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America's oldest course put up for sale

Associated Press

Saturday, August 15, 2009

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia's Oakhurst Links is up for sale -- the birthplace of American golf, where sheep roam the fairways and modern technology takes a back seat to hickory-shafted clubs. Owner Lewis Keller said that after 50 years, it's time for someone else to oversee the White Sulphur Springs course that held its first competition in 1884. The asking price for the nine-hole course and its museum -- $4.5 million. Keller hopes a new owner can be found to maintain Oakhurst Links in ...

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