Butler's Golf Course

Butler's Golf Course
Club information
Location Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, near Elizabeth, Pennsylvania
Established 1928
Type Public
Total holes 36
Website Official site
Woodside Course
Par 72
Length 6314
Course rating 69.8
Lakeside Course
Par 72
Length 6689
Course rating 71.3

Butler's Golf Course is a public golf course founded in 1928 located just east of Elizabeth, Pennsylvania. There are two 18-hole courses at this facility, the Woodside and the Lakeside.

Beginnings to the 1960s

The site where the course stands now was originally an airport and a strawberry farm owned by John W. Butler. In 1925 the airport closed when a stunt pilot took Butler's daughter for a ride and did a loop-di-loop.

Soon, Butler hired some people who had knowledge about golf and built the original 18 holes which opened in 1928. The original clubhouse was built in the 1930s, but was destroyed in a tornado on August 3, 1963.

The 1960s to the present

The clubhouse was rebuilt after the tornado, and the Butler house became a bed & breakfast inn for vacationing tourists. The Lakeside course opened in 1963 with nine holes. The original 18 holes were rebuilt and became known as the Woodside course upon completion of the Lakeside course. In 1996, the back nine holes of the Woodside course became known as the Vista course. Nine more holes were added to the Lakeside course in 2000, and the two courses are known as the Woodside and the Lakeside.

The course today

The course is now owned by the fourth generation of the Butler family.

Scorecard

Woodside Course
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Par 5 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 36 5 4 4 3 5 3 4 4 4 36 72
Handicap Men's 18 9 15 5 11 3 7 1 13 17 14 10 12 16 4 8 6 2
Blue 436 155 314 392 322 386 532 417 159 3113 472 352 310 161 503 168 411 417 420 3202 6314
White 421 145 304 382 317 368 512 409 154 3012 458 343 303 153 491 163 401 404 405 3109 6121
Gold 341 135 293 372 311 290 447 323 149 2661 378 259 255 148 421 157 291 280 287 2464 5126
Red 334 125 282 362 307 285 444 317 144 2600 373 254 248 143 419 154 289 277 285 2428 5029
Handicap Women's 7 5 18 1 15 3 9 11 16 14 17 10 8 6 4 12 13 2

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Coordinates: 40°16′01″N 79°48′43″W / 40.267°N 79.812°W / 40.267; -79.812

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