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    • Hole #10 “Carries”
    • Hole #11 “Valley”
    • Hole #12 “Alps”
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    • Hole #15 “Eden”
    • Hole #16 “Lang”
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    • 1895-1926: Yale Golf’s Early Years
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    • 1926-1943: The Ben Thomson Era
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    • Into the 21st Century: The Era of Thomas Beckett, Peter Pulaski, and Scott Ramsay
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  • Home
  • The Course, Hole by Hole
    • Hole #1 “Eli”
    • Hole #2 “The Pits”
    • Hole #3 “Blind”
    • Hole #4 “Road”
    • Hole #5 “Short”
    • Hole #6 “Burnside”
    • Hole #7 “Lane”
    • Hole #8 “Cape”
    • Hole #9 “Biarritz”
    • Hole #10 “Carries”
    • Hole #11 “Valley”
    • Hole #12 “Alps”
    • Hole #13 “Redan”
    • Hole #14 “Knoll”
    • Hole #15 “Eden”
    • Hole #16 “Lang”
    • Hole #17 “Nose”
    • Hole #18 “Home”
  • Eras
    • 1895-1926: Yale Golf’s Early Years
    • 1923-1926: Building the Yale Golf Course
    • 1926-1943: The Ben Thomson Era
    • 1944-1974: The Widdy Neale and Harry Meusel Era
    • 1975-2000: The David Paterson Era
    • Into the 21st Century: The Era of Thomas Beckett, Peter Pulaski, and Scott Ramsay
  • Interviews
    • Tom Beckett
    • Reverend William T. Lee
    • Mary Moan
    • Bob Nagel and Bob Tettleback
  • Topics
    • Captains, Champions, and Players
    • Yalies Who Influenced Golf
    • Men’s and Women’s Golf Teams
    • Yalies as Professional Tour Players
    • The Clubhouses
    • The Yale Golf Club
    • Hallowed Ground
    • Miscellaneous Facts
  • Image Galleries
  • Other Resources
    • Maps and Drawings
    • Documents
    • Film and Videos
    • Other Studies

Home » Eras » 1895-1926: Yale Golf’s Early Years

1895-1926: Yale Golf’s Early Years

1895-1926
Yale Golf’s Early Years

Campus Golf, 1896

Yale golf’s early years

John Reid, Jr., and Archibald M. Reid | Like father, like sons

John Ellis Knowles |”Golf is for a Lifetime”

Robert A. Gardner | 1912 Team Captain and elite athlete

Nathaniel T. Lovell | 1923 team Captain

Chester B. Bowles | 1924 team captain, governor, and diplomat

Jesse W. “Jess” Sweetser | Winner of the Amateur Slam

Dexter Cummings | 1925 team captain

Sidney W. Noyes Jr. | Threepeat national championship team member

Max Behr | Yale’s First graduate to design golf courses

William B. Langford | National championship team member and golf architect

Samuel F.B. Morse | Developer and conservationist

Bibliography of sources for Yale golf, 1895-1926

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