Jump to content

Oakhurst Links

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Chris the speller (talk | contribs) at 17:59, 22 January 2016 (replaced: nine hole → nine-hole using AWB). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Oakhurst Links
Oakhurst Links is located in West Virginia
Oakhurst Links
Location1 Montague Dr., White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Area37.8 acres (15.3 ha)
Built1884
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.01001327[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 4, 2001

Oakhurst Links is a historic golf course located at White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It is a nine-hole course conceived in 1884, in a design based upon traditional Scottish design elements. The first competition at Oakhurst was held in 1888.[2]

Located on the grounds is course developer Russell W. Montague's home which served as the Oakhurst Links Clubhouse. It was built about 1880, and is a two story "I house" plan dwelling with sparse Colonial Revival stylistic elements. The property was operated as a golf course until 1912, when the property reverted to pasture. In 1994, a restoration effort was launched for the course.[3] Modern players typically dress in period clothes and use hickory-shafted clubs and gutta-percha balls driven from tees fashioned from sand as was done before the wooden tee was invented.[2][4]

The course was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b CBSSports.com wire reports: Greenbrier resort buys historic Oakhurst Links course in West Virginia, http://www.cbssports.com/golf/story/20552068/greenbrier-resort-buys-historic-oakhurst-links-course-in-west-virginia, Oct. 12, 2012.
  3. ^ Alan Rowe, David Steele, and Vikki Keller (September 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Oakhurst Links" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Ryan Ballengee: Historic Oakhurst links sold at auction, http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golftalkcentral/historic-oakhurst-links-sold-at-auction/, Jul 28, 2012.


This article about a property in West Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article about a sports venue in West Virginia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oakhurst_Links&oldid=701132359"