A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Entry from January 19, 2018
“A golf course is a site to be holed”

“A sight to behold” is sometimes punned as “a site to be holed.” “Ralph Lloyd’s new golf course up in Portland is a site to be holed” was cited in print in 1934 (although the Google Books date may be incorrect). “Here Dan Horn pops in to tell us that the Palos Verdes golf course is a site to be holed” was printed in a 1937 newspaper.
 
“A golf course is a site to be holed!” is a one-line saying that has been printed on an image.
 
     
Google Books
Pacific Oil World
Volume 27
1934
Pg. 102:
Ralph Lloyd’s new golf course up in Portland is a site to be holed.
     
Google Books
The Lloyd Mail
Volume 5
1935
Pg. 8:
And we understand that the St. Nicholas golf course in Scotland is a site to be holed.
   
Newspapers.com
23 August 1937, Wilmington (CA) Press, “Sights Seen Up Avalon & Anaheim” by J.I.C., pg. 1, col. 6:
Here Dan Horn pops in to tell us that the Palos Verdes golf course is a site to be holed.
             
4 August 1965, Augusta (GA) Chronicle, Jim Martin (Chronicle Sports Editor) column, pg. 8, col. 1:
Latest pun: “A golf course is a site to be holed.”
   
9 October 1978, Chillicothe (MO) Constitution-Tribune, “On the Street” by Chuck Haney, pg. 4, col. 2:
And from Charles W. Davis we owe this one…“a golf course is a site to be holed.”
 
Google Books
Nothing but Winners:
Over 6,000 one-liners, alphabetized and categorized for easy reference

By Pat Williams and Ken Hussar
Wilmington, DE: TriMark Publishing Company
1984
Pg. 215:
A golf course is a site to be holed.
 
31 January 1982, Mobile (AL) Press Register, “Today’s chuckle,” pg. 1, col. 2:
A golf course is a site to be holed.
 
21 June 1985, The Whig-Standard (Kingston, ON), “Want to help Hotel Dieu? A little dab of paint will do” by Bill Fitsell, pg. 1:
BROWNIE SEZ: “A golf course is a site to be holed.” To which Jock E. Shorts adds: “Or to be divoted.”
 
22 November 2003, Charleston (WV) Gazette, “Today’s chuckle” by Harlan Collins, pg. 13A:
Golf course: a site to be holed.
     
1 February 2007, Daily Mail (London, UK), “Where there’s a Will there’s a body” by Peterborough, pg. 68:
A GOLF course is a site to be holed.
George Hume, Swinton, Manchester.
   
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weenick‏
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A golf course is a site to be holed!
6:10 AM - 19 Jul 2009
 
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A golf course is a site to be holed.
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Posted by Barry Popik
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