History & local legend
Skytop Lodge’s golf course was designed by Robert W. White and was ready when the resort opened in 1928. The fifteenth hole—a long par five—is the setting for a story about two golfers who wanted to remain close to a place they loved.
In the account shared by the Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau in 2004, the couple chose the fifteenth tee as the place for their ashes to be scattered after their deaths. Later visitors reportedly saw the pair there again.
Sources
- Pocono Record, Many local resorts, parks boast a ghost, October 30, 2004, Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau’s Skytop entry
- Times Leader, Family in Mind, contemporary golf report describing the 551-yard fifteenth
- Golf Association of Philadelphia, Skytop Lodge course history and Robert W. White attribution
- OpenStreetMap, mapped fifteenth hole with ref 15 and par five