En 1951, 16 empresarios chinos se reúnen en lo que fuera el Restaurante Twin Dragon en Seattle y fundan el Club Chino de Golf de Seattle (Seattle Chinese Golf Club). El Campo de Golf de Jefferson Park en Seattle se establece como su campo local, donde en 1952 juegan su primer torneo por invitación contra el Club de Golf de Vancouver B.C. En 1954 cambiarán su nombre a Seattle Cascade Golf Club. Continúan siendo el club de golf asiático preeminente en el área del Puget Sound.d.
El Club Chino de Golf de Seattle (Seattle Cascade Golf Club) se funda en 1951.
- By Elise Fogel
- Posted 9/03/2010
- HistoryLink.org Essay 9552
Sources:
Cascade Golf Club website accessed August 30, 2010 (http://sites.google.com/site/cascadegolfclubsite); Frank Chin, “Cascade Golf Club 50th Anniversary Dinner (June 23, 2001),” Cascade Golf Club Scrapbook, Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle; Cascade Golf Club Newsletter No. 1, Cascade Golf Club Scrapbook, Wing Luke Museum; Frank Chin, Oral History, December 11, 2002, in the possession of the Wing Luke Asian Museum; Rick Chinn, email to Elise Fogel, September 2010; Bob Fisher, email to Elise Fogel, September 2010.
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