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C.B. Macdonald is without a doubt the de facto father of American golf. Born in Canada and raised in Chicago by a Scottish father and Canadian mother he was sent to St. Andrews to attend university in the early 1870s. It was here that he fell in love with golf while playing alongside the likes of Old and Young Tom Morris at St. Andrews' Old Course.
After university Macdonald returned to Chicago and became a successful businessman. He gave up golf until the early 1890s when he re-immersed himself in the game with a vengeance. He was instrumental in growing the game in its early American days, instrumental in the founding of the United States Golf Association (USGA) and the first US Amateur champion. C.B. Macdonald is possibly the most significant and important person in American golf of all time.
Notable courses designed by C.B. Macdonald include National Golf Links in Southampton, NY; Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, IL; Piping Rock in Locust Valley, NY and in Bermuda the Mid-Ocean Club.
C.B. Macdonald courses visited by The Itinerant Golfer:
Chicago Golf Club / Wheaton, IL (1894)
National Golf Links of America / Southampton, NY (1911)
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