Burlington Golf Club

Specialties

The Burlington Golf Club exists to provide its members with exclusive quality facilities for individual and family recreation, and for entertaining business associates and guests in a distinctive private setting.

The Club is incorporated as a non-​profit private membership organization and is governed by its full members. Its guiding philosophy is to provide exceptional value and satisfaction in member-​oriented social, recreational and dining opportunities.

History

Established in 1898.

Burlington Golf Club is the oldest continuously operating golf club west of the Mississippi River. It traces it roots to 1898, when Charles C. Clark and Jackson Garrett organized friends to purchase land for a private golf club on the north edge of Aspen Grove Cemetary. From the house and first tee (near the cemetery’s present main gate), a nine-​hole course emerged south of sunnyside Avenue in time for play to begin May 30, 1899. documents filed June 7 made it the first incorporated Golf Club West of the Mississippi; the stated object was «to encourage athletic and outdoor sports, particularly the game of golf.»