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Beaver Lodge Golf and Country Club improves its seventh hole, 1964

Also 1964 Beaver Lodge seventh golf hole · Matt Melville seventh green

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1964-07
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
circa 1964-07
Kind
Construction
Where
Beaver Island
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Beaver Island

Summary

The July 1964 Beaver Beacon reported extensive improvements to Beaver Lodge Golf and Country Club’s nine-hole course. It described a seventh hole redesigned and constructed by local professional Matt Melville, planted with Toronto C 15 creeping bent grass, and planned to open during the season.

Evidence and limits

This is a contemporary course-improvement report. It does not provide course plans, contracts, maintenance records, or a later report confirming the new hole’s operating date.

Sources

  1. Reports extensive improvements to the nine-hole course, a seventh hole redesigned and constructed by local professional Matt Melville, Toronto C 15 creeping bent grass, and plans to open the new hole during the season; it does not provide course plans, contracts, or a later operating report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1964-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1964-07_Beaver-Beacon

Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Lodge Golf and Country Club improves its seventh hole, 1964”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-beaver-lodge-seventh-hole-improvement-1964/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1964, “Golf Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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