In mid-October golf teams from Columbia and Yale universities played a commemorative match at St. Andrews Golf Club in Hastings-on-the-Hudson, N.Y. It was a reprise of the first collegiate golf competition in the U.S., held at the club in November 1896. Yale won the first one. Columbia prevailed in the 2021 version. Columbia golf coach Rich Mueller wrote about the […]
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arnie’s embrace highlights splendid 50th Anniversary celebration
It was everything you could ask for and much more. The GHS celebrated its 50th anniversary, delayed a year by Covid, with all the familiar activities and the added attraction of a memorable visit to Latrobe Country Club where friends of Arnold Palmer welcomed us with open arms. (Click here for a video of the Latrobe CC golf outing at […]
inside the ropes with arnie
Most of us know of Arnold Palmer as the handsome, hard-charging golf legend, the man who popularized the game in the early years of television. After he left competitive golf, Palmer continued to reign as “The King,” spearheading fundraising efforts, making personal appearances, hosting golf tournaments… so many things. But for a special few in Latrobe, Pa., he was a […]
a little waterlogged, but tri-state hickory open a winner at clearview gc
Bob Glass had kept an eye on the weather reports, but there was nothing he could do. A perfect deluge of rain that swept across the Midwest had a special inaugural hickory golf outing at Clearview Golf Course in doubt. The hard rain departed in time, but it left the course in a waterlogged, walking-only condition. No matter, the golfers […]
the perfect peninsula
GHS member Taba Dale is an accomplished author and travel host who divides her time between Arizona and Ireland. She returned to the Emerald Isle in late spring 2021 and regularly posts updates and stories to her Clare Publishing website, where one may see both her photos and a list of the books she has published. Click on the link […]