PHOTOS: Look back on a century of fun at Community Golf Club
The 100th-year reception will take place from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Community Pavilion. Tickets are $35 per person and can be purchased at the Community pro shop and online. Hors d’oeurves will be served and there will be a cash bar.
Guest speakers will cover Community Golf Club’s history, artifacts and photos will be on display and a silent auction will be held. Guests will also receive a commemorative gift.
The proceeds will benefit the Friends of Community Golf Club Renovation Project, which is raising funds for on course improvements at Kittyhawk. Donations will be accepted through the Dayton Foundation by phone or online.
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The Community Golf Club was started 100 years ago when John H. Patterson, president of the National Cash Register Company, gave the city of Dayton 294 acres of land in what was then Van Buren Township and now is Kettering.
The land, which was part of Hills and Dales Park, included a nine-hole golf course.
Within six years the city had expanded its golf operation to the pair of 18-hole courses now known as the Hills and Dales courses. The club hosted the National Public Links Championship in 1924.
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