- Date
- 2009
- Kind
- Anniversary
- Where
- place/beaver-island-golf-course
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- sportsrecreationheritagecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The June 2009 Beaver Beacon marked the Beaver Island Golf Course’s 50th year. The article credits Pete the Swede and Gary McDonough with beginning the course and describes later ownership, green and rough improvements, an enclosed driving range, and the season’s planned leagues and tournaments.
Evidence limits
This is a retrospective newspaper account; it does not supply a complete construction history, ownership chronology, or independent course survey.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, June 2009, "Par for the Course – B.I. Golf Course Turns 50!."Reports the course's 50th year, its beginnings under Pete the Swede and Gary McDonough, later ownership, improvements, and 2009 leagues and tournaments. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the golf-course anniversary article.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Golf Course marks its 50th year, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-golf-course-50th-anniversary-2009/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 2009, "Par for the Course – B.I. Golf Course Turns 50!." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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