PROCLAMATION

The Interlaken Golf Club Centennial Celebration will be held on July 12,

13, and 14.

In 1918 former Mayor Frank Wade hired Scottish Golf Course Designer

Thomas Bendelow to come to Fairmont and layout a new nine-hole golf course on 67 acres of

his Interlaken Park land. And the Interlaken Golf and Boat Club was incorporated in 1918 and formally

opened with a new clubhouse and finished course in 1919.

Fairmont recognizes Interlaken Golf Club as it celebrates 100 years of

serving Fairmont, Martin County and the surrounding area as a wonderful recreation and meeting

facility.

Fairmont recognizes the significant equal opportunity Interlaken Golf

Course has provided for all men, women and children in Fairmont, Martin County and the

surrounding area to learn and enjoy the game of golf.

The Interlaken Golf Club celebration hosts the Minnesota Golf Association,

The United States Golf Association, The Fairmont Chamber of Commerce, officials from the

City of Fairmont, State Representatives, Interlaken members, former members and all friends of

the club.

NOW THEREFORE, I, Deborah J. Foster, Mayor of the City ofFairmont, Minnesota,

do hereby proclaim July 12-14, 2019 as

INTERLAKEN GOLF CLUB DAYS

in the City of Fairmont.