Williston Golf Club

Williston Golf Club began in 1927, when Frank Talcott built nine holes for his friends and family, complete with sand greens, coffee cans for cups and a single shared set of hickory-shafted clubs. His son George Talcott ran the course until the mid-1960s, and in the late 1960s Frank's daughter Shirley and her husband, Ben Murray, took over. Murray redesigned the layout and added nine holes to make a full 18, and the family kept improving the property, including the clubhouse that now houses Old Duffers Tavern. Frank Talcott's great-grandsons now own and run the club, the fourth generation of the family, and it has marked nearly a century of family ownership. Williston has become a regular championship host, staging the Vermont Masters in 2015, the VGA Mid-Amateur in 2016, the VGA Senior in 2018, the Vermont Amateur in 2021 and the women's senior championship in 2023.