 Clubhouse, April 2012 | |
| Club information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Normandy, St. Louis County, near St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Established | 1901 |
| Type | Private |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Events hosted | 1904 Summer Olympics |
| Website | Official website |
| Designed by | James Foulis[1] |
| Par | 71[2] |
| Length | 6382 yards[3] Longest hole is #4 - 538 yards[1] |
Glen Echo County Club, located in Normandy, Missouri,[4] is a private golf club that was founded by George McGrew and his son-in-law, Albert Bond Lambert.[1] Completed in 1901, it was the first 18-hole golf course in St. Louis and the first golf course constructed west of the Mississippi River.[1] The course hosted the golf events for the 1904 Summer Olympics.[1][5]
- ^ a b c d e Healey, Jim. "Glen Echo County Club". golfclubatlas.com. Accessed 7 July 2010.
- ^ Golf course information. - accessed 7 July 2010.
- ^ Golflink.com profile of the Glen Echo Country Club. - accessed 7 July 2010.
- ^ Golfnation.com profile of Glen Echo Country Club. Archived 2010-06-15 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 7 July 2010.
- ^ Spalding's report of the 1904 Summer Olympics. Archived August 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine pp. 231, 233.