Around Philly & Atlantic City
Philadelphia to Atlantic City, both offer a good choice of public golf courses and private clubs. Philly's Glen Mills golf course is one of Pennsylvania's best, a championship layout with a number of challenging holes. Atlantic City is home to a number of top-rated public golf courses, all well-maintained open layouts that don't disappoint. They include Vineyard Golf's fast and challenging greens (plus its resort's winery tours) and the popular Sand Barrens Golf Club.
Private club
Philadelphia
Current design by Donald Ross (1926); modifications by William Gordon (1950s), Dick Wilson, George Fazio and Robert Trent Jones Sr (1985), Ron Prichard (2003) and Gil Hanse (2017).
Visitors welcome
Atlantic City
Original design by John Reid (1897); remodelled over the years by Willie Park Jr (1915), William S. Flynn (1925) and Tom Doak (1999).
Visitors welcome
Atlantic City
Dan Schlegel (of Ault, Clark & Associates).
Visitors welcome
Philadelphia
Rees Jones
Visitors welcome
Philadelphia
Mark Mungeam designed the North course (1999) and South courses (2002).
Visitors welcome
New York City
Mark A. Mungeam of Cornish, Silva & Mungeam.
Private club
Atlantic City
Tom Fazio
Visitors welcome
Philadelphia
Bobby Weed
Private club
Atlantic City
Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw.
Visitors welcome
New York City
Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Private club
Philadelphia
Current layout designed by William S. Flynn (1928).
Private club
Philadelphia
Hugh Irvine Wilson designed both Merion's East course (1912) and West course (1914).
Visitors welcome
New York City
Hurdzan/Fry Design (Dr Michael J. Hurdzan & Dana Fry).
Private club
Philadelphia
George Arthur Crump (Philadelphian hotelier and Pine Valley's founder) and Harry Colt. The extent of Colt's input is much debated, but would seem to have been significant in terms of the detailed design of each hole, not least the bunkering and green complexes. The feared par-3 5th and 10th holes are among several fully attributed to Colt.
Visitors welcome
New York City
Private club
Allentown
Old course: original design by Herbert Strong (1921), with later renovations by Perry Maxwell (1943) and Tom Fazio (2008).
Grace course: designed by William & David Gordon (1957).
Weyhill course: designed by William & David Gordon (1968), with later revisions by Tom Fazio (2010).
Visitors welcome
Philadelphia
Stephen Kay
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Atlantic City
Ray Hearn
Visitors welcome
Atlantic City
Original design by Hugh Wilson & Donald Ross (1914); renovated by Bob Cupp (1998, 2006).
Visitors welcome
Atlantic City
Original nine holes designed by William S. Flynn, with construction supervised by Howard C. Toomey (1927). Extension to 18-holes and updating of original nine by William Gordon (1957).
Visitors welcome
Atlantic City
Visitors welcome
Philadelphia
Tom Fazio
Visitors welcome
Philadelphia
Edward M. (Ed) Beidel Jr.
Visitors welcome
Atlantic City
Archie Struthers
Private club
Atlantic City
Original design by Hurdzan/Fry Design (1997; lead designer Dana Fry); major renovation by Fry/Straka design (Dana Fry & Jason Straka) (2019/20).
Visitors welcome
Atlantic City
Ed Shearon
Visitors welcome
Philadelphia
Tournaments:
2021 Opens: whether by accident or design, four of the top five mens’ Open Championships played in the British Isles occupy consecutive weeks in July: the Irish Open (1-4), Scottish Open (8-11), The Open (15-18) and Wales Open (22-25). The recently relaunched English Open is scheduled for early-August.
Hoag Classic: Ernie Els defends his title in this prestigious PGA Tour Champions event, played since 1991 at the Newport Beach Country Club, CA (Mar 5-7).
Who's Who:
Brooks Koepka: won his second Phoenix Open title, with a chip-in eagle at TPC Scottsdale’s short par-4 17th included in his final round.
Annika Sörenstam: the legendary Swede makes a return to the LPGA Tour in the Gainbridge LPGA, to be played at Lake Nona, her home club (Feb 25-28).
New course opens for play at Barnbougle
Bill Coore designs 14-hole layout with “sporty” holes on dune ridge above Lost Farm.
New links course planned for Scottish Highlands. Landowner aims to appoint a ‘world-class architect’ to work on site next to Cromarty Firth.
New Faldo Design layout in Vietnam set for summer completion. Nine holes of the course at Thanh Lanh are routed across a the lake peninsula.
Dundonald Links Scotland: Construction work is in progress on new practice facilities and course changes at Dundonald Links in Irvine, Scotland, as part of a £25 million investment by new owners Darwin Escapes that also includes the construction of a new clubhouse with rooms, plus eighteen lodges. Read more ...
R&A submits planning application for new golf facility in Glasgow.
Look up the Top Golf Courses in Scotland.
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