Xenophon
G. Hassenplug
was born in Ohio
in 1908 to Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Hassenplug. For a time Charles R. Hassenplug
was a teacher in Sandusky with the Works Progress Administration. Xenophon Hassenplug
was on the debating team at Sandusky High School in 1926, and graduated in 1927.
He went on to college at Ohio Wesleyan University and the University of Toledo, where he studied
civil engineering. In 1946 Hassenplug
began his career in golf course design, when he worked with J.B.
McGovern on Overbrook Country Club’s golf course at Philadelphia. Eventually,
he went into private practice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mr.
Hassenplug designed several golf courses
in Pennsylvania and Ohio, including the Fairway Pines Golf Course in
Painesville. In an article featured in
the September, 1983 issue of Golf Course Management, Mr. Hassenplug
discussed the value of trees in enhancing the playability and appearance of a
golf course.
Xenophon G. Hassenplug died on September 24, 1992, after battling
cancer. He was survived by his wife, a son, and two grandchildren.
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