Ohio Golf Journal April 2019

the game and immediately ordered a new set of clubs. She apparently didn’t use them playing with her husband, whowas then 83 years old and told reporters that golf was “too much work.’’ The course, which had been built for $60,000 with Bahia grass fairways and common Bermuda greens, remains popular with area players and the Edison and Ford estates nearby became museums and popular tourist attractions. In 1914, three years before the course’s centennial, architect Steve Smyers was brought in to oversee a $5.8 million renovation – the only major re-do in the club’s history. This is an edited version. The full article can be found at: http://lenziehmongolf.com/uncategorized/thomas- edison-henry-ford-were-connected-to-this-florida-course/