After the Bob Hope Exhibition on July 3, followed by the United States Golf Association Public Links championship, the Rancho golf course opened to the Public on July 17, 1949. Greens fees were $1 for 18 holes!
The Los Angeles Times reported that,
“A capacity play of 400 golfers crowded the new Rancho municipal course yesterday on the first day of public use of the city’s latest 18-hole links.”
“From 4:40 a.m., when the clubhouse doors were open and several score early waitees headed for the starter’s window, until 6 o’clock when the place was jumping. By 7 a.m. a four-hour wait was needed to get a starting time at the first tee.”
“Weekday play at Rancho will start at 6 a.m.”
©2019 golfhistoricalsociety and jibjones All Rights Reserved.
I am interested in speaking to someone about a photo of George Thomas and Billy Bell from an issue of this magazine