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Golf in the Sunshine
State
In between rides on glass-bottom boats and trips to alligator farms
and sandy beaches, many Florida tourists have teed off on Florida's
numerous golf courses. Florida's sunny climate and flat terrain
made for a perfect terrain for eager golfers. Below are just a few images
of golfing in Florida over the years. For more, visit the Florida Museum
of Florida History for their new exhibit, The
Florida Swing! Golf in the Sunshine State.
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Dr.
Tennent Ronalds putting on golf course: Leon County,
Florida (ca. 1907)
Dr. Ronalds developed Live Oak as Leon County's first hunting
plantation and built a golf course. He kept a flock of sheep
to keep
the greens and fairways trim.
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John
Hamilton Gillespie poses under a large palmetto: Sarasota,
Florida (1901)
An early promoter of golf, Gillespie built one
of the first golf courses in Florida. In May 1886, he cleared
a woods on Main Street and laid out a long fairway. By
1905 there was a complete 9 hole course, plus a clubhouse,
on a 110 acre tract.
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Rosie
the elephant being used as a golf tee: Miami Beach,
Florida
(1927)
Developer and entrepreneur Carl Graham Fisher used the elephant
Rosie to promote Miami Beach during the Florida land boom
of the 1920s.
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Women's
golf champion Maureen
Orcutt: Jacksonville, Florida
Maureen
Orcutt was one of the nation's
outstanding golfers for almost fifty years and one of the
first women
sportswriters in the US. Orcutt was 99 when she died in January
of 2007.
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Race
car driver Sig Haugdahl with clubs he had specially
made: Jacksonville, Florida (1922)
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Jackie
Gleason and Arnold Palmer at a golf match: Palm Beach
Gardens, Florida (196-?)
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Babe
Ruth and the former governor of New York, Al Smith, playing
a round of golf at the Miami Biltmore: Coral Gables,
Florida (1930)
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Nancy
Lopez at the Centel Classic : Tallahassee, Florida (1991)
In 1987, Nancy Lopez was inducted into the World Golf Hall
of Fame (located in
St.
Augustine,
Florida).
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Bill
Glasson acknowledges applause : Tallahassee, Florida (1988)
Bill Glasson, from Fresno, California, acknowledges applause
from the crowd on the 18th green Sunday after sinking a birdie
putt and taking the $90,000 winner's share of the $500,000
Centel Classic golf tournament.
Glasson finished with a 16-under-par,
272 total for the four rounds, two strokes ahead of his
next challenger.
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