Fact-check: “East Lake is the oldest golf club in the US”
Verdict: False (95% confidence)
East Lake Golf Club was established in 1904 and is consistently described — including by its own website and the PGA TOUR — as Atlanta's oldest golf course, not the oldest in the US. Multiple clubs predate it by decades: Saint Andrew's Golf Club (Yonkers, NY, 1888) calls itself the oldest continuously operating golf club in the US and was a USGA founding member; Foxburg Country Club (PA, 1887) is recognized by the USGA as the oldest course in continuous use at the same location; Oakhurst Links…
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