Pelham Country Club

Pelham Country Club
The 273 yard par 4 4th
Club information
Pelham Country Club is located in the United States
Pelham Country Club
Pelham Country Club is located in New York
Pelham Country Club
Coordinates40°53′43″N 73°48′03″W / 40.89528°N 73.80083°W / 40.89528; -73.80083
LocationPelham Manor, New York
Established1921
TypePrivate
Total holes18
Events hostedPGA Championship (1923)
Websitewww.pelhamcc.com
Designed byDevereux Emmet
Par71
Length6,563 yards
Course rating71.4
Slope rating133

Pelham Country Club is a country club located in Pelham Manor in Westchester County, New York. The club hosted the PGA Championship in 1923, in which Gene Sarazen defeated Walter Hagen after 38 holes of play.

History

In 1900, Dr. Charles Ripley Gillett and his brother bought clubs and balls, planted cans in the ground of a cow pasture and proceeded to teach themselves the game of golf, which had recently been introduced into the United States from Scotland. Soon after, the first Pelham Country Club was formed. This club laid out a nine-hole course on the rolling meadows known as the 'Carson Place'. Dr. Edward P. Fowler of New York City bought the Carson place as a summer home. He lived in the farmhouse and rented the grounds to the Pelham Country Club for a golf course.

After some time Dr. Fowler decided to divide his property and the club had to look for a new home. The members explored the possibilities of the Disbrow Farm located far out in the rural northern end of New Rochelle. It comprised 180 acres of level land, which had been under cultivation for several years. After much discussion, the Pelham Country Club made the move to what would then be called the 'Wykagyl Golf Club'.[1]

A few years later Mr. George Phelps started another Pelham Country Club. In 1908 the members decided to expand their club quarters and in 1919 it was decided to convert the Country Club into a Golf Club. Devereux Emmet a noted golf architect from Pelham, NY, was commissioned to lay out the 18-hole course. Construction was started in 1920, and the course was ready by July 1921.

The official opening of the golf course was on July 11–12, 1921, when the British Open Golf Champion Jock Hutchison, and the English golf stars Abe Mitchell and George Duncan played the course with an immense gallery following them. In September 1923, the PGA Championship was played at Pelham Country Club with golf's most prominent players participating. Gene Sarazen and Walter Hagen stole the show, when they finished even-up in the 3-hold final, and went on to extra holes.[2]

Scorecard

Pelham Country Club
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Black M:71.4 / 133 420 219 605 273 514 362 184 430 322 3,329 153 400 411 520 402 157 588 428 175 3,234 6,563
Blue M:70.5 / 131 407 210 570 273 514 330 184 430 322 3,240 153 400 388 508 402 143 558 405 175 3,130 6,370
White M:69.0 / 129
W:74.5 / 134 		400 202 550 268 495 306 169 389 308 3,087 142 385 355 500 387 133 472 375 165 2,914 6,001
Green M:65.7 / 118
W:70.7 / 128 		375 197 475 212 438 292 152 289 252 2,682 88 380 268 460 267 122 435 335 107 2,462 5,144
Par 4 3 5 4 5 4 3 4 4 36 3 4 4 5 4 3 5 4 3 35 71
SI Men's 7 9 1 11 3 13 17 5 15 16 12 10 2 6 18 8 4 14
SI Women's 7 9 1 13 3 11 17 5 15 10 6 8 4 16 14 2 12 18


References

  1. ^ Davis, Barbara (2009). New Rochelle. Arcadia. p. 128. ISBN 9780738565095.
  2. ^ Taaffe, William (18 November 2003). The Sports of the Times: A Day-by-Day Selection of the Most Important, Thrilling and Inspired Events of the Past 150 Years. Macmillan. ISBN 9780312312329. Retrieved 26 August 2012.


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