Jim--Thanks for those two articles. Both nice additions to the Travis Society file on Ekwanok CC. While going through the file, I came across a handwritten letter signed by Robert T. Lincoln, President of Ekwanok CC, and dated July 5th, 1904, in which Lincoln sends his greetings to Garden City Golf Club as follows: The Ekwanok Country Club in annual meeting assembled sends greeting to the Garden City golf Club upon the occasiion of the complimentary dinner given to Mr. Walter J. Travis, to whom it is most indebted for the laying out and development of its course and who was its first Honorary Member and requests the President of the Garden City Golf Club to present to Mr. Travis the congratulations of the members of the Ekwanok Country Club upon the great victory achieved by him in winning the Amateur Golf Championship at Sandwich".
I believe it was 1901 when Travis was awarded the Honorary Membership at Ekwanok CC.
For what it's worth?
Ed
All,
Wouldn't this 1904 letter be fairly dispositive of Travis being involved with the original "laying out and development" of Ekwanok, albeit in conjunction with John Duncan Dunn in 1899 as previously noted? How do others view this? Thanks.