Wow! There was a lot of controversy over yesterday's question. You know there is a lot of information out there about golf history and some of it is contradictory. We did a lot of research and believe we did offer the correct answer in our options, which was Foxburg Golf Course.
"http://turf.lib.msu.edu/1950s/1952/520405.pdf">Th e USGA Journal and Turf Management Publication from April, 1952. "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_golf_his tory_%281851-1945%29">Wikipedia.com History of Golf "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxburg%2C_Pennsylvania">Wikipedia.com About Foxburg, PA
"http://cip.cornell.edu/Dienst/UI/1.0/Summarize/ps u.ph/1133214424">History of the Foxburg Country Club by Nancy K. Ketner "http://www.foxburggolf.com">The Foxburg Website "http://www.golfnow.com/course-directory/pennsylvania">And of course, our website!
On the Middlesboro website, www.middlesborocountryclub.net, they state it opened in 1889, but then claim to be the oldest continuously played course in the United States. They appear to have opened as a 9 hole course, where Foxburg opened as a 5 hole course. So maybe they are trying to draw a distinction there? Regardless, we are sticking with our answer!