Butler's Golf Course is a public golf course founded in 1928 located in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Elizabeth is a Borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania on the east bank of the Monongahela river where PA Rte There are two 18-hole courses at this facility, the Woodside and the Lakeside.
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Beginnings to the 1960s
The original 18 holes were built by John W. Butler, whose family has continued the operation of the course since the late 1920s. The original clubhouse was built in the 1930s, but was destroyed in a tornado on August 3, 1963. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
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. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.
The course today
The course is now owned by the fourth generation of the Butler family.
Trivia
- Butler's was one of the first public courses in Pennsylvania.