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).
Private club
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
Ryder Cup: Rome plays host to the first ever Ryder Cup to be staged in Italy, with the USA defending golf’s greatest team trophy at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club (Sept 29-Oct 1).
Solheim Cup: also in September, also in southern Europe, the 18th Solheim Cup will be contested at Finca Cortesin on the Costa del Sol, with Europe defending after their surprise win in Toledo, Inverness Club (Ohio) in 2021 (Sept 22-24).
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Céline Boutier: with many successes as both an amateur and professional golfer, Boutier added a major championship title to her impressive résumé at this year’s Evian Championship.
Alex Cejka: buffeted by rain and high winds, especially on the high-scoring final day, Čejka prevailed over Pádraig Harrington in a playoff at Royal Porthcawl, to scoop the Senior Open Championship title.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
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