Butler's Golf Course

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Butler's Golf Course
Club information
Location Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, near Elizabeth, Pennsylvania
Established1928
TypePublic
Total holes36
Website Official site
Woodside Course
Par 72
Length6314
Course rating 69.8
Lakeside Course
Par 72
Length6689
Course rating 71.3

Butler's Golf Course is a public golf course founded in 1928 located just east of Elizabeth, Pennsylvania. There are two 18-hole courses at this facility, the Woodside and the Lakeside.

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Beginnings to the 1960s

The site where the course stands now was originally an airport and a strawberry farm owned by John W. Butler. In 1925 the airport closed when a stunt pilot took Butler's daughter for a ride and did a loop-di-loop.

Soon, Butler hired some people who had knowledge about golf and built the original 18 holes which opened in 1928. The original clubhouse was built in the 1930s, but was destroyed in a tornado on August 3, 1963.

The 1960s to the present

The clubhouse was rebuilt after the tornado, and the Butler house became a bed & breakfast inn for vacationing tourists. The Lakeside course opened in 1963 with nine holes. The original 18 holes were rebuilt and became known as the Woodside course upon completion of the Lakeside course. In 1996, the back nine holes of the Woodside course became known as the Vista course. Nine more holes were added to the Lakeside course in 2000, and the two courses are known as the Woodside and the Lakeside.

The course today

The course is now owned by the fourth generation of the Butler family.

Scorecard

Woodside Course [1]
Tee Rating/Slope 123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par534444543365443534443672
SI Men's189155113711317141012164862
Blue436155314392322386532417159311347235231016150316841141742032026314
White421145304382317368512409154301245834330315349116340140440531096121
Gold341135293372311290447323149266137825925514842115729128028724645126
Red334125282362307285444317144260037325424814341915428927728524285029
SI Women's751811539111614171086412132
Lakeside Course [1]
Tee Rating/Slope 123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par443544453365343454443672
SI Men's102181612415861413717395111
Blue386380127520388382335585185328849920537010846654640240440134016689
White378370118500378365320568167317746917635210542653838537435631816358
Gold29727411442032621831054315026524131573299633741436136431927905442
Red29026711241031621130553214525883741313118930839733633330925885176
SI Women's921814111613857151217103416

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References

  1. 1 2 "Course Details". butlersgolf.com.

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