Golf Scorecard History 101, Indiana
Set #8
Sullivan County Park & Lake GC to Swan Lake GC
A few interesting facts about Indiana:
- The first long-distance auto race in the U. S. was held May 30, 1911, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The winner averaged 75 miles an hour and won a 1st place prize of $14,000. Today the average speed is over 167 miles an hour and the prize is more than $1.2 million. Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the site of the greatest spectacle in sports, the Indianapolis 500. The Indianapolis 500 is held every Memorial Day weekend in the Hoosier capital city. The race is 200 laps or 500 miles long.
- Abraham Lincoln moved to Indiana when he was 7 years old. He lived most of his boyhood life in Spencer County with his parents Thomas and Nancy.
- Explorers Lewis and Clark set out from Fort Vincennes on their exploration of the Northwest Territory.
- The movie "Hard Rain" was filmed in Huntingburg.
- During WWII the P-47 fighter-plane was manufactured in Evansville at Republic Aviation.
- Marcella Gruelle of Indianapolis created the Raggedy Ann doll in 1914.
- The first professional baseball game was played in Fort Wayne on May 4, 1871.
- James Dean, a popular movie star of the 1950s in such movies as "East of Eden" and "Rebel without a Cause", was born February 8, 1941, in Marion. He died in an auto crash at age 24.
- David Letterman, host of television's "Late Show with David Letterman," was born April 12, 1947, in Indianapolis.
- For a comprehensive listing of Indiana courses visit the following link: https://www.golfnow.com/course-directory/us/in
Below are scans of twenty-nine Indiana scorecards from my collection.
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Blog Statistics:
1147 Blog Postings
The total number of golf scorecard images on this site now equals 18,925
The total number of golf photographs on this site now equals 6,374
The total number of all photographs on this site now equals 17,153
Coming Soon:
Additions to Previously Blogged Scorecard Sequences - Set #54
Belgium Scorecards
Iowa Scorecards
The Pink Palace Museum
My golf scorecard collection statistics as of today:
Total Indiana = 1,757
Total USA = 96,880
Total Foreign = 45,912
Total Collection = 142,792
Come back soon and often.
Feel free to leave your comments below.
Scorecard Trading: If you are a casual visitor and a golf scorecard collector and would like to do some scorecard trading contact me at rbglasson@cox.net.
Available: For sale and/or trade - Over 67,000 duplicate golf scorecards. Contact me if you are interested.
