你打高尔夫球 & Learning Center
Steve Sharf Clubhouse
Use Adams Road entrance south of Walton Blvd.
492 Golf View Lane
罗彻斯特
MI
48309-4477
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(248) 364-6300
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Golf Course History
“前!这句话早在人们想到卡特卡辛斯高尔夫球场之前就在罗切斯特的山间回荡. Thanks to John Dodge's love for the game, 自20世纪初以来,高尔夫球一直是梅多布鲁克庄园的传统.
道奇是一个爱好娱乐、朴实、务实、勤奋、聪明、脾气暴躁的人. 他也是一名企业家,在商业和个人娱乐中都有自己的做事方式. 传说他曾因为说脏话而被一些公共高尔夫球场“原谅”. 他很幸运, he had the means to create a personalized, 在他罗切斯特农舍的后院有一个九洞高尔夫球场, complete with a clubhouse. Whatever his motivations, 毫无疑问,道奇为自己建立了一个独特的具有挑战性的课程.
“约翰对他的高尔夫运动很认真,”比尔·罗杰斯说,他长期在俄勒冈州立大学打高尔夫球并担任总经理. "Back then a bogey was the same as par is today, so his bogey 37 was a challenging round for nine holes."
Having his own private course had obvious advantages. 当时,高尔夫球这项年轻的运动越来越受到当地商人的欢迎, and courses were becoming crowded on weekends and holidays. 道奇球场的私密性使道奇和他的朋友们可以悠闲地打一轮高尔夫球,而不受公共球场拥挤的影响. 走出农舍的前门,道奇遇到了放置得很方便的第一个发球台. 他和他的客人在整个过程中都不需要申请许可. 3,081码的球场设计为交叉球道,一次只能容纳一个团体.
道奇球场和卡特-考辛斯球场之间的相似之处仍然存在. According to Rogers, 道奇球场的第二果岭和第九洞似乎与卡特克-考辛斯今天的第二果岭和第九洞非常接近. When Dodge closed the course for the season in 1919, 他一点也不知道,直到1977年,下一轮高尔夫比赛才在梅多布鲁克球场举行.
1920年1月14日,道奇在去纽约的途中死于流感. After his death, 他的妻子玛蒂尔达为了孩子们的利益经营着农场, but instructed her farm manger, 约翰•克莱因, to "let the golf course lay, but don't let it go to ruin. Let the sheep run on the golf course.玛蒂尔达的愿望实现了,道奇高尔夫球场变成了牧场.
Golf was not mentioned again until 1976, when Marvin Katke, a supporter of Oakland University since its inception, 是否有先见之明,将高尔夫球场视为对大学有益的投资. Katke proposed an 18-hole course, 主动捐款建造前九洞,并寻找资金支持后九洞的建设. 韦德体育app官网对这个想法表示欢迎,并聘请罗伯特·比尔德(Robert Beard)来设计这门课程,以实现卡特克的愿景.
While the front nine holes were under construction, Katke recruited his good friend and next door neighbor, 哈罗德的表亲, to donate funds for construction of the back nine holes. 令人惊讶的是, during construction of Katke-Cousins, 当在场地上发现用于灌溉原始果岭的镀锌管时,道奇高尔夫的传统被揭开了. 在此之前,没有明显的迹象表明老道奇课程.
卡特克-考辛斯高尔夫球场于1976年秋天落成,当时前九洞已经完工. 1977年春天,球场开始营业,增加了9个洞.
72标准杆的球场包括草地布鲁克大厅场地上的兴趣点. 15号洞的桥被认为是通往约翰·道奇泵站的通道. 第17洞和第18洞提供了草地布鲁克大厅的壮丽景色,同时挑战了最好的球员. 这些历史亮点被球场的自然美景和丰富的野生动物在树木繁茂的粗糙地带和潺潺的溪流中流连忘返.
从第一块草皮在梅多布鲁克飞到现在已经将近100年了. 今天, Katke-Cousins球场被专业人士和业余爱好者评为密歇根最具挑战性的球场之一. 不断增长的高尔夫球手需求,加上吸引新的大学合作伙伴的兴趣, 18洞R杆&S Sharf Golf Course opened in 2000. 高尔夫文摘将沙夫球场排在密歇根州855个高尔夫球场中的第21位.
“R&S Sharf之所以讨人喜欢,是因为它有自然的、树木繁茂的栖息地,”罗杰斯说. “The golfer can be taken in by its beauty.”
But, don’t let that fool you. 它的高发球台和起伏的果岭使它配得上最老练的老手. Since opening, R&沙夫吸引了包括李珍珍在内的知名高尔夫专业人士, Frank Lickliter II, Rocco Mediate and Phil Mickelson.
R&S Sharf Golf Course, designed by famed golf course architect and teacher Rick Smith, 被誉为可以与欧洲的老式高尔夫球场相媲美的球场. Smith limits his number of design projects to a select few. In deciding to work with Oakland, 他说, “The university’s commitment to developing a quality facility, 他们对高尔夫提供的生活教训的信念和场地的原始潜力都是我追求这个项目的重要因素.”
The benefactors of Oakland’s newest course, Stephan and 丽塔Sharf, have been loyal friends to Oakland for more than 25 years. Stephan Sharf是前OU董事会成员和OU基金会董事会成员. 丽塔Sharf, who passed away in April 2001, 曾担任梅多布鲁克剧院顾问委员会成员.
When the course was built, Stephan Sharf said, “我们希望鼓励奥克兰加强与社区的伙伴关系和联系. 我们希望我们的捐赠能够激励更多的项目发展,并为未来的学生提供创造性的新机会, building on the success of the university in recent years."
对高尔夫的热情不仅仅意味着传承一项传统,也不仅仅是一项运动. 这门课程代表了对大学未来和文化项目的投资. It's a vision that John Dodge never could have foreseen.
(节选自林恩·艾略特的《韦德体育app官网》一书, Charlie Gehringer Memorial, Meadow Brook Golf Classic Program, 1993)