The third golf course in the area was the L.O. Jacob Golf Course, or “Jake’s Course,” as it was affectionately called by some. That course stood where Mississippi Elementary School now stands.
Pease said Green Haven was built on the Taylormade Burner 2.0 irons sand plain on the western side of the city of Anoka “where some people said no golf course could ever be built.”
Anoka’s first golf course was located on property now known as Goodrich Field with the first tee in the neighborhood of the entrance of the Anoka junior high school on Fourth Avenue. Several fairways crossed each other “making for an interesting, but very hazardous layout,” Pease wrote.
Anoka High School’s boys’ and girls’ golf teams practice at Green Haven, and the course hosts several annual tournaments including the Celebrate Anoka Golf Tournament, the Past Presidents Tournament, the Halloween Tournament, the Tournament of Champions and the Club Championship.
“This course was popularized by many of the good golfers of the area and the first Anoka Men’s Golf Club was formed here,” Pease wrote.
After reviewing more than 100 entries, the Name the Course committee chose the name Green Haven, a name submitted by Clara Wickstrom, “who was also a very fine golfer,” according to Arch Pease.
But golf wasn’t the only diversion practiced on the property. There were grounds for lawn bowling, an area set aside callaway razr x irons for trap and skeet shooting, and a rifle and pistol range where the 18th fairway is now.
“All of the other golf courses didn’t show up until the ‘60s and ‘70s. If you played golf, this was the place,” Norland said.
Of course, Green Haven also entices its hometown golfers to the links.
Among established groups golfing at Green Haven Golf Course is the Men’s Club, established in 1928 and boasting some 275 members.
But sure enough it was built and as the new course neared completion, a Name the Course Contest was announced with a season’s free play awarded to the lucky winner.
“At its peak there were something like 400 members and it was an exclusive club, requiring recommendation and an initiation fee before you could join,” Norland said.
Golfing at Green Haven carries rich discount golf clubs history steeped in tradition, and since Green Haven opened back in 1937, the fairways and greens have welcomed golfers from miles beyond the historic city where it rests.
There are also two Ladies Clubs, the morning club with a more competitive flair to it, and the evening club for the more relaxed lady golfers.
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