Golf Cards

History

Mount Holyoke has its own golf course, and I have a few score cards from the course.

The Images

1999 Orchards Golf Course Score Card

front "Orchards Golf Course, Inc. The Orchards at Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, Massachusetts."

back Course map; course designed by Donald Ross in 1922.

1990s Orchards Golf Course Score Card

front "Orchards Golf Course, Inc. The Orchards at Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, Massachusetts." Donated by John E. Sagi of Monmouth Junction, NJ, a premier source of information about golf courses in the United States. Thanks, John!

back Rules of the course; course designed by Donald Ross in 1922.

1939 Orchards Golf Course Score Card

front "The Orchards Golf Course South Hadley Mass." Golf etiquette and local rules. Dated in pencil: "Aug 22 1939"

back Scorecard is six inches in width so that "stymies" could be measured under the rules of golf as they were then. This card has been filled out with scores for four players, including Ben Loving, an area pro who shot 72, and Jimmy Young, who was the club's first pro when it opened in 1922. He shot 80 so either he was up in years or he had other things on his mind (or he couldn't putt....or something, because he was a good player at one time). The Orchards is one of the classic Donald Ross-designed courses and about 15 of the original holes remain true to his architectural style. Ross did the first 9, opened in 1922, and Walter Hatch (one of Ross' several "right hand" men) did the second 9, opened in 1927. The yardage on the card is 6,384 and for years the club had just one set of tees. The yardage from the back tees today is 6,500+.

1938 Orchards Golf Course Score Card

front "The Orchards Golf Course South Hadley Mass." Golf etiquette and local rules. Dated in pencil: "July 8 1938"

back This card has been filled out with scores for three players, including a Harry Stiles and a Ray Roberts. (I can't quite make out the third name.)

1943 Orchards Golf Course Score Card

front "The Orchards Golf Course South Hadley Mass." Golf etiquette and local rules. Dated in pen: "May 31-43 Memorial Day"

back This card has been filled out with scores for two players, including then-President of Mount Holyoke College, Roswell Gray Ham.