Give and Take: Letter to the sports editor
Country Club sale could be a good thing
I was not surprised when I read the Spokane Country Club could be sold. The rumors and stories about the membership having no plan to continue “their legacy” seems to be true. OK. Let it be sold!
Maybe some of us who really appreciated the course can once again be a part of the golfing legacy the course really offered. What an incredible place to play golf!
I can still remember the sights, sounds, and smells nature offered on the course. In the early spring of 1966, I was hired by the course superintendent at the time, Norris Beardsley, to work grounds maintenance at the club. Gene Carbery was the head professional who gave me permission to play the course most evenings, when most members were not on the course.
As a Mead High School senior I knew I had struck gold. My gold was earning money and playing free golf. I did both until I was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1969. Both Norris and Gene helped me acquire my legacy at the Spokane Country Club. What a great memory!
George Detlaff
Spokane
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