Timeline of golf history (1851–1945) effect on the popularity of golf, as he is an indefatigable player and catalyzes great interest in the game through his writing and public speaking. Alexander H. Findlay, later to become the Father of American Golf, was the first in the world to score a 72 in competition for 18 holes at the Mercantile Golf Club in Montrose, Scotland. 1887 "The Art of Golf" by Sir Walter Simpson is published. The Quogue Field Club was founded in Quogue, New York. The original course had 18 holes, but after the Hurricane of 1938 the club lost 3 holes to the bay
Springfield Golf Club Springfield Golf Club Springfield Golf Club is a golf course in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Mohawk Valley about eight miles northwest of the Eugene-Springfield area. Part of the course is located along the Mohawk River. The 18-hole course is just over 6700 yards. Springfield Golf Club was established in 1957 by a group of around 40 neighbors who purchased farmland and turned it into a six-hole golf course. The course grew to nine-holes, and then to 18-holes in the 1980s. Later a clubhouse was added to the club. Springfield Golf Club is still owned by its