The course layout is recreated using The course was designed by A.W. Tillinghast, a golf legend who was the architect of more than 100 golf courses ‒ many of them have hosted major championships including famed Baltusrol, Winged Foot, and Bethpage Black.
The Jungle Country Club was a historic golf course and hotel located in the Jungle section of St. Petersburg, Florida. The golf course opened in 1916 and is notable for being Babe Ruth's favorite winter course - he played well over 100 rounds here. Pictures of the greatest celebrity of the era playing golf in St. Petersburg were published in national newspapers, promoting tourism and popularizing the sport of golf. The golf course property is now a residential neighborhood. The hotel is listed on the St. Petersburg Register of Historic Places and is now Admiral Farragut Academy.
1942 Aerial Image:
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| Center: golf course fairways (light gray): upper right: Piper-Fuller Field; left: shoreline and Boca Ciega Bay; white line on far right: Seaboard Air Line railroad tracks, now the Pinellas Trail. Source: Pinellas County HISTORICAL AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY. |
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