Roy Mason painting
November 24, 2012 update: A longtime supporter of Cobb’s Creek, Don D., checked in to tell us he has a 1917 painting […]
Category: Cobb’s History
Early photo of the 3rd green
November 14, 2012 update: After a dormant period on the blog, I hope this is the first of many additions this off-season! […]
Bob Hope at Cobb’s Creek
July 24, 2012 update: Two PGA tournaments were held at Cobb’s Creek GC (1955 and 1956 Daily News Open). Below is a picture […]
3rd green in 1916
June 12, 2012 update: Below is a picture of the 3rd green in 1916 (from the Public Ledger).
Ladies exhibition match at Cobb’s
June 11, 2012 update: Exhibition matches involving prominent amateur golfers were popular in the 10s and 20s. Below is a photo of one […]
Get in line to play Cobb’s Creek!
June 7, 2012 update: Back in the 20s it was not unusual to have a multitude of people waiting to tee off […]
Army AAA Gun Site program aerial
June 1, 2012 update: The reason part of Cobb’s Creek GC changed dramatically was due to the installation of an Army AAA […]
President Taft lobbies for public course for Philadelphia
May 30, 2012 update: William Evans, the golf writer for the Public Ledger, grew tired of there being no public course in […]
Ball stuck in tree
May 29, 2012 update: Below is an entertaining picture from the 4th hole at Cobb’s from the July 10, 1928 edition of […]
Young Charlie Sifford at Cobb’s Creek
Memorial Day, 2012 update: Charlie Sifford was the first African-American on the PGA Tour. Did you know he honed his game at […]
Cobb’s Creek is busy
May 26, 2012 update: Do you know how busy Cobb’s Creek was in the 20s? Some years more than 80,000 golfers are […]
Cobb’s Creek designers
May 25, 2012 update: A variety of people likely helped design and build Cobb’s Creek. As support, this snippet from the Jan […]
1916 Daily Eagle article
May 19, 2012 update: Even a New York newspaper praised Cobb’s Creek soon after it opened! Read about it below (from the […]
Joe Dey Golfing Waterloo
May 14, 2012 update: Before Joe Dey went on to the USGA and later the first president of the PGA, he was […]
1915 Record pictures
May 11, 2012 update: On May 30, 1915 the Philadelphia Record published some pictures updating the progress at Cobb’s Creek. See them […]
Public Ledger 12th hole
May 10, 2012 update: Below is a picture (Public Ledger, 1915) of the original 12th hole, a downhill par 3. Currently this […]
1928 Public Links routing
May 8, 2012 update: Below is the routing for the US Publinx tourney at Cobb’s Creek in 1928.
1915 Inquirer routing
May 7, 2012 update: Not long after the Public Ledger showed a routing (see May 5th update below) for Cobb’s Creek GC, […]
1915 Public Ledger routing
Cinco de Mayo, 2012 update: Below is the original routing at Cobb’s Creek GC from the April 11, 1915 edition of the […]
Til De Palma interview
May 4, 2012 update: In the summer of 2008 the Friends of Cobb’s Creek Golf Course met with Til De Palma, probably […]
1934 Cobb’s Creek tags
May 2, 2012 update: Late last year a friend sent pictures (here and here) of two Cobb’s Creek tags he owns (from […]
Site Overview
April 26, 2012 update: A century ago, Philadelphia’s golf leaders believed that building exceptionally challenging golf courses would help develop top competitive […]