Kelsey City Golf Course

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Kelsey City Golf Course
Closed - 9 Holes
First Street
North Palm Beach, Florida
Palm Beach County
33408


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In 1920, Harry Kelsey, the visionary of Kelsey City (present day North Palm Beach and Lake Park), planned for three 18 hole golf courses, all to finish at a grand clubhouse on the mainland shore of Lake Worth. The development of the clubhouse and the 3 golf courses were to be performed by Donald Ross.

Harry Kelsey hired Langford and Moreau to design the first 18 hole golf course. Only 9 holes and a small wooden clubhouse were built and the Kelsey City Golf Course opened in 1924.

In 1926, Paris Singer persuaded Harry Kelsey to build an 18-hole golf course and clubhouse on the current grounds of the North Palm Beach Country Club for his planned Blue Heron Hotel on Munyon Island. The Palm Beach Winter Club golf course was designed by Charles Blair MacDonald and Seth Raynor and the clubhouse was designed by Louis DePuyseger. The Palm Beach Winter Club grand opening occurred on January 5, 1927.

Harry Kelsey started to buy back property between the Kelsey City Golf Course and the Palm Beach Winter Club to fulfill his vision of building a third golf course between the 2 courses.

In March 1928, Kelsey went into trusteeship but managed to operate both golf courses.

The September 16, 1928 hurricane destroyed much of Kelsey City and the golf course suffered extensive damage and closed for a short time.

In 1930, Harry Oakes purchased all the unpaid tax certificates of Kelsey's East Coast Finance Corp. which included both golf courses.

After his land purchases, the Oakes family lived in the Palm Beach Winter Club clubhouse until they purchased a home in Palm Beach. Harry Oakes destroyed the Kelsey City Golf Course by removing its irrigation system and pumps.


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