Ohio State University Golf Course – Columbus OH

City:
Columbus, OH

Site Type:
Education and Health, Parks and Recreation, Colleges and Universities, Golf Courses

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Completed:
1938

Designer:
Alister MacKenzie

Description

Links Magazine reports that the par-71 Ohio State University Golf Course was built “during the Depression with a grant from the WPA … [T]his strategic gem was restored in 2006 by Buckeye legend Jack Nicklaus, who returned the course to Alister MacKenzie’s original vision.” The course opened in 1938.

Nicklaus.com:
“Alister MacKenzie, the architect of Cypress Point and Augusta National, designed Ohio State’s Scarlet course in 1931 but died in 1934, before ground was broken. Thankfully, Perry Maxwell oversaw the construction, which was completed in 1938. Scarlet has been home to Ohio State players like Jack Nicklaus, Tom Weiskopf and John Cook, and Nicklaus returned recently for a renovation that restored the bunkers and lengthened the course to 7,455 yards.”

Source notes

https://www.linksmagazine.com/golf_courses/ohio-state-golf https://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/pdfs/ppDIRwpa.pdf (Slide 39) https://www.nicklaus.com/design/scarlet/

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 20, 2014.

Location Info


3605 Tremont Rd.
Columbus, OH 43221
Franklin County

Coordinates: 40.037073, -83.05496

Contribute to this Site

We welcome contributions of additional information on any New Deal site.

Submit More Information or Photographs for this New Deal Site

Join the Conversation

Please note:

  • We are not involved in the management of New Deal sites and have no information about visits, hours or rentals.
  • This page shows all the information we have for this site; if you have new information or photos to share, click the button above.

Your email address will not be published, shared, or sold.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Contribute to this Site

We welcome contributions of additional information on any New Deal project site.

Submit More Information or Photographs for this New Deal Site

Join the Conversation

Please note:

  • We are not involved in the management of New Deal sites and have no information about visits, hours or rentals.
  • This page shows all the information we have for this site; if you have new information or photos to share, click the button above.

Your email address will not be published, shared, or sold.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.