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.

Butler's Golf Course
Club information
LocationElizabeth Township, Allegheny County, near Elizabeth, Pennsylvania
Established1928
TypePublic
Total holes36
WebsiteOfficial site
Woodside Course
Par72
Length6314
Course rating69.8
Lakeside Course
Par72
Length6689
Course rating71.3

Beginnings to the 1960s

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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.[citation needed]

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

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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

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

Scorecard

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Woodside Course[1]
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Par 5 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 36 5 4 4 3 5 3 4 4 4 36 72
SI Men's 18 9 15 5 11 3 7 1 13 17 14 10 12 16 4 8 6 2
Blue 436 155 314 392 322 386 532 417 159 3113 472 352 310 161 503 168 411 417 420 3202 6314
White 421 145 304 382 317 368 512 409 154 3012 458 343 303 153 491 163 401 404 405 3109 6121
Gold 341 135 293 372 311 290 447 323 149 2661 378 259 255 148 421 157 291 280 287 2464 5126
Red 334 125 282 362 307 285 444 317 144 2600 373 254 248 143 419 154 289 277 285 2428 5029
SI Women's 7 5 18 1 15 3 9 11 16 14 17 10 8 6 4 12 13 2
Lakeside Course[1]
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Par 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 5 3 36 5 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 36 72
SI Men's 10 2 18 16 12 4 15 8 6 14 13 7 17 3 9 5 11 1
Blue 386 380 127 520 388 382 335 585 185 3288 499 205 370 108 466 546 402 404 401 3401 6689
White 378 370 118 500 378 365 320 568 167 3177 469 176 352 105 426 538 385 374 356 3181 6358
Gold 297 274 114 420 326 218 310 543 150 2652 413 157 329 96 337 414 361 364 319 2790 5442
Red 290 267 112 410 316 211 305 532 145 2588 374 131 311 89 308 397 336 333 309 2588 5176
SI Women's 9 2 18 14 11 16 13 8 5 7 15 12 17 10 3 4 1 6

Trivia

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  • Butler's was one of the first public courses in Pennsylvania.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Course Details". butlersgolf.com.
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40°16′01″N 79°48′43″W / 40.267°N 79.812°W / 40.267; -79.812