Springhaven Clubhouse, c.1907
The Golf Association of Philadelphia’s website includes a brief history of Delaware County’s first golf club – the Springhaven Club, formed in 1896.
Eleanor Reed toured Europe in the summer of 1896, saw golf being played in France, tried it herself, fell under its spell, and returned to her home in Media eager to organize a golf club there. Fortunately, several of her neighbors— Dr. Casper T. Miller, who had also recently played in Europe, and Henry and Ida Dixon, who had been introduced to the game some months earlier in Bermuda— were equally enthusiastic.
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