The Woodlawn Golf Course opened at the corner of Camp
Street and Perkins Avenue on May 30, 1931. The clubhouse was built by Miller
Brothers, of Venice, Ohio. The firm of Opfer and Faber ran thousands of feet of
tile, to provide adequate drainage for the golf course. Green fees were $1.00 for weekdays, and $1.25 on Sundays and holidays. On opening day, there
were exhibition matches between Ed Windisch and Mel Carrier, and between Miss
Polly Smith and Mrs. Cecil Laird. Pictured above are Mrs. Locke, Harley Hane, and Mel Carrier, the golf pro at Woodlawn.
Several advertisements and announcements about the opening of the Woodlawn Golf
Course appeared in the Sandusky Register
of May 30, 1931.
The Manhattan store in Sandusky sold
clothes that would make golfers “dress well” for the sport. Holzaepfel’s ran
special sales on golf balls and golf clubs.
In the snapshot below are: Mr. John
Rheinegger, owner; Boyd Hamrick; and Chester Bohn, greenskeeper.
This is the Number 4 Fairway:
In the Spring of 1936, Charles Stamm took over the
Woodlawn Golf Course as the manager and golf pro. During this economically-troubled era business declined, so that by 1938 and 1939 circuses were held on the
grounds of the former golf course. This ad for the Parker and Watts
Circus was featured in the Sandusky Star
Journal of May 22, 1939.
Eventually, with the help of the Depression-era WPA, a new municipal golf course was created on the west
side of Sandusky. An article in the May 20, 1940 issue of the Sandusky Register announced the
dedication of the Mills Creek Golf Course. (The name is derived from the Honorable
Isaac Mills, one of the founders of Sandusky.)
3 comments:
what is on the sight of the former Woodlawn golf course now?
It is now a residential area.
Are the names of all the golf pros listed somewhere?
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