Byron Nelson & The 1944 Minneapolis Four-Ball Golf tournament
On August 15th we posted a question from a reader asking the location of the 1944 Minneapolis Four-Ball event won by Byron Nelson. Apparently our readers have no clue as there were no responses.
However the reader that posed the question apparently also has the answer. Posted below is an email he sent us on the subject.
“I was watching that Byron Nelson special on the Golf Channel tonight and Byron stated that he and Harold McSpaden got the nickname the ‘Gold Dust Twins” in Mpls. in 1944 in winning that event and the newspaper they showed had a headline of it being accomplished in Golden Valley. Logically that would be the country club which is an A.W. Tillinghast design. That course was originally Minneapolis Golf Course started in 1914 and 3 yrs. later was renamed the Golden Valley CC. Mpls. Golf Course started in 1917 in a nearby suburb of St. Louis Park and they hosted the 1959 PGA. There is another course here in Golden Valley- Brookview that was private from 1921 until 1961 until the city took over the operation which continues to this day”
A big round of applause to our reader for his contribution to our golf history knowledge.
Until next time, as always keep ‘em in the fairway.
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