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THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MAY 8-9 2014
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Here are Otsego County’s golf courses: COLONIAL RIDGE 195 Bateman Rd, Laurens 9 or 18 holes PHONE: Pro Shop: (607) 263-5291 WEBSITE: www.ColonialRidgeGolf.com
OLF PIONEERED AT GLIMMERGLASS
LEATHERSTOCKING GOLF COURSE 60 Lake Street, Cooperstown 18 holes PRO: Director of Golf Dan W. Spooner PHONE: 544-2547 WEBSITE: www.otesaga. com/leatherstockinggolf-course
BEST BETS Otsego Golf Course manager Sarah Stewart’s dogs BB and Frank keep the Canada geese off the fairways on the county’s oldest course – and, at 120, one of the oldest in the nation.
MEADOW LINKS 476 County Highway 27, Richfield Springs 18 holes PHONE: (315) 858-1646 WEBSITE: www.MeadowLinks.com ONEONTA COUNTRY CLUB 9 Country Club Drive, Oneonta, NY 13820 9 or 18 holes PRO: Matthew Schulte, PGA PHONE: 432-9074 WEBSITE: www.OneontaCountryClub.org OTSEGO GOLF COURSE 144 Pro Shop Drive, Springfield Center, 9- & 18-hole layout PRO: (not PGA certified): Golf teacher, youth coach Bobby Amore PHONE: 547-9290 WEBSITE: www.OtsegoGolf.com OULEOUT CREEK GOLF COURSE 13501 State Hwy 357, Franklin 18 holes PRO: Gordie Faulkner available for single, group lessons. PHONE: 829-2100 WEBSITE: www.ouleoutgolf.com RED PINES GOLF COURSE 580 County Hwy 20, Edmeston 9 or 18 holes PHONE: 965-6714 WEBSITE: www.facebook.com/pages/ Red-Pines-Golf-
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO
Enjoy a garden picnic at Hyde Hall much the same way Milly Clarke and the Lathrop sisters did in 1919.
Celebrate Mom With High Tea at Hyde Hall
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how Mom an old-fashioned good time with spring tea and treats in the drawing room of Hyde Hall. Maypole dancing on the lawn, hat making, crafts and lectures. Free, public welcome. 1-5 p.m. Saturday, May 10. Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-5098.
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Otsego Golf Course, Among Earliest, Turns 120 By LIBBY CUDMORE
SWAP ART: Clean off your walls and take home something new at an Art Swap to raise money for the Tandle family, who lost their Hartwick home to fire. Live music, silent auction. 6-8 p.m. Friday, May 9, Smithy Pioneer Gallery, 55 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. Info, information@smithyarts.org.
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t’s hard to imagine, but 130 years ago there were fewer than a dozen golfers in the U.S. But among those dozen or so were Leslie PellClarke and George Hyde Clarke right here on Glimmerglass’ shores. “George went to school at Eton and was raised an English gentleman, so he learned how to play golf and brought it over here,” said Alice Smith Duncan, former executive director at Hyde Hall, where Gentleman George’s golf clubs are part of the collection. But Clarke and Pell-Clarke Hyde Clarke’s needed a place to play this new score card. sport, and thus, in 1894 – 120
ZUMBATHON: Get fit to raise funds for educational programs in Ghana. $7. Noon-3 p.m. Saturday, May 10, Lambros Arena, Hartwick College. Info, Dr. Elizabeth Bloom, bloome@ hartwick.edu.
Hyde Hall Executive Director Jon Maney, right, and his predecessor Alice Smith Duncan try out “Gentleman George” Hyde Clarke’s 1890s- vintage clubs.
INNER PEACE: S.H.I.F.T Holistic Living and Spirit Fair features workshops, demonstrations and more to help you attain a more in-tune path. $6 advance, $8 at door. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, May 10-11, Hunt Union, SUNY Oneonta. Info, www. tuningin-tuningup.com.
years ago this season – the Otsego Golf Club was born on farmland owned by Henry Wardwell and Pell-Clarke. “It was the first course in Otsego CounPlease See 120TH, B4
Oneonta Country Club Reaching Out To New Players By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA
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day on the links is becoming an endangered species, a relic of a more leisurely time. “Golf as a sport has been on the decline nationwide,” said Kermit Weaver, president of the Oneonta Country Club. “It’s no different here.” The 101-year-old, members-only club, which was built on the J.S. Bull Farm in
Ian Austin/ AllOTSEGO.golf Oneonta CC Pro Matt Schulte drives at the double 10th-11th tee.
OGRE THEATRE: Orpheus brings everyone’s favorite Ogre to the stage with “Shrek the Musical” 8 p.m. Saturday, May 10, 3 p.m. Sunday, May 11, Goodrich Theatre, SUNY Oneonta. Info, www.orpheustheatre.com.
1913, is attempting to combat the decline by opening up the course to the public. “Anyone can come in and play eight times a year as a non-member,” said Weaver. “And that’s not counting our Wednesday and Thursday league games. You can play a lot.” Member-owned clubs are increasingly rare these days. “It used to be 70 percent of clubs were members-only,” said Weaver. “Now those numbers have switched, and 70 percent are public.” Please See REACH OUT, B4
BLUEBIRD LUNCH: John Roberts presents “All About Bluebirds” at the Butternut Valley Garden Club. Public welcome. $20. 11:30 a.m. Friday, May 9, The Old Mill, 2032 St. Hwy. 8 Mount Upton. Info, reservations, Anne Sebeck, (607) 783-2232.
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