- Date
- 1963-06-23
- Kind
- Sports
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communitytourism
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Beaver Lodge Golf and Country Club hosted Beaver Island’s first annual golf tournament on June 23, 1963. The July Beaver Beacon lists ten entrants and their reported scores, followed by a buffet supper and prize presentation.
Evidence and limits
The result is preserved as a newspaper sports report. It does not establish the club’s legal organization, course layout, complete field, or independent score cards.
Open questions
- Do club records, scorecards, or photographs preserve the tournament field and course details?
Sources
- Reports the June 23 first annual Beaver Island tournament at Beaver Lodge Golf and Country Club, a buffet supper, and named scores for ten entrants from Michigan communities; it does not provide a course register or complete entrant list.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-07_Beaver-Beacon
- 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 · 1963-07_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “First annual Beaver Island golf tournament, 1963”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-july-1963-golf-tournament/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1963, “Stage Golf Tourney on Beaver Island.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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