Just came across this Advertisement yesterday for Ekwanok.
Interesting to get the perspective of HJ Whigham from 1909 on what the top courses in the US were at that time.
I never knew we had so much in common.
In 1901, Mr. Walter J. Travis, in his book "Practical Golf," had this to say:
"The eighteen-hole course of the Ekwanok Country Club, of Manchester, Vermont,
laid out last season, also has promise of being a really good one in time."
In the May issue of Scribner's Magazine, 1909, Mr. H. J. Whigham has this to say
" There are a few golfers in the country who have steadily set themselves to keep up the standard, like Mr. Herbert Leeds, who, I believe, was responsible not only for Myopia,
but for the nine-hole course at Bar Harbor and the winter course at Aiken.
" There is an excellent inland course also at Manchester, Vermont, and there is Garden
City, which lately has been much improved. When one has mentioned these, one has
included practically all the links in the country which approach in interest and quality
the best courses abroad."
The USGA Bulletin reported about Whigham's article in Scribners this way;
The season at Manchester, Vt., of
the Ekwanok Country Club, opens as
usual July 4, with the Independence
cup tournament. The reputation of
this course is thoroughly well established.
Mr. H. |. Whigham, in an
article in Scribner's Magazine, ranked
Ekwanok with Myopia and Garden
City as the only three which approached
in interest and quality the
best courses abroad.
btw...just looked at the list again on prior pages...since when was Walter Travis a professional??