The Onwentsia Club takes its origins from a small seven hole course laid out in the lawn of Senator Charles B. Farwell’s (located where Lake Park is today) in 1893. This short course was laid out by Mr. Chatfield-Taylor, husband to Mrs. Rose Farwell Chatfield-Taylor, between the flowerbeds and trees using sunken tomato cans for holes. This diminutive course was known as the Lake Forest Golf Club.
