The Stevens Point Country Club received its state charter in 1925 and the first meeting of pledge singers or stockholders was held on October 16, 1925.

In November 1925, the Club picked up land options for the Loss and Denelski properties of approximately 115 acres, together with another 25 acres adjoining old highway 18 (This was most of the present real estate). Later, another adjacent 45 acres was acquired to make up the current 185 acres.

The preliminary layout of the course was made by Mr. Jackson, who, for a fee of $350 staked out the green positions, marked trees to be removed, and prepared a map of locations. The actual construction management of the course was by Professor G.E. Culver, a retired professor of geology at the old Stevens Point Normal School. For his work, he was given a lifetime membership at the Club.

Construction of the original course (9-holes) was done in 1926 and early 1927. In 1926, Margaret Clifford, Vice President, secured a $5000 stock subscription from the Whiting-Plover Paper Company. This was the beginning of many years of backing the Club by Whiting Plover and its executives. That company was the corporate “angel” of yesteryear as Sentry was in the 70’s and 80’s.

The club corporation was the Stevens Point Country Club (same as today) but the operating company was known as The Whiting Country Club. Dues the first of the year (1928) were $40 for a single and $50 for a family with $125 stock share prerequisite.

At one board meeting, 2.5 acres were allotted for golf practice plus tennis and archery. A putting green was authorized because “half of the strokes of this difficult art of golf are made with the putter”. The influence of Whiting Plover and Professor Charles Evans of the Normal School led to the decision to plant tree seedlings on the property. About 50,000 Norway and White Pine trees were planted. Most of the seedlings were set by the Club members with some professional guidance. They were planted as a windbreak and to hold the sandy soil.

Golf prospered at the Stevens Point Country Club because of the foresight to have a resident Golf Professional to run the golf business. Frank “Bobby” DeGuire was the first Golf Professional at the club hired for the first full year of golf in 1928. Bobby had been a caddy in Appleton and had won the State Caddy Championship. Still, in his teens, he was hired as the Golf Professional at Bull’s Eye Country Club in Wisconsin Rapids. Bobby served after the 1952 golf year when he became a sales representative for the Copps Corporation. He continued to serve at the Club as a director and president in 1957.

The first clubhouse was a converted farmhouse with living quarters for the golf professional on the 2nd floor. The 1st floor was augmented with a large porch, which served as a dining and bridge playing area. After the repeal of prohibition in 1933, liquor was served. There was a crowded room for golf supplies, storage, and club repair, etc. This makeshift club house was located where the present clubhouse is located.

The cornerstone for the second Clubhouse was laid in 1953. We know it as the old golf shop. The present Clubhouse was built and dedicated in December of 1969.

The original 1927 course was a 9-hole course. The score card showed 18 holes with the “second 9- holes” a repeat of the first nine. In 1938, the first and only major change in the original 9 was made. In 1965, construction of the new 18-hole course began. With some changes in distances and Tee placements, the first 18-hole course was very similar to the course we now play.

A lot of strokes have been taken - golf, tennis, swimming - since those early days at Stevens Point Country Club. We have a great history in which we can take pride, and a very promising future which is sure to bring more changes as we work toward making the club better each day.