American Golf Hall of Fame
Website:
https://www.foxburgcountryclub.com/
Telephone Number:
Location:
369 Harvey Road, Foxburg, PA 16036
Description:
The Foxburg Country Club is home to the American Golf Hall of Fame. This museum houses an extensive collection of extremely old and valuable golf clubs and artifacts from many different eras (prior to 1900) of the game. The museum is free and located on the top floor of the Foxburg Clubhouse.
About the country club: Joseph Mickle Fox was a descendant of the land and oil-rich Fox family from Philadelphia. In 1874 Fox traveled to England with the All-American Cricket Team to participate in a series of cricket matches. One of the matches was scheduled in Edinburgh, Scotland. Following the match at Edinburgh he went to St. Andrews to see the game of golf being played at the home of golf.
While at St. Andrews, Fox was befriended by Old Tom Morris, a four-time champion of the British Open and golf pro at St. Andrews. Old Tom taught Fox the fundamentals of golf and sold him some golf clubs and gutta-percha balls to take back to America.
Back in Foxburg J.M. Fox laid out eight holes around his summer estates. He invited other local people to play the makeshift course, but it soon became apparent that the small layout could not accommodate everyone who wanted to play. In 1887, he provided land for a more spacious course consisting of five holes. The course opened on the ground which currently is now the Foxburg Country Club and golf has been played there ever since.
From museum’s website
