Built 1884 Opened 1884 Added to NRHP 4 December 2001 | NRHP Reference # 01001327 Area 15 ha | |
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Location 1 Montague Dr., White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia Address Co Rte 15/5, White Sulphur Springs, WV 24986, USA Architectural style Colonial Revival architecture Similar Greenbrier Bunker West Entr, The Greenbrier, Greenbrier State Forest, Lakeview Golf Resort & Spa, Old Stone Church | ||
Oakhurst links a step back in time
Oakhurst Links is a historic golf course located at White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It is a nine-hole course conceived in 1884, in a design based upon traditional Scottish design elements. The first competition at Oakhurst was held in 1888.
Located on the grounds is course developer Russell W. Montague's home which served as the Oakhurst Links Clubhouse. It was built about 1880, and is a two story "I house" plan dwelling with sparse Colonial Revival stylistic elements. The property was operated as a golf course until 1912, when the property reverted to pasture. In 1994, a restoration effort was launched for the course. Modern players typically dress in period clothes and use hickory-shafted clubs and gutta-percha balls driven from tees fashioned from sand as was done before the wooden tee was invented.
The course was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.