The First Golf
Before the Eagles Mere golf course was built, there were several awkward attempts at bringing golf to the mountain. In the parlance of golf...Read more
Eagles Mere Golf Club formed
Near the end of the 1911 summer season, after the Eagles Mere Athletic Association had still...Read more
The Course Opened
The Williamsport Gazette and Bulletin announced on June 17, 1913: The new course, on what was...Read more
The Club Joined USGA
After the first summer of the new course, the Eagles Mere Golf Club became one of the early members of the...Read more
The First Pro, Joe Higgins
As the 1914 season was beginning, the Eagles Mere Golf Club hired its first golf professional. He was 25...Read more
A Course Designer was Hired
In 1915, according to Bill Albertini, who later served as president of both the Eagles Mere Country Club...Read more
Flynn Designed the Rest
Flynn, who was just beginning his long career as a golf course architect, was retained to expand the...Read more
A 14-Hole Course
Five holes added to the course in time for play during the summer of 1918.Read more
Heavy Play in the 20s
When the 18-hole Eagles Mere golf course was finally opened for play in 1923, the road up the mountain from...Read more
An 18 Hole Golf Course
It took five more years to carve out the remaining four holes. They were cut out of the forest on a hilly...Read more
The Boy Scout Caddy Camp
One major problem in the era long before riding golf carts became popular was finding enough caddies to carry...Read more
The Number 2 Course
The 18-hole Eagles Mere golf course became so popular and crowded that in 1924 the club decided to build...Read more
Part of the Second Course Opened
The first five holes of the Number Two Course were opened for play in the summer of 1927 while...Read more
Second Course Abandoned
After the first five holes were constructed, pretty much as Flynn designed them, there were drastic changes in the...Read more
Higgins Returns
Joe Higgins, who had been the Eagles Mere Golf Club’s first golf pro from 1914 to 1916...Read more
The Reorganization Plan
Intense negotiations between the bondholder group and club lawyers eventually...Read more
Last of the Boy Scout Caddies
While all this fast-paced golf was going on, a longtime Eagles Mere tradition was coming...Read more
Caddies and Carts
Now the caddy camp was phasing out and the club had built a shelter for...Read more
Initiation Fees began
The early 1970s were financial lean years for the club. The closings of the...Read more
The Albertini Era
So many great changes moved the club forward during the Bill Albertini Era...Read more
Clubhouse Reconstruction
The next major physical improvement was the clubhouse, the old structure...Read more
New Maintenance Facility
In 1995 the old maintenance facility, actually little more than a barn in the...Read more
Golf Course Irrigation System
In 1996 the club wanted to build an irrigation system to water the golf course...Read more
New Bunkers
All of the existing bunkers were rebuilt in 2011. The existing bunkers were in...Read more
