Golf Scorecard History 101, Mississippi
Set #5
Hickory Hill CC to Laurel CC
Flag of Mississippi
Some interesting facts about Mississippi:
- In 1963 the University of Mississippi Medical Center accomplished the world's first human lung transplant and, on January 23, 1964, Dr. James D. Hardy performed the world's first heart transplant surgery.
- Borden's Condensed Milk was first canned in Liberty.
- In 1902 while on a hunting expedition in Sharkey County, President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt refused to shoot a captured bear. This act resulted in the creation of the world-famous teddy bear.
- The world's largest shrimp is on display at the Old Spanish Fort Museum in Pascagoula.
- The first bottle of Dr. Tichener's Antiseptic was produced in Liberty.
- The world's largest cactus plantation is in Edwards.
- Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, on January 8, 1935.
- H.T. Merrill from Luka performed the world's first round trip trans-oceanic flight in 1928.
- In 1884 the concept of selling shoes in boxes in pairs (right foot and left foot) occurred in Vicksburg at Phil Gilbert's Shoe Parlor on Washington Street.
- According to golflink.com there are nearly two hundred golf courses in Mississippi. This issue presents twenty-six Mississippi golf scorecards.
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