(WJET/WFXP) – Foxburg Country Club, in Foxburg, Clarion County, is the oldest golf course in continuous use in the United States.

In 1887, Joseph Mickle Fox was introduced to golf while traveling in Great Britain. He was playing cricket in Edinburgh, Scotland, and visited St Andrews to see a game of golf. He became friends with Old Tom Morris, the pro at the club. Morris taught Fox the fundamentals of the game and sold him golf clubs and gutta-percha balls to take back to the United States.

When he arrived back at his summer estate in Clarion County, he made an eight-hole course on the Fox Estate. He invited the locals to utilize the course.

The sport became so popular that the size of the course couldn't accommodate everyone who wanted to play. It was decided that the club would build

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