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xi, 218 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm |
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| Summary |
"A golf course in a swamp? On a prison grounds? Next to a sewage disposal plant? Yes, yes and yes--and joined by courses built by millionaires, played by champions and designed by experts. From the crazy to the classy, Fore! Gone. Minnesota's Lost Golf Courses, 1897-1999, new book by Joe Bissen revives more than 80 abandoned layouts, many of them long-forgotten. Ever heard of Roadside Golf Club?"--www.foregonegolf.com (viewed 3/3/2014). |
| Contents |
Plane and simple : Rich Acres Golf Course, Richfield -- Grandaddy--and his brother : Winona Golf Club, Meadow-Brook Golf Club -- Cause of death -- Bang it off the tower : Hilltop Public Golf Links, Columbia Heights -- Eight is enough : Sommerdorf Golf Course, Brownton -- Unearthing a gem : Westwood Hills Golf Course, St. Louis Park and Bud's tale -- A man, a myth, a monkey : Joyner's (Brooklyn Park Golf Course) -- Common threads -- Pioneers of sport : the Minnetonka Club, Deephaven -- Scotch threesome, Caledonia Golf Club -- Norwegian pride, Spring Grove -- A stormy past : Whitewater Valley Golf Course, St. Charles/Altura -- Duluth, West and East : Riverside Golf Club and Lakewood Golf Club, Duluth -- Nuts to you : Bayport Golf Club -- Sheared by sheep : Sleepy Eye -- Capital losses : Roadside Golf Club and Merriam Park Golf Club, St. Paul -- Nine for lunch : Quality Park, St. Paul -- Thor and Tom's place, Matoska Country Club, Gem Lake and clubhouse conundrum -- Valleys forged : Southview/Ironwood Country Club, Mankato -- Not so much the golf course : Mudcura Golf Club, Chanhassen -- Bunker Hills, the elder : Bunker Hills Country Club, Mendota Heights -- Park Place, and what a park : Antlers Park Golf Links, Lakeville -- The smell test : Austin Municipal; Hillcrest Golf Course, Austin -- Ya gotta wonder, part II : Memorial Golf Course, Mankato -- Fearsome foursome : Maple Grove Golf Acres, Hermantown -- The old college try : St. John's Golf Course, Collegeville -- Uphill climb, Hillside Golf Course, St. Cloud -- Road trip : Nopening Private Golf Course, Chippewa National Forest -- Minneapolis mystery : Bryn Mawr Golf Club, Minneapolis -- Hot, toasty remnants : Green Lake Country Club, Spicer -- Unfulfilled promise ; Royalhaven Golf Club, Hugo -- Urban hotbed : Felder's Golf Center, Plymouth -- Buried treasure : Wabasha Golf Club -- Jewish forerunner : Northwood Country Club, North St. Paul -- Striking view : Jake's/Mississippi Golf Course, Coon Rapids -- Memory serves : Mound Golf Course -- Playing with conviction : Stillwater Prison -- Scotsman's craft : Chisago Golf Club, Chisago City -- Short hitter : Chisago Lakes Par 3, Lindstrom -- The iron game : Chisholm Public Golf Course -- Take it from dad : Bemidgi Municipal -- Silos and flagstickes : Southwestern Minnesota : Windom, Jackson, Lakefield, Heron Lake, Fulda, Chandler, Pipestone, Tracy -- Rebirthed : Tatepaha/Fairbault; Shattuck, Faribault; Cannon Glen, Cannon Falls; Northfield Golf Club; Ortonville Golf Club; Oakcrest, Roseau -- Let's not forget : other courses -- Fore! Gone. Gallery. |
| Subject |
Golf courses -- Minnesota -- History.
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| Added Author |
Wong, Peter, photographer.
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| Added Title |
Minnesota's lost golf courses, 1897-1999 |
| ISBN |
9780991174805 |
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0991174801 |
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