Bolstad Golf Course (1915) -- No longer a rich man's game. Municipal Golf (1916-34) -- The mayor of Bronzeville: Jimmie Slemmons -- Jewish golf. Oak Ridge Country Club (1920) -- Hillcrest Golf Club (1921) -- Bring the family. Edina Country Club (1923) -- Spreading the game. Southview Country Club (1919) -- Stillwater Country Club (1924) -- Minnesota Valley Country Club (1924) -- Mendakota Country Club (1925) -- The PGA arrives. Keller Golf Course (1929) 17. James J. Hill's retreat. North Oaks Golf Club (1949) -- Golf's world stage. Hazeltine National Golf Club (1962) -- Afterword. the modern classics: golf's last building boom -- National tournaments in Minnesota.
- Call Number
- JFF 12-709
- ISBN
- 9780816677320 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
- 0816677328 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
- 9780816677337 (pbk.)
- 0816677336 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2011046499
- OCLC
- 759909889
- Author
- Shefchik, Rick.
- Title
- From fields to fairways : classic golf clubs of Minnesota / Rick Shefchik.
- Imprint
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2012.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 12-709