Tam O'Shanter Golf Course (Pennsylvania)
- Tam O'Shanter Golf Course (Pennsylvania)
Tam O'Shanter Golf Course, officially known as Tam O'Shanter of Pennsylvania, is an 18 hole public golf course built in 1929 and was designed by Emil Loeffler. It is located in Hermitage, Pennsylvania.
Beginnings to 1948
Emil Loeffler, who was the superintendent of Oakmont Country Club, built the original 18 holes at Tam O'Shanter in 1929, just before the Great Depression began.
In 1948, Jack and Mary Lou Kerins purchased the course.
1948 to the present
After the Kerins family bought the course in 1948, Jack Kerins started the annual Herald Tam O'Shanter Junior Open, which is a tournament held every June at the course played by junior golfers from around the Shenango Valley area.
On May 31, 1985, a tornado swept through the Shenango Valley and destroyed many trees on the golf course.
In the early 1990s, John and Rick Kerins bought the course from their parents and they continue to operate the course today.
Death Valley Hole
The fourteenth hole, a short par 3, is known nationwide as "Death Valley" because of the many good scores that have died in its depths. There have been several aces on this hole annually.
Awards and honors
In 2002, Golf Digest gave Tam O'Shanter a four-star rating.
Trivia
* Sam Snead holds the course record with a 65, set in an exhibition match in 1949.
External links
* [http://www.tamoshanterpa.com Official website]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Merion Golf Club — Club information Location Haverford Township, Delaware County, near Ardmore, Pennsylvania, USA Established 1912 Type … Wikipedia
golf — golfer, n. /golf, gawlf/; Brit. also /gof/, n. 1. a game in which clubs with wooden or metal heads are used to hit a small, white ball into a number of holes, usually 9 or 18, in succession, situated at various distances over a course having… … Universalium
Timeline of golf history (1851–1945) — See also Timeline of golf history 1353 1850, Timeline of golf history 1945 1999 and Timeline of golf 2000 present. =1851 1860= The Prestwick Golf Club is founded. 1856 The Royal Curragh Golf Club is founded at Kildare, the first golf club in… … Wikipedia
Downingtown Country Club — Club information Location East Caln Township, Chester County, near Downingtown, Pennsylvania, USA Established 1967 Type Public Total holes … Wikipedia
Meadowlands Country Club — [1], located in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1950 by a group of like minded individuals looking for a respite from their daily grind for themselves and their families. The Main House … Wikipedia
Monterey Country Club — Built before 1885, the Monterey Country Club is home to one of the oldest golf courses in the United States. The club sits just below the peaks of 1,720 Mt. Dunlap and 1,365 Monterey Peak in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania and is less than one… … Wikipedia
Western Open — Contents 1 History 2 BMW Championship 3 Winners: 1974–2006 … Wikipedia
Quality Inn Hermitage — (Hermitage,США) Категория отеля: 2 звездочный отель Адрес: 3200 South Hermitag … Каталог отелей
