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Poland Spring Resort Vacations have been featured in
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel,
Yankee Magazine,
Country Discoveries
and many other
publications!
weddings
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Poland Spring
Maine Golf
History
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Poland Spring Resort's Golf Course is considered the
Oldest Resort Course in America.
Built by two extraordinary men ...
one beautiful golf course
at Poland Spring, Maine.
You have a unique opportunity to play
a historic course redesigned by Donald Ross and originally
designed by
Arthur Fenn.
Our Golf History
Tee it up where... Babe Ruth, Walter Hagan, Bobby Jones, Joe Kennedy, Harry Varden;
Presidents Rockefeller and Roosevelt, Jim Gallagher, Sonny Listen,
Jack Parr, Ben Hogan, Bobby Jones and many, many more played golf! |
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Arthur Fenn was born in Waterbury,
Connecticut in 1858. Fenn would later distinguish himself as a
player and course architect. At a time when American golf was
dominated by Scottish professionals, Fenn was hailed as one of
America’s first home bred golfers. As an amateur, he would win many
championships including the Lenox Cup (from Lenox C. C. in
Massachusetts where Donald Ross was the pro). When invited to
establish golf on the vast grounds of the Poland Spring House, Fenn
quickly accepted. A six-hole course was opened for play in August of
1893 and he later added 3 more holes. |
Later
Donald Ross
(of Pinehurst Fame)
would redesign the Poland Spring Golf Course to
an 18-hole championship course. Scotsman Donald Ross transformed the
American sports landscape in the first half of this century. At his
death in 1948, he left behind a legacy of 413 courses, including
such gems as Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina, Seminole in Florida,
The Country Club in Brookline Massachusetts, and the site of the
1996 U.S. Open, Oakland Hills outside Detroit. Over 100 U.S.
national championships have been played on courses he designed.
Small wonder his name still resonates among golf history's
aficionados. |
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Caddie's golf history |
Poland
Spring Caddies
Other interesting
golf history: Which caddy camp alumni went on to be a Governor,
a
Senator, a Mayor or a successful businessman? Did you or your
father, (or grandfather) caddy at Poland Spring Resort? Who
caddied for John D., William Rockefeller, Pres. William H.
Taft, or Babe Ruth or any other interesting personalities?
I f you or someone you know is a retired Poland Spring
Caddie... Please give the Poland Spring Preservation Society a call at (207) 998-4142. |
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Thank you for reading about Poland
Spring's Golf History |
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