History
THE TRADITION
"Remember that our club is still in the making and that we want to make it such a club that because of the physical exercise in the open, because of the good friendship and good sportsmanship, you are a better companion, more efficient in your daily life and a greater source of happiness in the family circle." - 1920 Annual Meeting Notice
The "Roaring Twenties" had just begun when a group of University of Minnesota professors and local business leaders met to develop plans for a new 18-hole golf course on farm land adjacent to the University's St. Paul campus. Â As golf was exploding in popularity across the United States after World War I, members of the recently formed University Club were looking to expand their "playground."
Consider the era: Â In St. Paul, Vaudeville acts were still popular at the Orpheum Theater. Â The St. Paul Saints were in first place ahead of the Minneapolis Millers and F. Scott Fitzgerald published his first novel, This Side of Paradise. Â Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen were the top golfers in the land and Babe Ruth had just been sold to the New York Yankees for $125,000.
It was during this period that Midland Hills was born!
The Golf Club was initially established almost entirely by a group of faculty members of the University of Minnesota. Â On July 15, 1915, as a 'voluntary, unincorporated University of Minnesota Golf Club' they leased ground for a golf course from Mr. and Mrs. John G. Barrett.
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