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I played a lot of golf as a kid. One day, a friend of mine asked me if I wanted to play with him at the oldest course west of the Mississippi. I agreed. His father owned a mansion on the course. It's an old private club that is no longer maintained. The Country Club of Seattle. However, they still mow the fairways just to keep the place from over-growing.

 

The greens are made of sand. In the center of every green is the hole. There is a wooden pole in the hole with some carpet attached to it. After you putt, you drag the carpet across your foot steps to clean it up....then walk carefully off the green after putting it back in the hole. The course is only 9 holes, but it's truly a walk back in time.

 

If you want to see what it looks like, just click this link. It takes you to Restoration Point where the course still sits to this day. You can zoom in on some of the holes and see the old greens made of sand.

 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Restoration+Point,+Bainbridge+Island,+WA+98110/@47.5837082,-122.4790198,2604m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x54903f4c8397e3c9:0x8c44553771d3c637

Whatever driver happens to be working at the time
Some random 3 wood
My same, old irons
A few wedges...
Scotty Cameron Fastback

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[quote name='ZMO' timestamp='1408197320' post='9946477']
I thought the oldest one was Del Monte.
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Del Monte opened in 1897.

The Country Club of Seattle opened in 1896.

There are older courses in the Chicago area that opened a couple years before then.

Whatever driver happens to be working at the time
Some random 3 wood
My same, old irons
A few wedges...
Scotty Cameron Fastback

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[quote name='Jhuttster' timestamp='1408333634' post='9954983']
Gearhart Golf Links....dates back to 1888.
[url="http://www.gearhartgolflinks.com/aboutus/"]http://www.gearhartg...ks.com/aboutus/[/url]
[/quote]

Interesting. It was only a 3 hole course back then though. Curious as to what year it was converted to a 9 or 18 hole course. Probably 1892, which still puts it 4 years older than mine. Nice find!

Whatever driver happens to be working at the time
Some random 3 wood
My same, old irons
A few wedges...
Scotty Cameron Fastback

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Mare Island Golf Club in Vallejo, est. 1892:
http://www.mareislandgolfclub.com/history/

[url="http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTOZNxdsDKajrKxaUCRjcU8eB7URcAMpaCWN-67Bt6QG8rmBUPYW3QAQ7k87BlYizIMKJzEhuzqr9OQ/pubhtml?gid=0&single=true"]WITB[/url] | [url="http://tinyurl.com/CoursesPlayedList"]Courses Played list[/url] |  [url="http://tinyurl.com/25GolfingFaves"] 25 Faves [/url]

F.T.

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[quote name='burkbomber' timestamp='1408423894' post='9963039']
Aetna Springs GC est. 1893
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Have you been out there recently?
I keep meaning to make the effort to get up and play it - along with Northwood.

[url="http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTOZNxdsDKajrKxaUCRjcU8eB7URcAMpaCWN-67Bt6QG8rmBUPYW3QAQ7k87BlYizIMKJzEhuzqr9OQ/pubhtml?gid=0&single=true"]WITB[/url] | [url="http://tinyurl.com/CoursesPlayedList"]Courses Played list[/url] |  [url="http://tinyurl.com/25GolfingFaves"] 25 Faves [/url]

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I thought Glen Echo in St. Louis was the oldest course west of the Mississippi? Wiki agrees I guess [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Echo_Country_Club"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Echo_Country_Club[/url]

maybe some of these other clubs were formed but a course hadn't been contructed yet?

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[quote name='ClarkGrswld4' timestamp='1408640310' post='9980581']
I thought Glen Echo in St. Louis was the oldest course west of the Mississippi? Wiki agrees I guess [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Echo_Country_Club"]http://en.wikipedia....ho_Country_Club[/url]

maybe some of these other clubs were formed but a course hadn't been contructed yet?
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Should have clicked the link to that claim... I know I know but Wiki says ;)

"Glen Echo Country Club is the oldest [b]private 18-hole course[/b] west of the Mississippi..."

[url="http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTOZNxdsDKajrKxaUCRjcU8eB7URcAMpaCWN-67Bt6QG8rmBUPYW3QAQ7k87BlYizIMKJzEhuzqr9OQ/pubhtml?gid=0&single=true"]WITB[/url] | [url="http://tinyurl.com/CoursesPlayedList"]Courses Played list[/url] |  [url="http://tinyurl.com/25GolfingFaves"] 25 Faves [/url]

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