Golf & Sports Gear
Grosse Ile Golf and Country Club
- Item Number
- 118
- Estimated Value
- 400 USD
- Sold
- 135 USD to mariasmtmd
- Number of Bids
- 4 - Bid History
Item Description
Enjoy 18 holes of golf for four including carts at the beautiful greens of the Grosse Ile Golf & Country Club.
In 1918, John Kelsey, founder of the Kelsey Wheel Co. and a summer resident of Grosse Ile who loved golf, and a group of associates conceived the idea of building a fine 18-hole golf course on the island. After a careful survey, the group acquired 290 acres in the center of the island and in 1919 the Grosse Ile Golf and Country Club was incorporated with the following charter directors: C. S. (Cap) Vaughn, Yellot Hardcastle, Thomas Stevens, Charles Hastings, T. Y. Leonard, Earl Roberts and Thomas Winter.
The construction took two years, as 12,000 yards of cinders had to be mixed with 4,000 yards of sand and 4,000 yards of loam and then spread across the land so grass345 could be grown. The new course was unique in that it was the only all-watered course (fairways and greens) in the district and possibly the state during the 1920's. Grosse Ile was the third course in the United States to have watered fairways.
When the first nine holes of the new course were opened in 1920, the new Grosse Ile Golf Course merged with the established Grosse Ile Country Club to form the Grosse Ile Golf and Country Club that still exists today.
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