The industrial revolution changed America: many people had more leisure time, and the game of golf, a recent import from Scotland, attracted many enthusiastic players. The buildings and grounds echo with sounds - voices, laughter, music, children playing and the thwack of golf balls and tennis balls being hit. Activities on the golf course, tennis courts and swimming pool have provided entertainment for thousands of people. The San Antonio Country Club’s rich history is a kaleidoscope of the past hundred years of memories and experiences of its members. The year of its founding was the same year that Henry Ford started the Ford Motor Company, Theodore Roosevelt was President of the United States, and construction began on the Panama Canal. When a group of friends living in Laurel Heights organized a club in 1904 for “the support, maintenance and promotion of golf, tennis, and other innocent outdoor sports” they founded the entity that became the San Antonio Country Club, an institution that celebrated its 100 th anniversary in 1904.
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