The Foxburg Country Club and
the golf course are perhaps the most well known of the Fox family
gifts to the community. Congress named Foxburg's golf course as the
oldest golf course in continual use in the United States. The golf
course was founded in 1887 by Joseph M. Fox. Mr. Fox was introduced
to golf while traveling abroad in England to partake in cricket
matches.
Joseph was a member of the
Merion Cricket Club, also known as "The Gentlemen of
Philadelphia." Fox was so intrigued by golf, that upon his
arrival back to the summer estate, he made a three hole course in a
cow pasture. Eventually, the Foxburg Golf Club was established and
the golf course was expanded to nine holes. The Foxburg Country
Club is home to the Golf Hall of Fame.