Butler's Golf Course

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

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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Par 53444454336 5443534443672
SI Men's 1891551137113 17141012164862
Blue 4361553143923223865324171593113 47235231016150316841141742032026314
White 4211453043823173685124091543012 45834330315349116340140440531096121
Gold 3411352933723112904473231492661 37825925514842115729128028724645126
Red 3341252823623072854443171442600 37325424814341915428927728524285029
SI Women's 7518115391116 14171086412132
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 44354445336 5343454443672
SI Men's 10218161241586 1413717395111
Blue 3863801275203883823355851853288 49920537010846654640240440134016689
White 3783701185003783653205681673177 46917635210542653838537435631816358
Gold 2972741144203262183105431502652 4131573299633741436136431927905442
Red 2902671124103162113055321452588 3741313118930839733633330925885176
SI Women's 92181411161385 7151217103416

Trivia

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

References

  1. "Course Details". butlersgolf.com.

40.267°N 79.812°W / 40.267; -79.812

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