Happy 75th Birthday to the Ritzville Golf Course

On Sept. 26, the 75th birthday of the Ritzville Golf course will be celebrated with a tournament followed by a barbeque. The fee is $30 per person, which includes the barbecue. Sign up now (at the Club House) for the Best Ball tournament.

Following is a condensed version of the History of the Ritzville Golf Course, which was edited and updated in September 2012 by Miles Athey. I hope you find it as interesting as I did.

Originally, a six-hole course was carved out of sagebrush hills by M.D. ”Foxy” Thiel and friends near Ritzville’s airport, Pru Field. It was rudimentary and consisted of dirt t...