History & local legend
At Brackenridge Heights Golf Course in Harrison, local lore connects a boy’s ghost with the pond beside the fourth hole. In the story, he fell through the ice while playing with his sister and a friend. The other two children survived.
Course owner Ted Tomson described his own sightings to the Valley News Dispatch in October 2013. During one winter conversation in the bar, he caught sight of a scarf-wearing boy apparently skating on the putting green. Each time he turned for a better look, the figure was gone.
Tomson estimated that he had seen the boy about eight times. Others reported him peeking around trees or appearing elsewhere on the course.
Sources
- R. A. Monti, “Ghost hunt set at Harrison golf course,” Valley News Dispatch, October 20, 2013, interview with course owner Ted Tomson
- Brackenridge Heights Golf Course seller’s offering memorandum, clubhouse, course and 1299 Lane Avenue address
- OpenStreetMap, fourth hole of Brackenridge Heights, mapped par three
- Open Yardage, Brackenridge Heights scorecard and fourth-hole map from OSM
- R. A. Monti, Ghost hunt set at Harrison golf course, October 20, 2013
