Golf Champ Lived and Played Golf at this Psychiatric Hospital
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Golf Champ Lived and Played Golf at this Psychiatric Hospital

Johnny McDermott, who at age of 19 in 1911 won the first U.S. Open and still holds the record for its youngest winner, was certified by the state as a ʺlunaticʺ and committed to this hospital on 6/23/16, at the age of 24. According to a great article at http://www.foxsportssouth.com/fox-sports-networks/story/Youngest-US-Open-champs-health-problems-?blockID=909587&feedID=3703, the institution's grounds crew, in 1922, ʺbuilt a makeshift six-hole golf course with crisscrossing fairways and barely-mowed greens,ʺ measuring 1,232 yards, for him to play on.

Publication date Jun 24, 2018
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Updated on: Sep 12, 2019

Johnny McDermott, who at age of 19 in 1911 won the first U.S. Open and still holds the record for its youngest winner, was certified by the state as a ʺlunaticʺ and committed to this hospital on 6/23/16, at the age of 24. According to a great article at http://www.foxsportssouth.com/fox-sports-networks/story/Youngest-US-Open-champs-health-problems-?blockID=909587&feedID=3703, the institution's grounds crew, in 1922, ʺbuilt a makeshift six-hole golf course with crisscrossing fairways and barely-mowed greens,ʺ measuring 1,232 yards, for him to play on.

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Norristown State Hospital , 1001 Sterigere St, Norristown, Pennsylvania, 19401, United States
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