Foxburg Golf Club

Foxburg Golf Club, 60 miles north of Pittsburgh, just off and south of I-80. It's the oldest, continuously operated golf club in the United States. The course opened in 1887 after Joseph Mickle Fox, a wealthy Mainliner from Philadelphia was in England for a cricket match and happened along a golf course there. Upon his return home, he developed the course at the site of his summer estate, land that was received in a deal with William Penn. , Fox was owed money by Penn and to satisfy the debt Penn offered Fox as much land as he could walk in a day to call it square. Penn evidently hire a fast indian to walk off the boundaries, and the course was born. The,course remains nine holes, on a hilly, heavily wooded ancient oaks, on an bluff above the Allegheny River. The course is short, the greens small, fairways narrow, and the bunkers few. In addition to the golf club, the clubhouse is home to the American Golf Hall of Fame, which was an ill-fated attempt by a couple of developers to make Foxburg a tourist stop. It never took off, but the memorabilia is still there, and if you're any kind of an historic buff, it's a treat. It is located in the Golf Club's log clubhouse's second floor and overlooks the river valley, and houses a collection of hickory clubs and memorabilia that's priceless. If you're passing by on I-80, this is a worthy stop.