Fort Myers Country Club: The Early Years

By Maryann Dominiak

Fort Myers Country Club debuted in 1917 and has celebrated its centennial. The course is open to the public and has hosted numerous professional competitions. The book begins in 1916, when real estate developers in Fort Myers, then a small, isolated city on Florida's southwest coast, had a vision of a great golf course to attract tourists and winter residents. Based on contemporary newspaper reports and other sources, the book describes how the businessmen obtained the services of Donald Ross as designer, built the course, and hosted a professional tournament to publicize the area. It covers the struggles to maintain the course as the area grew and the sale of the property to the City of Fort Myers. It includes highlights of competitions and profiles of famous golfers who have played there. The story addresses the challenges of retaining the course through the Great Depression and subsequent recovery. It concludes with the 1942 Senior PGA Championship.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 198161835X
• ISBN13: 9781981618354
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.3" x 8.0"