Waubanakee Golf Club

[Ken Merritt]

I am researching Waubanakee Golf Club (Vermont) which was organized in 1897 and incorporated in 1899.  it was a nine hole layout by James E. Betts on Shelburne Street in South Burlington. It is the predecessor of Burlington Country Club (Vermont) (Ross - 1924).  The Waubankee property was sold in 1926 and the funds used to finance, in part, the development of  Burlington Country Club.  Any information would be greatly appreciated. Ken Merritt

[Tim Martin]

Ken-Welcome to the discussion group.   I went to college in the area in the 1970’s and played Burlington CC a handful of times while there. I do want to get back up there to see the restoration work that was recently completed. Back to your original question I don’t have any information regarding Waubanakee but will be following along intently if this thread develops. Finally without any intent to threadjack I still rue the fact that I never got a look at Tillinghast’s Marble Island Resort GC which is no longer in existence.

[mike_malone]

Ken-Welcome to the discussion group.   I went to college in the area in the 1970’s and played Burlington CC a handful of times while there. I do want to get back up there to see the restoration work that was recently completed. Back to your original question I don’t have any information regarding Waubanakee but will be following along intently if this thread develops. Finally without any intent to threadjack I still rue the fact that I never got a look at Tillinghast’s Marble Island Resort GC which is no longer in existence.

I lived in Burlington in the early 80’s and belonged to BCC. I have returned several times to play there. I preferred the course pre renovation.
Marble Island was a blast and was one of my early golf architecture influences.

[mike_malone]

I would love to know the layout. BCC is routed around a turtle’s back with all holes sloping left to right. It would have been a little more interesting if it were more up and down the slopes.

[Tim Martin]

Mike- I haven’t played BCC for over forty years and it didn’t leave enough of an impression on me to remember the routing or individual holes. I had no interest in golf course architecture at that time but plan on getting up there this coming Summer to check it out.

[Sven Nilsen]

Ken:

Here's what I have on WGC, much of which you may have already seen.

1899 Official Golf Guide -





1900 Harpers Guide -



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1901 Harpers Guide -



1902 Official Golf Guide -



The club was briefly mentioned in (A) an April 2, 1899 Boston Globe article as organized in 1898 and having a 9 hole course, (B) an Aug. 1902 Golf Magazine article as organized 1897 and having a 9 hole 2,880 yard course and (C) Hodgman's 1915 New England Golf Map as a private course and as a resort course.

Finally, an Aug. 9, 1924 Burlington Free Press article on the origination of Burlington CC which discusses the Waubanakee membership.