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2011
DELAWARE, SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND MARYLAND
GOLF GUIDE
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Coucal
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Guilty Pleasures
The Area’s 36 Most Beautiful Holes
No. 12,
Rolling Green
Golf Club,
Springfield, Pa.
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The Reviews:
Downingtown and Hooper’s Landing
A SUPPLEMENT TO:
Justin Martinson Preps for the Pros
Staying the Course:
Clubs Adjust in Rough Times
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Contents
2011 Golf Guide
G20
G4 Chip Shots
DSGA 2010 Player of the Year Justin Martinson prepares for life as a pro.
PLUS: Who’s tops in the GAP and DSGA, keeping the clubs swinging,
tips to sharpen your game, and more. by Reid Champagne
G10 Review: Downingtown Country Club. by Reid Champagne
G14 Review: Hooper’s Landing Golf Course. by Reid Champagne
G18 A Phantastic Retreat
Headed for spring training in Clearwater next year?
Do baseball and golf in style. by Martin Roberti
G20 The 36 Most Beautiful Holes
Golf’s guilty pleasures. by Reid Champagne
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G28 A Guide to Area Golf Courses and Clubs
G34 The Parting Shot: The six stages of golf grief. by Reid Champagne
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Chip shots
DSGA 2010 Player of the Year Justin Martinson prepares for life as a pro.
If memory begins at the age of three for
most of us, then Justin Martinson’s entire
store of recollections revolve around golf.
“My dad gave me my first set of clubs
when I was 3 years old,” says Martinson,
the Delaware State Golf Association’s
Player of the Year for 2010 and a 2010
University of Delaware graduate.
“He really loved those clubs,” says
Martinson’s dad, Jack, of that first set,
made by renowned clubmaker Fisher-Price.
Later graduating to that great fatherson tradition of a cut-down driver, Justin
accompanied Dad—a single-digit handicapper—to the driving range. “He was
always accurate and on target,” says the
proud father.
By age 8, Justin began playing tournament golf and, by 10, “knew that golf was
going to be my future,” he says.
Justin recalls breaking 70 for the first
time at the age of 12. “I shot a 69 playing with my dad on a course in northern
California, and followed it up with a 67.”
That was when Jack knew he had gone
as far as he could as a teacher and it was
time to let the professionals nurture and
shape his son’s skills. By that time, though,
Jack had already instilled in his son some of
those intangibles that all eventual pros will
recall in their own development.
“I taught him to have fun practicing,”
Jack says. “I’d invent little games for him
to play while chipping and putting on the
practice greens.”
In what might turn out to be the best
lesson of all for his son, Jack also imparted
the wisdom of “focusing on one shot at a
time, make the best of a bad situation and
never let temper take over.”
Justin didn’t win a tournament until he
was 16, after his family had moved to Kennett Square, Pa., from South Korea. “He
had a lot of second-place finishes,” says
Jack, “but it took playing in the International Junior Golf Tournament circuit in
Hilton Head, S.C., where he won six of
those tournaments in one year.”
There, Justin competed against some
of the best high school prospects from
around the world.
“He matured during that time,” Jack
says. “He learned how to win and developed
that level of confidence needed to win.”
Justin was also under the expert guidance of golf instructor John Dunigan, who
was teaching at Hartefeld National in
Avondale, Pa., at the time.
“Dad was supposed to be looking for
housing,” jokes Justin, “but he went looking for a golf instructor for me instead.”
“I pulled into Hartefeld looking for
both,” corrects Jack. “I talked to John
about Justin and he said, ‘Bring him over
for a lesson.’”
With his trademark effusiveness,
Dunigan reported back to Jack after that
lesson, “This kid is first class. Of course I’ll
teach him.”
Dunigan says Justin’s mechanics were
“fantastic,” adding “he hit the ball harder
than his size would
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J A R E D C A S TA L D I
Justin Time
By Reid Champagne
Blaise of Glory
Blaise Giroso began his golf career at 16, with his only formal
lessons coming from the pages of Ben Hogan’s “Power Golf.”
The Delawarean eventually became one of the dominant area
players during the 1980s.
The Golf Association of Philadelphia recently recognized
Giroso’s achievements by leading off the 2011 edition of its
“Legends” video series with his profile.
“I started by knocking around golf balls at my dad’s place
of business when I was about 8 or 9 years old,” says Giroso.
“I started playing on a regulation course at Arrowhead in
Pottstown because they allowed 11-year-olds to play.”
By 1980, however, Giroso had already made a name for
himself in amateur golf, starting off with a win at the Rock
Manor club championship on the day of his graduation from high
school. “I was late for the ceremony because I’d won,” he says.
J A R E D C A S TA L D I
Blaise Giroso is featured in GAP’s “Legends” video series.
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By the start of that decade, Giroso had won the 1978 Blue
Hen Classic, the 1979 Delaware State Golf Association Better
Ball tournament, and then went on to win his first Delaware
Amateur the day after turning 21. Giroso won five DSGA
Amateur titles, along with a 1984 Delaware State Open
championship. In the 1980s Giroso claimed a Patterson Cup
trophy (beating, among others, local legend Buddy Marucci
in a playoff) and captured three Silver Cross Awards, given
to the golfer with the lowest aggregate score in the Amateur
and Patterson Cup tourneys.
Despite all of his success to that point as an amateur,
Giroso says he never considered turning pro. “My idol had
been Jay Siegel, who was successful as a businessman
and father along with being a top amateur,” Giroso says.
Yet in 1994, at the age of 36, Giroso collected sponsorship
money from friends and qualified for the Canadian Tour,
where he finished 54th on the money list. But after two failed
attempts to pick up a PGA Tour card at Q school, Giroso, with
a young son by then, asked himself, “What am I doing?”
He regained his amateur status, and competed until 1998.
“I played in the 2007 and 2010 Delaware Amateurs, but really
play golf just for fun now,” he says.
Married and the father of two teenage boys (older son Blaise
has played in numerous junior tournaments, won Fieldstone’s
junior championship and is on the Salesianum School golf team),
Giroso is content to “live golf through my son,” tend his real
estate business and play an average of 10 or 12 rounds per season.
“I still love the game,” he says.
Launched in 2010, GAP’s “Legends” video series features
prominent local players recalling their experiences and
accomplishments both on and off the golf course. Giroso’s
appearance marks the fifth installment in the series. O. Gordon
Brewer Jr. of Pine Valley Golf Club, Herman J. Fry of Reading
Country Club, John Guenther Jr. of Heidelberg Country Club
and Lincoln Roden III of Huntingdon Valley Country Club have
been previously featured.
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Players of the Year
Who’s tops in the GAP?
Keeping the Clubs Swinging
Local courses make creative adjustments
to survive the tough times.
Michael Brown of Lookaway
Golf Club used a victory at the
Philadelphia Open to capture
the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s Player of the Year honors.
Brown, 37, needed the win after
failing to even qualify for the
Amateur Championship, missing the cut by a “head shaking”
six shots. A seventh-place finish
at the Mid-Am helped seal the
deal for POY.
Charles McClaskey of Back
Creek Golf Club took the GAP
Super-Senior Player of the Year
by winning the Brewer Cup
and the Super-Senior Amateur
title, amassing a points total
that was 215 points clear of the
runner-up for the top honors in
this division.
LedgeRock Golf Club’s Chip
Lutz used a record-shattering
total of 822.5 points to catapult
himself to GAP Senior Player
of the Year honors. With a
second-place finish at the
Warner Cup, the 55-year-old
then won national tournaments
in Tennessee and Colorado to
help amass a points total more
than 180 points ahead of the
second-place finisher for senior
top honors.
Philadelphia Country Club’s Ted
Brennan won medalist honors
at the Junior Boys’ Championship Qualifier, a third-place
finish at the Christman Cup
and posted a win at the Jock
MacKenzie Memorial to earn
GAP Junior Player of the Year
honors. His performances at
these three events led to his
capturing the Harry Hammond
Award for the lowest aggregate
score for those tournaments.
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The closing of venerable Delaware National Country Club
at the end of last year, combined with the earlier announcement of the shuttering of popular Three Little Bakers golf
club in Pike Creek, Del., seemed to bode ill for the local
golf industry’s fight to survive economic decline, severe
weather and other problems.
“The economic downturn shrunk disposable incomes,
and the oppressive heat of 2010 stressed turf grasses, forcing us to increase maintenance budgets,” says Jeff Robinson,
director of sales and marketing for Forewinds Hospitality,
which manages Deerfield Golf & Tennis Club in Newark,
Del. “With the time factor involved in playing a round of
golf and the price of greens fees, many golfers were finding
it increasingly difficult to simply find the time and money
to play regularly.”
Yet many area courses have been able to survive, if not
thrive during the difficult times, with a combination of
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Who’s tops
in the DSGA?
For the second consecutive
year, Hartefeld National’s
Justin Martinson is the
Delaware State Golf Association’s Player of the Year.
In addition to qualifying for
the U.S. Amateur, Martinson
won Delaware’s Amateur
Championship and placed
9th in the state’s Open
Championship. He has
now completed the DSGA’s
“trifecta” by winning the
junior, amateur and open
championships.
Dave Bisbee (left)
teaches the proper
way to hold a golf club.
Sharpen Your Game
Strategic Links helps
businesses improve their
skills on the course and in
the workplace.
Jeff Robinson
In 2010, Back Creek Golf
Club’s Mark Surtees
earned his second straight
DSGA Senior Player of
the Year. It is his second
straight senior title. His win
at the Senior Championship
helped seal the deal for his
winning points total.
Lori Van Sickle
diversification, and prudent management of maintenance
programs with a stable, experienced staff.
Inniscrone Golf Club General Manager Lori Van Sickle
says she has one staffer who’s been with the club for 23
years. “That kind of longevity is what helps a club maintain
its uniqueness and identity when golfers visit and is part of
the reason they return.”
Robinson agrees. “Our staff has remained stable
throughout our management of Deerfield.”
A big reason golfers return is how well the course has
maintained its grooming even during the hottest and
wettest months of the season. Van
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Chris Hickman of Wild
Quail Country Club won
the 2010 DSGA Junior
Player of the Year award
as a result of winning his
second consecutive Junior
Championship and padding
his points total with a tie
for seventh in the Amateur
Championship.
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Players
of the
Year
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Using the popularity of golf
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“It’s for golfers and nongolfers. It’s experiential learning,”
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One program uses golf as a
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Sickle says Inniscrone’s staff is told “how
the course is in great shape. That helped us
retain our members rather than lose them.”
Robinson says Deerfield’s longstanding
reputation as a well-conditioned course
has helped its Rewards program (discounts
for repetitive rounds) to continue to grow.
“When it comes to maintenance, you’ve
got to spend money to make it,” Robinson
says. “And that’s something you can’t defer,
because the longer you defer, the longer it
takes for a course to come back.”
But there are ways to save money.
Allen Liddicoat, designer and owner of Frog
Hollow in Middletown, Del., says raising
mower heights helps prevent turf disease
as longer grass is sturdier and healthier.
“We lowered our pesticide costs as a
result, but were able to maintain speeds on
the greens by extra rolling,” Liddicoat says.
Frog Hollow expanded its bidding process, which Liddicoat says helped control
costs. “We’re also a spray field for Middletown’s effluent and we have introduced
more native grasses, both of which have
kept our watering costs low.”
Liddicoat says diversifying Frog Hollow’s products and services to appeal to
a more family-oriented golfer, along with
expanding its banquet facilities, has helped
create revenue streams beyond those
coming from rounds played.
“We’ve held golf camps for kids and
actually increased our advertising budget
for our banquet room,” Liddicoat says.
Inniscrone’s Van Sickle says involving
staff in marketing efforts to attract new
players and members has increased staff
roles as ambassadors for the course, while
offering incentive-based increases to their
earnings. And Robinson says Deerfield’s
banquet, catering and special events
program helped sustain the club during
the downturn in course play.
But Van Sickle may hold the hole card
when it comes to sustaining operations
through tough times. “Seven members of
my family are involved in various aspects of
the operation here at Inniscrone,” she says.
“Dad is our handyman, my brother and
sister-in-law handle banquets and an uncle
installed our phone system.”
Then there’s the collection of nieces
and daughters serving part time on the
beverage carts.
People, prudence and patience would
seem to be the three Ps keeping a course
operating at par during tough times.
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indicate he should. His short compact
swing allows him to generate a lot of power.
There’s not a lot of moving parts, which
just goes to show that weight shift is not as
important in a golf swing as efficiency.”
But it may be his dad’s lesson of developing a short memory that, with Dunigan’s
tutelage, has propelled Justin to the threshold of amateur achievement and perhaps
even a breakthrough as a professional.
Building on those early international
junior tournaments, Justin has produced an
impressive resume of wins, including the
Philadelphia Amateur and the 2009 Delaware Open, where he set the course record
at Fieldstone with a 63. (PGA Tour player
Sean O’Hair reclaimed that course record
Justin had wrested from him by carding a
61 at Fieldstone last summer.)
Among the reasons the DSGA cited
for naming Justin its Player of the Year
for 2010 (and for the second consecutive
year) was his play in the DSGA’s Amateur
Championship (which he won) as well
as the 2010 Delaware Open (in which he
finished ninth).
Justin’s plans to turn pro this year, and
then begin competing in mini-tours, while
participating in Monday qualifying for the
Nationwide Tour, as well as qualifiers for the
U.S. Open. He will compete in the annual
Tour’s Q School tournament, with the hope
of earning his PGA playing card by 2012.
Jack, a marketing professional, knows
what it takes to bankroll a budding star on
the big circuit. “It’s about fundraising and
sponsorships, and finding an agent who
understands that to develop a professional
golfer is no different than developing a
business product.”
Justin’s job will be to find a good caddie,
for which dear old dad does not seem to be
on the candidate list. “He fired me once
during a tournament I was caddying for
him,” Jack says, laughing.
Another time Justin apparently fell
back on the caddie adage of “show up, stay
up and shut up.”
“Justin approached me during a round
at the Delaware Open and informed me I
should ‘be quiet until I ask you for something.’ Thing is, he was right, and he went
on to win the tournament,” Jack says.
Nevertheless, Justin cites his dad as one
of his earliest, most profound influences.
He adds Dunigan to the list as well, for
the five years they’ve been together, during
which Dunigan taught him to play “three-
hole tournaments within tournaments” as
an aide to develop short memory of forgetting the bad stuff immediately.
Justin puts Tiger Woods in his category
of influences, but with a serious caveat
based on recent events. “What’s happened
to Tiger as a result of his off-course activities shows the importance of keeping golf
and your private life completely separate,”
he says.
So far, that doesn’t seem to pose that
much of a problem, since Justin has trouble
even identifying a private life so far. “I don’t
have off-time from golf,” Justin says. “Even
during the winter, I’ll practice in the basement when the snow is flying outside.”
He says his teammates, the routine of
preparing for tournaments (beginning two
weeks before the tournament starts) and
the post-tournament afterglow (or aftershock) help keep him grounded.
Apparently, it’s all working. Of the
young Martinson, Dunigan says simply,
“he’s one of the most likeable young men
I’ve ever met.”
And one who, once you meet him,
you’re not likely to forget—no matter how
short your memory.
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The Review: Downingtown Country Club
A Darling in Downingtown
By Reid Champagne
Holes like No. 10 and the par-3 No. 12 (right)
are as dangerous as they are beautiful.
F
inding a golf course that offers you the break their round, depending on just how
opportunity to challenge the upper much risk they’re willing to accept.”
This is not to say that the first five holes
reaches of your skill level while rewarding
the cautious course manager may not be a are cupcakes. Fazio’s tendency here to
rarity, but it’s still a delight when you find construct trouble left and right as the prione. Such is the find at the inviting—and mary challenge to shotmaking is visible on
invitingly thought-provoking—Downing- the first hole, a seemingly benign 397-yard
town Country Club in Downingtown, Pa. “starter” par 4. While the pond on the left
A mid-’60s, parkland-style layout by is primarily an optical defense, its presence
George Fazio, Downingtown plays at a may push tee shots farther right, where faircompact 6,642 yards. At first, you might way and greenside bunkers suggest somethink you’re in for a straightjacket of a thing less than the ideal path to the green
round of either being straight and accu- and an opening birdie putt or safe par.
The 369-yard second hole continues
rate or playing recovery shots from among
the trees. But Downingtown is surpris- Fazio’s left-right theme, with a sloping right
ingly generous for the golfer who has an to a tree-lined landing area that will block
eye on playing it safe, while still offering a straight approach to the green. A bunker
opportunities for the average player to at the top left side of the sloping fairway,
however, may steer your target landing to
score well.
“Accomplished golfers may play the first that limiting right side. The plateau green
five holes thinking they should be one or will shed anything that’s off target.
The course’s first par 3, a mid-sized
more under par,” says one veteran of the
course. “They’re tempted, then, to take 187-yard one-shotter at the third, features
it up a notch—and that’s when they hit a deep green framed by bunkers left and
the sixth and seventh, which can make or right, demanding accuracy off the tee.
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So, you have the one-under round going
as you approach the sixth tee? The sixth
and the seventh pack Downingtown’s onetwo punch, which can send an anticipated
personal best either to the canvas or ultimately dancing in the middle of the ring.
These holes are the only back-to-back
lengthy par 4s on the course, and represent
the No. 1 and No. 3 handicap holes on the
front. (The 476-yard 11th is the longest—
and maybe the straightest—par 4 on the
course, but it is framed by a short par 4
and a medium-length par 3). There’s no
question that survival here is the launching point for a great round of golf.
Visually, the 403-yard sixth offers an
expansive look from the tee, a sort of summary view of the course’s overall physical
attractiveness. But beauty quickly turns to
beast, as a rightside fairway bunker defends
against the safety drive, while a tight, treelined leftside teasingly offers the shorter
path to the green for your approach. But
landing in jail in those trees, and a partially
hidden, reedy lateral hazard greenside left,
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leaves the risky drive with little reward if
not perfectly executed. Your first double
awaits, should you choose the road less
traveled down the left.
The seventh appears to offer a respite
from accuracy off the tee with a wide open
fairway look. But the tee shot is upslope
and blind, and the approach is to another
elevated green tucked among a copse of
mature hardwoods. Bunkers right provide
the final gravesite for this pair of do-or-die
challenges as you look ahead to the next
third of your round.
Much is mentioned about the trees so
far, but it should also be noted the oak and
fir that mingle amid the dominant maple
are well-pruned around the bottom, and
while thickly positioned, offer ample opportunity to escape back into play. Just
don’t bite off more than you can chew in
a recovery shot—try to remember that
swing that got you there in the first place.
The back nine features three of Downingtown’s four par 5s, two of which offer
scoring opportunities to get your game
back on track or accelerate it forward.
The back nine also presents golfers
with the most visually attractive par 3, and
is Downingtown’s signature hole. A 170yard one-shotter, it’s all carry over a shimmering pond. The tee shot requires both
accuracy and distance control. The face of
the green will spit short hits back toward
the pond, while tee shots hit too long will
bury in the far reaches of a green that runs
diagonally away from the golfer.
The par-5 18th, the course’s longest hole
at 562 yards, is a great finishing hole that offers one last challenge for that record round
or one last opportunity to play it smart.
Water on the left side steers your drive
and second shot out to the right lying, rolling fairway, where the hole will play slightly
longer, but safer. The elevated green has
bunkers protecting left and right, and a par
here will feel like a birdie.
Ken Dixon, who became the club’s
head pro over the winter, says he’s excited
to get out on the course that he’s played
only a handful of times. “I’m really looking
forward to it because it’s the style of golf
course I really enjoy playing,” he says.
Downingtown is a fair test of golf, and
with peak fees topping out at $84 with a
cart, it remains moderately priced for the
quality. One additional attraction is that
walking is allowed at any time.
For more, visit golfdowningtown.com
or the club’s page on Facebook.
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The Review: Hooper’s Landing Golf Course
This Is No Ash Heap
By Reid Champagne
Seaford rescues a former DuPont playground and offers a bargain—as well as a quality layout.
The former Seaford Country Club course received a makeover in the mid-1990s and experienced further restoration under its new owners.
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ith top in-season fees priced at $45,
city-owned Hooper’s Landing Golf
Course would strike the unknowing as
another scruffy, overused muni. But Hooper’s is the former Seaford Country Club, a
private domain of DuPont, whose original
nine holes were designed by well-known
architect Alfred Tull in 1941.
“Hooper’s Landing is defined by a need
for accuracy,” says head golf professional
Michael Connor. The original nine requires
accuracy off the tee, and the newer nine
(basically a reclamation project for architect Richard Mandell, whose other area
work includes the Eastern Shore’s Easton
Club) requires accuracy with your irons.
The former private club almost went
to seed when declining membership led to
declining upkeep, which led finally to its sale
to the city of Seaford, Del. The new management group immediately set to work
restoring what had been neglected. By
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the fall of 2010, signs of that neglect were Avoid the temptation, and steer your tee
confined to a few patches of crab grass and shot left for a cleaner look at the green.
The first of Hooper’s moderately disbare spots scattered throughout the layout.
The new routing at Hooper’s blends tanced par 5s is the second, where heavy
Tull’s old with Mandell’s new, which was brush down the left side of the fairway is
built in the mid-1990s. Holes one through in play off the tee. The small green is wellfour are Tull’s. Numbers five through 13 guarded by deep bunkers. The 146-yard
represent Mandell’s added nine. The course par-3 third, while short, demands accuracy.
wraps up with Tull’s original numbers five Off-target tee shots to the left will roll into
a tree-filled gully where, as Connor puts it,
through nine.
At 6,725 yards from the tips, Hooper’s “pars go to die.”
The fairways of the old Tull design may
Landing presents a broad examination of
all skills, not the least of which is knowing be tight, but the lies are spongy, thanks to
when to leave the driver in the bag in favor one of the few Delaware courses featuring
of a well-managed game of shotmaking Bermuda grass on the fairways. (They’re
overseeded with rye in the fall and winter
and ball placement.
The exam begins with a medium par 4 to maintain a green look.) It’s the Mandell
that doglegs slightly right and features a nine where you can let the big dog hunt,
large mound of dirt that was deposited when but then the undulations Mandell added
the original course was built. The mound to otherwise table-flat acreage makes for
serves as a convenient target, but actually more careful iron play. That’s especially
puts you in a straightjacket for your approach. important with so many of Mandell’s
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greens protected by deep-faced bunkers.
Mandell’s wider fairways come at a
price, however. Created as a result of a state
mandate that DuPont dispose of a Nylon
byproduct known as fly ash in an environmentally safe way, the company decided
that burying was the least expensive option.
That produced more than 200 acres of
moonscape that Mandell was able to sculpt
into Seaford’s additional nine holes.
Wide open as a result of the reclamation, the holes are at the mercy of prevailing winds. When the breeze is up, Hooper’s wider fairways can turn out to be of
limited value. Wind is a factor, especially
at the fifth and at the 17th, a 533-yard par
5 that generally plays into the prevailing
direction, thus playing a lot longer than its
yardage would indicate.
Mandell’s first (Hooper’s fifth) is a 423yard par 4 with a generous opening to the
green on your approach. But any off-target
hits may find you in the first of what could
become a nightmare of deep bunkers that
will run up your score in a hurry. Stay left
when you approach this green.
Water doesn’t dominate Hooper’s,
though it is present on many holes. At the
par-5 ninth, a pond lurks along the right
side of the approach to the green, which
defends this slight double dogleg against
most attempts to reach in two. Third shots
hit too long will find a watery grave.
The long par-3 11th changes the challenge by demanding distance control—a
ravine wraps around a long, deep green
that will capture overcooked tee shots.
The 14th is a simple, straight, long 440yard par 4 with a fairway bunker in play
on the left. The approach is a longish 200
yards, with water along the left side of the
green. It’s not the hardest hole in handicap
ranking, but it can definitely play that way
when the wind holds sway.
With a par-3 finishing hole, Hooper’s
Landing may seem to be giving you a
breather at the last. But at 219 yards, with
a long, slender bunker guarding any roll up
to the green and with a deep-faced bunker
on the right, the finishing hole offers little
resembling a gimme.
Golfers looking for a bargain will find
one at Hooper’s, both in terms of price
and quality of layout. With the biggest
problems of renovation behind it, the staff
can begin grooming Hooper’s into a dandy
little gem of a course. Not bad for a muni.
Not bad for an ash heap, either.
For more, visit seafordde.com.
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A Phantastic Retreat
by Martin Roberti
Headed for spring training in Clearwater next year? Do baseball and golf in style.
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f you like golf and the Phillies, and you
plan to hit spring training at Clearwater
Beach, Fla., consider checking into Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club.
Both the resort and Bright House Field,
the spring training home of the Fightin’
Phils, are located on Route 19, and are just
10 miles apart. Innisbrook, a mere 30 minutes from the Tampa International Airport,
boasts four super courses including the
renowned Island Course as well as Copperhead (7,340 yards from the tips) home
of the PGA Tour’s Transition Championship every March.
Play an early morning round at Copperhead, Island, or the North and South Highland courses and you’ll have plenty of time
to catch a Phillies game at Bright House
Field. Games usually start at 1 p.m., though
the Phils don’t play every day. That means
more time for a few afternoon rounds.
Architect Lawrence Packard, whose
biography, “Double Doglegs and Other
Hazards,” is telling because two of the
par 5s on Copperhead are double doglegs.
Packard designed all four of the beautifully
maintained courses. Copperhead’s par
71 layout has five par 3s with the shortest
being 195 yards.
“If I could only play one course the rest
of my life, it would be Copperhead,” says
Curtis Strange, the 2002 Ryder Cup Captain
and two-time U.S. Open Champion. “It
has that much character.”
Almost identical in length to Copperhead, the Island Course is considered by
pros to be the toughest of the four courses.
Ranked one of the country’s top 50 resort
courses by Golf Digest, Island offers tight
fairways, breathtaking views and several
water hazards (including the signature
par-5 seventh hole that straddles Lake
Innisbrook).
Both Island and Copperhead courses
offer dramatic elevation changes and numerous cedars and pines more typical of
Carolina than Florida. All four courses
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This aerial view of Copperhead’s third
hole shows its size and beauty. Opposite
page, top: Relaxing in the labyrinth
at the Indaba Spa; Hole No. 18
at Innisbrook’s Island Course.
offer four sets of tee boxes. Golfers can
choose their challenge levels.
Sheila C. Johnson, founder and CEO
of Salamander Farms LLC, purchased and
renovated Innisbrook Resort and Golf
Club in 2009. As Golf Magazine’s “Top
100 You Can Play,” and Golf Digest’s “Top
75 Golf Resorts in America,” luxurious
Innisbrook accommodates small and large
groups. If you go with your golf buddies,
couples or families you’ll enjoy condo-style,
low-rise suites surrounded by 900 acres of
rolling hills and 70 acres of lakes. Amenities include a 20,000-square-foot Indaba
Spa, 11 tennis courts, four swimming pools,
water slides, fishing, jogging and cycling
trails and a nature walk.
With so many fine amenities, you might
not want to leave. But Innisbrook Resort
and Golf Club is so close to major attractions, you can be persuaded. In addition
to Bright House Field, Innisbrook Resort
and Golf Club is close to Gulf of Mexico
beaches and lots of deep-sea fishing. Sports
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Those heading to the PGA Tour’s
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enjoy suites on the course, complete with
views of multiple holes. Also, the LPGA
Legends Tour Open Championship returns
to the Island Course Nov. 11-13. Not a
golf fan but are traveling with someone
who is? Innisbrook hosts non-golf events
throughout the year, such as “Weekend of
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showcases exotic cars, fashion, and local
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Whatever time of year, there are myriad golf packages that include golf, rooms,
meals, golf clinics and practice facilities.
The exceptional service—especially the
shuttle bus service that takes you anywhere on the property—is designed for
the golfer looking to sharpen his or her
game. Do consider hopping the shuttle to
the Innisbrook Golf Institute, rated one
of the “Top 25 Golf Schools” in the nation
by Golf Magazine. Staff male and female
instructors will strengthen your game and
evaluate your equipment, or they’ll teach
strengthening and stretching exercises.
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36 Most Beautiful Holes
Golf ’s Guilty Pleasures
By Reid Champagne
If Joyce Kilmer thought nothing lovelier than a tree, it simply proves he wasn’t a golfer. This year, we surveyed
local golf pros (and one architect) to choose what they believe are our region’s most beautiful golf holes. From
tantalizing and tart par 3s to broad and buxom par 5s, the pros truly came through with 36 hot and juicy picks.
Call it the Golf Guide Swimsuit issue, but rated G for golf, of course. i We hope you enjoy reading this year’s
selections, and that they will whet your appetite for whatever linksland fantasies you care to indulge yourself in
this golf season. i Warning: contains golfers-only content, player discretion advised. Must be 18 or longer to play.
Partial fairway nudity, suggestive approaches, naughty niblicks and tap-in temptresses. For swinging adults only.
OK, that’s about as far as a tongue-in-cheek metaphor for a golf guide should go—or allow. On a more factual
note, you will be pleased to see just how much beauty our little corner of the golfing kingdom possesses. Enjoy.
No. 1
Aronimink Golf Club, Newtown
Square, Pa. 414 yards, par 4: Soft and
cuddly. White Manor’s Marc Levine likes
the way this opening hole “rises before
you along a treelined fairway that
promises you a wonderful day of golf.”
No. 1
Manufacturers Golf and Country
Club, Oreland, Pa. 385 yards, par 4:
“A thing of beauty…” Kimberton’s Jim
Maach says the “elevated tee makes the
ball seem like it will carry forever.”
No. 1
White Manor Country Club,
Malvern, Pa. 424 yards, par 4: A real eyeful.
The Rookery’s Butch Holtzclaw calls the
elevated view of this starter nothing short
of “spectacular, simply because of the
overall view from the tee.”
No. 2
Bayside Resort, Fenwick Island,
Del. 614 yards, par 5: Looks good in anything. Bear Trap Dunes’ Brian Painter says
this “long par 5 with water on both sides,
the Assawoman Bay on the left and a
second shot full of options along with the
bay and Ocean City skyline in the background, makes this hole play and look
different every time you arrive,” and gives
the hole its constantly changing beauty.
No. 3
Cripple Creek, Bethany Beach,
Del. 331 yards, par 4: A true beauty that
needs no makeup. “Your drive is framed
by a wonderful view of the bay,” says Back
Creek’s Jim McGoarty. And water completes the attraction here, as McGoarty
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Llanerch Country Club, Havertown, Pa.
No. 4
Stonewall (Old Course), Elverson,
Pa. 370 yards, par 4: A Grace Kelly lookalike? McCall Golf and Country Club’s Ed
No. 3 Wilmington (South), Wilmington, Figueroa describes this wonderful hole as
‘Philly style.’ “It’s a traditional, tree-lined
Del. 585 yards, par 5: A beauty to beware?
hole with beautiful foliage that is specWhite Clay Creek’s Ryan Kidwell likes
tacular to look at from the elevated tee.
the “frame of the hole, a true three-shotThe second shot carries a water hazard to
ter, especially with the new changes. Your
tee shot is through a corridor of trees, and a green surrounded by an old stone wall.”
your second is a layup if you want a real
chance for a birdie putt.”
No. 5 Links at Lighthouse Sound, Bishopville, Md. 218 yards, par 3: Chased by
No. 4 Bidermann Golf Club, Wilming- the paparazzi. The Rookery’s Holtzclaw
wanted too make sure we didn’t overlook
ton, Del. 176 yards, par 3: Winner of the
a favorite to win this beauty pageant.
swimsuit competition? Course architect
Allen Liddicoat says this one-shotter “sits “It’s a par 3 with a forced carry over a
marsh and the green is framed by the
up on a plateau with a big bunker in front.
Assawoman Bay and the Ocean City skyEverything just fits.”
line in back.” The backup here is usually
created in part by shutterbugs capturing
No. 4 Rock Manor Golf Course,
this beauty for their foursome’s posterity.
Wilmington, Del. 562 yards, par 5: Just
call her Angel of the Morning. Liddicoat
notes the particular beauty of this long
No. 5 Stonewall (Old Course), Elverson,
par 5 “especially in a morning sun glinting
Pa. 197 yards, par 3: Out of your league. It
off the bunkering that extends all the
seems this track has caught the aesthetic
way to the green.”
eye more than any other. Philadelphia
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Country Club’s Jay Horton says the fifth,
while a short par 3, is a beauty by virtue
of its surrounding water, and a degree of
difficulty that makes a “five as possible
as a three.”
No. 6
The Peninsula, Millsboro, Del.
395 yards, par 4: Bear Trap Dunes’ Painter
points to the view of the Indian River and
its bridge as the eye-catchers here. “The
3-acre bunker catches your eye as well
as attention,” says Painter, making this
beauty a beast where par is a “great score.”
No. 7
Llanerch Country Club, Havertown, Pa. 393 yards, par 4: Built like a
brick… Another classical tree-lined hole
with surrounding stonework, McCall’s
Figueroa says the high grass bearding the
face of the bunkers provides a yellowish
tint that gives the hole a “distinctive
Scottish look.”
No. 8
Fieldstone Country Club,
Greenville, Del. 170 yards, par 3: Kidwell
notes the elevation change of this par
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notes, “the green is surrounded by natural
marsh, with the bay as background.”
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Rolling Green Country Club, Springfield, Pa.
3, “and how that serves to frame the hole,
especially during the fall foliage.”
No. 9
The Ace Club, Lafayette Hill, Pa.
546 yards, par 5: Kimberton Golf Club’s
Bob Hays points to the hole’s decorative
“boulder and waterfall” that makes this
one a no-brainer for Best Eye Candy.
No. 9
Golden Oaks Golf Club, Fleetwood, Pa. 214 yards, par 3: Jim Wagner of
Spring Hollow Golf Club points to the
downhill carry over water of this par 3,
along with “the fountain and the clubhouse behind it” that give the hole its
picturesque attraction.
No. 9
Stonewall, Elverson, Pa. 215
yards, par 3: This Old Course standardbearer features a big lake and bunkers to
frame its particular beauty. Challenge adds
to the attraction, as well, according to
Philadelphia Country Club’s Horton,
who believes the hole punishes “if played
too conservatively.” In other words, confidence is very sexy to this seductive charmer.
No. 9
Bulle Rock, Havre de Grace,
Md. 478 yards, par 4: White Clay Creek’s
Ryan Kidwell likes the risk and reward
that comes with a dual fairway and a big
drive. “You can play this one with a driver
or lay up with a fairway metal and achieve
the same result.” A rare beauty that can be
pleased in more than one way.
No. 12
Rolling Green Country Club,
Springfield, Pa. 362 yards, par 4: Aronimink’s Jeff Kiddie goes for the pert curves
here, saying he “loves the shape” of the
hole. “It’s a short par 4, framed by an old
house behind it, and the hole’s short length
brings the entire hole into view from the tee.”
No. 13
Hartefeld National, Avondale,
Pa. 581 yards, par 5: Casey O’Reilly of West
Chester Golf and Country Club, perhaps
provides the Pamela Anderson entry into
our survey of most beautiful golf holes.
“It’s the length and toughness of this long
par 5 that makes this hole so attractive.
From the elevated tee, you can view the
entire sweep of the hole’s breadth and
undulation.”
No. 14
Baywood Greens, Long Neck,
Del. 425 yards, par 4: Too cool for the
room. With the beautifully landscaped
split fairway (one of them is an island),
Michael Connor of Hooper’s Landing
calls it a real “stunner.”
No. 15
Bayside Resort, Fenwick Island,
Del. 207 yards, par 3: Embraceable you.
The Salt Pond’s Art Whaley says the way
the water “wraps around this hole and
surrounds the green” is visible as you
stand on the tee, giving it a full view
to the golfer’s eye.
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Baywood Greens, Long Neck, Del.
White Clay Creek, Wilmington,
Del. 550 yards, par 5. Odessa National’s
Dale Loeslein describes this longish dogleg as a “picturesque risk and reward over
water.” The hole features all carry on the
tee shot, followed by a second shot with
the water still very much in play. A Siren
of beauty, but with her dangers as readily
visible as they are irresistible.
No. 16
Bidermann, Wilmington, Del.
235 yards, par 3: “A natural aesthetic,”
says course designer Allen Liddicoat,
who particularly likes the way “the green
sits on a knoll bringing all three vistas
of sky, trees and ground into view simultaneously.”
No. 16
Rum Pointe, Berlin, Md. 463
yards, par 4: Brandy, you’re a fine girl …
A boat is permanently moored in a large
bunker carved out of the beach
running down the hole’s right side,
adding a romantic maritime touch to this
hole. “You’re looking at the Sinepuxent
Bay the entire length of the hole,” says
Buddy Sass, of Ocean City Golf Club.
“Late in the day or early in the morning,
the sun provides a golden hue that makes
it almost impossible not to stop and take
a look around you.”
No. 16
Broad Run Golfer’s Club, West
Chester, Pa. 399 yards, par 4: Nothing left
to the imagination. “From this elevated
tee, you’re able to look out to virtually the
entire course,” says Ingleside Golf Club’s
Tim Kaufman.
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No. 17
Wilmington Country Club
(South Course), Wilmington, Del. 203
yards, par 3: Like Sophia Loren, maybe?
White Manor’s Levine says this nifty par 3
tee shot over a pond “simply makes you
go ‘ahhh,’ from the tee box.”
No. 17
White Manor Country Club,
Malvern, Pa. 553 yards, par 5: Memorable
décolletage? Radnor Valley’s George
Foster describes this scenic downhill
par 5 as “featuring breathtaking vistas
that are on display the entire hole.”
A walled pond guards the green and a
creek runs down the entire right side
of the fairway. Foster says these features
“are in full view” the length of the hole,
essentially giving this one an image that
will stick with golfers long after the
round is over.
No. 18
Baywood Greens, Long
Neck, Del. 425 yards, par 4: Hooper’s
Connor calls it one of the most beautiful
in Delaware. “The flowers lining the
hole and the clubhouse in the background help make this one of the best
looking.” With island tees, plenty of
water and a backside green that looks
like a beach, you can see why this easily
made our list. Shelley Fabares singing
“Johnny Angel”?
No. 18
Ocean Pines, Ocean Pines,
Md. 415 yards, par 4: But don’t stare too
long. Another one of those finishing
holes that feature the course’s clubhouse
in the background, Ocean City’s Sass
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believes it’s the hole’s physical beauty
that also adds to its difficulty. “From the
tee box, you face a 250-yard carry with
a big old oak down the right side, that
pushes you left and into more trouble.”
But he adds, “with the treelined fairway
and the water off in the distance toward
the green,” don’t miss the opportunity to
stop and take in the wonderful view.
No. 18 Rum Pointe, Berlin, Md.
444 yards, par 4: She’s just not that into
you. “Water all down the left side of the
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Moselem Springs Golf Club, Fleetwood, Pa.
Baywood Greens, Long Neck, Del.
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hole, makes it hard to focus on your
shot-making,” Sass says.
No. 18
Moselem Springs Golf Club,
Fleetwood, Pa. 456 yards, par 4: And
here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson. Radnor’s
Foster calls this “an old classic par 4,
downhill from an elevated tee.” You hit
short of the pond and then make your
approach, allowing the golfer, according
to Foster, to stop and take a moment,
“especially in the fall when the leaves
are changing.”
No. 18 Pine Valley, Clementon, N.J.
430 yards, par 4: Ingrid Bergman, please
take a bow. Bayside Resort’s Bob
Crowther likes the “raw beauty” of this
world classic. “Penal, yet beautiful,” he
notes, “the elevation of the green, the
treelined fairway and the flag waving at
the back of the hole,” is what Crowther
remembers most of this classic, sort of
the perennial Miss America entry?
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Stonewall (Old Course),
Elverson, Pa., 451 yards, par 4: Is the
’Wall the Scandinavia of area tracks, or
what? The 4th entry of this remarkable
course, Edgemont’s Harry Heagy says
this beauty offers “a very picturesque
view of the old farmhouse-style clubhouse
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says Heagy, “for some reason the hole
always reminds me of the chateau
scene in The Dirty Dozen.”
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frame of the hole is where the beauty lies.
“You tee off through a chute of trees with
a big pond on the left and the clubhouse
visible on a hill in the background.”
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Rehoboth Beach Country Club,
Rehoboth Beach, Del. 147 yards, par 3:
Belle of the Ball. Everybody’s sweetheart.
The favorite of several of our pros, this
“entry” is chosen simply for its location
completely along the bay, according to
Back Creek’s McGoarty. King’s Creek
pro Kevin Wiest says the hole’s beauty
is also contained in the wind that blows
in from the bay, “which means you can
play anything from a 3-iron to a 9-iron,
depending on how it’s blowing. It’s a
gorgeous hole.”
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A Guide to Area Golf
Courses and Clubs
A Matter of Course
The following is a list of full-service 18-hole golf courses and clubs, most of them
members of the Delaware State Golf Association or Golf Association of Philadelphia.
Included is a designation of whether the course is public or private, course ratings and
slopes, total distances (measured from the longest tees), pars, pros and more.
Research assistance by Lauren Montenegro and Lauren Zaremba
Fieldstone Golf Club, Greenville, Del.
NEW CASTLE COUNTY
Back Creek Golf Club
Middletown, (302) 378-6499, backcreekgc.com
Semi-private; Back Creek: 73.6/132, New
Castle: 71.3/126, Kent: 69.3/121, Sussex
(ladies): 59.3/115; 7,014 yards; par 71; pro Nevin
Sutclisse; pro shop, indoor driving range, outdoor driving range, restaurant and bar, custom
club fittings.
Bidermann Golf Club
Wilmington, (302) 655-3336
Private; championship: 72.8/126, forward:
72.6/125, middle: 71.4/124; 6,421 yards; par 72;
pro shop, restaurant.
Brandywine Country Club
Wilmington, (302) 478-4604, brandywinecountryclub.net
Private; 70.7/130; 6,451 yards; par 70; pro
George McNamara; pro shop, restaurant,
bar.
Cavaliers Country Club
Newark, (302) 737-1200, cavaliersgolf.com
shop, restaurant, bar.
Deerfield Golf & Tennis Club
Newark, (302) 368-6640, deerfieldgolfclub.com
Public; blue: 71.6/136, white: 70.1/133, yellow:
66.9/128, red: 72.4/129; 6,323 yards; pro Kurt
Zolbe; pro shop, restaurant, bar, practice facility.
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Delcastle Golf Club
Wilmington, (302) 998-9505, delcastlegc.com
Public; blue: 70.8/121, white: 69.4/118, gold:
65.3/108, red: 70.2/118; 6,625 yards; par 72;
pro Peter Thien; pro shop, restaurant, bar.
DuPont Country Club
Rockland, (302) 654-4435, dupontcountryclub.com
Private; DuPont Course: 70.6/133; 7,120 yards;
par 71. Nemours Course: 69.6/123; 6,171 yards;
par 71. Montchanin Course: 59.9/98; 4,283
yards; par 61; pro Kent Thomas; pro shop,
restaurant, bar.
Ed Porky Oliver Golf Club
Wilmington, (302) 571-9041, edolivergolfclub.com
Public; blue: 68.8/124, white: 67.7/123, red:
66.8/122; 6,115 yards; pro Rebecca Dengler;
pro shop, restaurant, bar.
Fieldstone Golf Club
Greenville, (302) 658-2600, fieldstonegolf.com
Private; black: 73.1/145 6,748 yards, blue:
6,287, white: 5,904 yards; par 71; director of
golf Jim Larkin; pro shop, restaurant, bar.
Frog Hollow Golf Club
Middletown, (302) 376-6500, froghollowgolfclub.com
Semi-private; blue: 72.1/128, white: 69.7/126,
red: 63.4/114; 6,124 yards; par 71; pro Kyle
Mullin; pro shop, restaurant, banquet facility,
driving range, practice facility.
Newark Country Club
Newark, (302) 368-7008, newarkcc.com
Private; 69.8/124; 6,396 yards; par 71; pro Doug
Frazier; pro shop (open to the public), restaurant, bar.
Odessa National Golf Club
Townsend, (302) 464-1007, odessanationalgolfclub.com
Public; black: 73.8/134, blue: 71.0/122, white:
69.0/118; 6,961 yards; par 72; pro Dale Loeslein;
pro shop, practice facilities.
Rock Manor Golf Course
Wilmington, (302) 295-1400, rockmanorgolf.com
Public; black: 70.9/125, white: 68.6/120, green:
66.1/112, red: 66.3/106; 6,405 yards; par 71;
pro Dennis Taggart; pro shop, restaurant, bar,
driving range, practice facilities, putting green
and outing pavilion.
White Clay Creek Country Club
Wilmington, (302) 994-6700
whiteclaycreekgolfcourse.com
Semi-private gold: 75.0/140, black: 72.2/135,
white: 69.6/131, green: 66.9/118, red: 68.7/117;
7,007 yards; par 72; director of golf Ryan
Kidwell; pro shop, restaurant, bar.
Wilmington Country Club
Wilmington, (302) 655-6022, wilmingtoncc.com
Private; North course: blue: 72.2/136, white:
70.8/132, green: 72/124; 6,390 yards; par 71;
pro Joe Guillebeau; pro shop, restaurant, bar.
KENT COUNTY
Eagle Creek Golf Course
Dover Air Force Base, (302) 677-2988
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Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, Pa.
doverafbservices.com
Open to active duty military and their guests;
67.8/121; 6,026 yards; par 70; pro Patrick Keefe;
snack bar, pro shop, driving range, practice area.
Semi-private; signature: 77.4/146, championship: 73.6/142, members: 71.2/140, club:
67.6/125, forward: 64.6/117; 7,545 yards;
par 72; pro Bob Crowther; pro shop, grill.
Garrisons Lake Golf Club
Smyrna, (302) 659-1206, garrisonslakegolf.com
71.6/125, gold 67.9/121, red: 69.5/121; 7,060
yards; par 72; pro Chris Boos; pro shop, food
concession.
Baywood Greens
Long Neck, (302) 947-9800, baywoodgreens.com
Public; gold: 73.4/135, black: 71/130, green:
69/125, yellow: 70.9/124, white: 60.5/100;
6,983 yards; par 72; pro Tony Hollerback;
clubhouse, snack bar-restaurant, pro shop.
Jonathan’s Landing
Magnolia, (302) 697-8204, jonathanslandinggolf.com
65.8/106, red: 68.1/115; 6,657 yards; par 71;
pro Craig Coffield; pro shop, restaurant, bar,
driving range, putting green, chipping area.
Bear Trap Dunes Golf Club
Ocean View, (302) 537-5600, beartrapdunes.com
Semi-private; gold: 72.1/126 to 72.7, ladies:
69.1/118; 6,800 yards; par 72; pro Brian
Painter; pro shop, restaurant, snack bar, bar.
Maple Dale Country Club
Dover, (302) 674-4951, mapledaleclub.com
Private; blue: 71.7/126, white: 70/124, gold:
67.3/114, red: 71.3/123; 6,672 yards; par 72;
pro shop.
Wild Quail Golf and Country Club
Wyoming, (302) 697-4653, wildquail.net
Private; blue: 72.6/126, white: 70.9/123, gold:
68.4/122, red: 70.2/118; 6,803 yards; par 72;
pro Rick McCall Jr.; pro shop, restaurant, bar.
SUSSEX COUNTY
Bayside Resort Golf Club
Fenwick Island, (302) 436-3400, livebaysidegolf.com
Cripple Creek Golf and Country Club
Bethany Beach, (302) 539-1446, cripplecreekgolf.com
Brian Trout; pro shop, restaurant, bar.
Heritage Shores Golf Club
Bridgeville, (302) 337-7767, heritageshores.com/golf
Public; brown: 73.5/131, blue: 70.5/129,
white: 67.5/116, gold: 66.4/113, red: 66.5/111;
7,005 yards; par 72; pro Brooks Massey; pro
shop, full restaurant, tavern.
Kings Creek Country Club
Rehoboth Beach, (302) 227-8953
kingscreekcountryclub.com
Private; gold: 71.7/130, blue: 70.1/129, white:
67.0/121, red: 70.9/124; 6,480 yards; par 71;
pro Kevin Wiest; pro shop, restaurant, bar,
putting green, driving range.
Marsh Island Golf Club
Lewes, (302) 945-4653
Public; 63.3/101; 5,000 yards; par 65; pro shop,
restaurant.
Old Landing Golf Course
Rehoboth Beach, (302) 227-3131, oldlandinggolf.com
70.8/115; 6,097 yards; par 71; pro Willis E.
Johnson III; pro shop, restaurant, bar.
The Peninsula on the Indian River Bay
Millsboro, (302) 947-4717, peninsulasales.com
Private; black: 75.4/143, gold: 72.4/137, silver:
70.9/136, jade: 70.3/119; 7,302 yards; par 72;
pro Troy Flateau; pro shop, restaurant, bar.
The Rookery
Milton, (302) 684-3000, rookerygolf.com
64.8/123, gold: 63.3/105; 6,481 yards; par 71;
pro Butch Holtzclaw; pro shop, restaurant,
bar, practice facility.
Rehoboth Beach Country Club
Rehoboth Beach, (302) 227-3616
Private; men’s: 70.5/129, ladies: 69.3/123;
6,306 yards; par 72; pro Charlie Schuyler;
pro shop, restaurant, bar.
The Salt Pond Golf Club
Bethany Beach, (302) 539-7525, thesaltpond.com
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DuPont Country Club, Rockland, Del.
Semi-private; 57.9/103; 3,174 yards; par 61;
pro Art Whaley; pro shop, snack bar, putting
green, driving range.
Shawnee Country Club
Milford, (302) 422-7010
shawneecountryclubonline.com
Private; blue: 70.3/123, white: 68.3/115, red:
70.4/117; 6,393 yards; par 70; pro Devon
Peterson; pro shop, restaurant, bar.
Sussex Pines Country Club
Georgetown, (302) 856-3363
Private; blue: 72.2/130, white: 71.1/127, gold
68.9/124, red: 70.4/122; 6,659 yards; par 72;
pro Steve Farrell; pro shop, restaurant, bar.
PENNSYLVANIA
CHESTER COUNTY
Applebrook Golf Club
Malvern, (610) 647-7660, applebrookgolfclub.com
Private; back: 72.7/126, middle: 70.3/123; 6,770
yards; par 71; pro Dave McNabb; pro shop,
restaurant, bar, practice facility, guest rooms.
Broad Run Golfer’s Club
West Chester, (610) 738-4410, tattersallgolfclub.com
Semi-private; black: 72.8/136, blue: 70.9/132,
white: 68.8/128, red: 65.8/111; 6,826 yards;
par 72; pro Donald Beardsley; pro shop,
restaurant, bar, banquet facility, driving range.
Chester Valley Golf Club
Malvern, (610) 647-4007, chestervalleygc.org
73.0/132, red: 70.8/127; 6,702 yards; par 70;
pro Dave McNabb; pro shop, restaurant, bar,
banquet facility.
Chisel Creek Golf Club
Landenberg, (610) 255-3961, chiselcreekgolf.com
Public; black: 69.8/133, white: 66.5/125,
gold: 63.6/108; 6,203 yards; par 70; pro Billy
Hackett; pro shop, restaurant, banquet facility,
practice facility.
Coatesville Country Club
Coatesville, (610) 384-3200, coatesvillecountryclub.com
Private; blue: 71.8/131, white: 70.3/127, red:
67.9/121; 6,458 yards; par 71; pro shop, snack
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Wild Quail Golf and Country Club, Wyoming, Del.
bar, bar, banquet facility, driving range, practice
facility, locker rooms, pool.
Concord Country Club
Concordville, (610) 459-2200, concordclub.org
68.3/123, red: 72.9/131; 6,817 yards; par 71;
pro Michael Moses; pro shop, practice facility,
restaurant. The championship course was
renovated in 2001 to create new challenges
and diversity.
Downingtown Golf Club
Downingtown, (610) 269-2000, golfdowningtown.com
white: 67.7/122, red: 69.6/122; 6,642 yards;
par 72; pro Ken Dixon; pro shop, restaurant,
bar, banquet facility. This course provides
a straightforward game of golf over open,
gently rolling fairways. Dramatically shaped
bunkers enhance the links.
Hartefeld National Golf Club
Avondale, (610) 268-8800, hartefeld.com
Private; Fazio: 74.2/137, back: 71.6/135, middle:
69.1/129; 6,969 yards; par 72; pro Jim Matthias;
pro shop, restaurant, bar, banquet facility.
Designed by architect Tom Fazio, Hartefeld
boasts terraced tee boxes, winding cart
paths, dramatic elevation changes, and tree
lines of oak, beech, holly and pine.
Hershey’s Mill Golf Club
West Chester, (610) 431-1600, hersheysmillgolfclub.com
Private; black: 71.5/129, blue: 70.0/127, white:
67.3/119, tan: 66.9/117, green: 63.2/106; 6,472
yards; par 72; pro Ted Robinson; pro shop,
restaurant, bar, banquet facility, driving range,
practice facility.
Honeybrook Golf Club
Honey Brook, (610) 273-0207, honeybrookgolf.com
gold: 67.8/118, red: 68.8/115; 6,341 yards; par 70;
pro shop, snack bar, bar. Honeybrook’s scenic
view features Amish farms, protected wetlands
and the West Branch Brandywine Creek. The
course ranges from wide-open links to tree-lined
fairways, challenging players with slight elevation changes in a friendly, laid-back atmosphere.
Ingleside Golf Club
Thorndale, (610) 384-9128, golfingleside.com
63.3/107; 5,106 yards; par 68; pro Tim Kauffmann;
pro shop, snack bar, driving range. Owned
and operated by Caln Township, Ingleside
challenges golfers on its shorter layout with
seven water holes, well-placed fairway
bunkers and tall grass.
Inniscrone Golf Club
Avondale, (610) 268-8200, inniscronegolfcourse.com
Semi-private; black: 72.7/143, gold: 70.6/136,
green: 69.4/132, white: 70.1/125; 6,657 yards;
par 70; pro Lori Van Sickle; pro shop, snack
bar, bar. Inniscrone tests golfers with dramatic
elevation changes, high grass and numerous
wetlands. A unique hole is No. 16, a 385-yard
par-4 hole with a split fairway and a chasm
guarding the green. The upper fairway only
helps for recovery shots when there’s trouble
off the tee.
Kennett Square Golf & Country Club
Kennett Square, (610) 444-5239, ksgcc.com
Private; black: 71.9/129, blue: 70.2/128,
white: 67.4/123, red: 66.8/119; 6,342 yards,
5,280 yards; par 71; pro Thomas J. Carpus;
pro shop, clubhouse, racquet sports, pool.
Kimberton Golf Club
Kimberton, (610) 933-8836, kimbertongolfclub.com
67.4/112; 6,304 yards; par 70; pros Bob Hays,
Jim Maack; pro shop, snack bar, bar, banquet
facility.
Loch Nairn Golf Club
Avondale, (610) 268-2234, lngolf.com
Public; blue: 70.0/124, white: 68.2/119, yellow:
66.6/116, red: 69.9/120; 6,409 yards; par 71;
pro Jim Matthias; pro shop, restaurant, bar,
banquet facility.
Moccasin Run Golf Course
Atglen, (610) 593-2600, moccasinrun.com
66.3/114, red: 68.7/114; 6,400 yards; par 72;
pro Rod King; pro shop, snack bar, banquet
facility, driving range, practice facility.
Penn Oaks Golf Club
West Chester, (610) 399-0501, pennoaksgolfclub.com
69.1/126, red: 72.8/127; 6,664 yards; par 71;
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pro Jeff Hallett; pro shop, restaurant, bar,
banquet facility, driving range, halfway house,
locker rooms.
Phoenixville Country Club
Phoenixville, (610) 933-3727, phoenixvillecc.com
Matthew T. Dever; pro shop, clubhouse,
banquet facility.
Pickering Valley Golf Club
Phoenixville, (610) 933-2223, golfpickeringvalley.com
65.5/117; 6,572 yards; par 72; pro Bobby
Bohrer; pro shop, snack bar, banquet facility,
driving range.
Radley Run Country Club
West Chester, (610) 793-1660,
radleyruncountryclub.com
Private; blue: 73.8/134, white: 71.7/131,
red: 68.6/126; 6,847 yards; par 72; pro John
Kellogg; pro shop, restaurant, bar, banquet
facility, driving range, practice facility, pool.
RiverCrest Golf Club & Preserve
Phoenixville, (610) 933-4700,
rivercrestgolfclub.com
68.7/130, green: 66.7/124, gold: 62.1/111, red:
70.8/127; 6,869 yards; par 72; pro Bob Kramer;
pro shop, restaurant, bar, banquet facility,
locker rooms, fitness center, massage rooms.
Spring Hollow Golf Course
Spring City, (610) 948-5566, spring-hollow.com
66.4/113, red: 67.7/113; 6,188 yards; par 70;
pro Jim Wagner; pro shop, snack bar, banquet
facility.
Stonewall
Elverson, (610) 286-3030, stonewalllinks.com
Private; North course: black: 72.7/136, blue:
70.7/131, white: 68.2/126; 6,735 yards; par 70;
Old course: black: 72.7/134, blue: 70.8/133,
white: 69.0/128; 6,717 yards; par 70; pro Eric
P. McNamee.
Waynesborough Country Club
Paoli, (610) 296-2122, waynesborough-cc.com
white: 70.0/130, red: 72.2/130; par 71; pro
Nick Wolfe; restaurant, bar, snack bar, banquet
facility, racquet sports, pool.
West Chester Golf & Country Club
West Chester, (610) 696-0150, westchestercc.net
Private; front: 66.1/123, middle: 67.7/127;
5,700 yards; par 70; pro Casey J. O’Reilly;
pro shop, restaurant, bar, snack bar, banquet
facility, tennis, pool.
White Manor Country Club
Malvern, (610) 647-1070, whitemanorcc.com
Private; silver: 74.1/141, bronze: 72.7/135,
black: 70.4/131, green: 67.9/122, blue:
69.9/123; 7,009 yards; par 71; pro Marc I.
Levine; pro shop, restaurant, bar, tennis, pool.
Whitford Country Club
Exton, (610) 269-2150, whitfordcc.com
white: 70.1/132; par 72; pro Michael Ladden;
pro shop, restaurant, bar, snack bar, banquet
facility, driving range, racquet sports, pool.
Wyncote Golf Club
Oxford, (610) 932-8900, wyncote.com
white: 70.0/118, red: 71.6/126; 7,149 yards;
par 72; pro Michael Schneider; pro shop,
restaurant, bar, banquet facility, practice
facility.
DELAWARE COUNTY
Aronimink Country Club
Newtown Square, (610) 356-8000, aronimink.org
Private; back: 74.4/130, middle: 72.1/126,
forward: 70.2/123; 7,190 yards; par 70; pro
Jeffrey Kiddie; pro shop, restaurant, bar,
banquet facility, locker rooms, racquet sports,
fitness center, pool.
Concord Country Club
Concordville, (610) 459-2200, concordclub.org
68.5/127, red: 72.9/131; 6,817 yards par 71;
pro Michael Z. Moses; pro shop, restaurant,
bar, banquet facility, practice facility, halfway
house, fitness center, tennis, pool.
Edgmont Country Club
Edgemont, (610) 353-1800, edgmont.com
Private; red: 72.3/125, blue: 72.4/129, white:
70.3/126, gold: 67.9/122; 6,485 yards; par 70;
practice facility, driving range.
The Golf Course at Glen Mills
Glen Mills, (610) 558-2142, glenmillsgolf.com
66.4/129, red: 62.0/114; 6,646 yards; par 71;
pro Bob Pfister; pro shop, restaurant, practice
facility, driving range, locker rooms.
Llanerch Country Club
Havertown, (610) 446-2232, llanerchcc.org
69.0/125, red: 68.3/124; 6,716 yards; par 71;
pro Chris Wilkinson; pro shop, bar and grill,
banquet facility, tennis, pool.
McCall Golf & Country Club
Upper Darby, (610) 734-7900, mccallgolf.com
Private; black: 63.3/115, middle: 62.5/112,
front: 61.9/110; 4,469 yards; par 66; pro Eric
Figueroa; pro shop, meeting-conference
facilities.
Paxon Hollow Country Club
Media, (610) 353-0220, paxonhollowgolf.com
Public; blue: 67.7/125, white: 66.2/121,
red: 69.2/116, gold: 63.9/113; 5,709 yards;
par 71; pro Dan Malley; pro shop, bar and grill,
banquet facility, practice facility.
Radnor Valley Country Club
Villanova, (610) 688-9450, radnorvalleycc.com
green: 68.3/132, red: 70.1/127; 6,562 yards;
par 70; pro George J. Forster; pro shop,
restaurant, bar, snack bar, banquet facility,
driving range, practice facility, tennis, pool.
Rolling Green Golf Club
Springfield, (610) 544-4500, rggc.org
Private; black: 73.5/136, white: 70.6/131, yellow: 68.4/125, red: 67.2/124; 6,917 yards; par
70; pro Michael J. Rugg; pro shop, clubhouse.
Springfield Country Club
Springfield, (610) 543-9860, springfieldgolf.org
red: 69.2/122; 6,041 yards; par 71; pro Jim
Simpson; pro shop, restaurant, bar, snack bar,
banquet facility, ice rink, pool.
The Springhaven Club
Wallingford, (610) 876-8187, springhavengolf.com
red: 66.8/115; 6,518 yards; par 70; pro James
P. Newlon; pro shop, restaurant, snack bar,
banquet facility.
St. Davids Golf Club
Wayne, (610) 688-2010, stdavidsgc.com
Private; black: 71.4/126, silver: 70.2/123,
gold: 67.7/117, green: 64.6/111; 6,559 yards;
par 70; pro Dean Kandle; pro shop, clubhouse,
racquet sports.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
The ACE Club
Lafayette Hill, (610) 238-4580, theaceclubonline.com
70.7/130; 7,108 yards; par 72; pro Linda Nevatt;
practice facility, board room, conference center.
Bala Golf Club
Philadelphia, (215) 473-8504, balagolfclub.com
Private; blue: 66.5/133, white: 65.6/131;
5,430 yards; par 68; pro Chris Barletta.
Blue Bell Country Club
Blue Bell, (215) 616-8100, bluebellcc.com
Private; gold: 73.5/138, blue: 72.1/136; white:
70.0/131, silver: 67.8/126; 6,920 yards; par 71;
pro Stephen J. Wahal Jr.; pool, fitness center,
pro shop.
Cedarbrook Country Club
Blue Bell, (215) 646-9410, cedarbrookcc.org
69.9/130, red: 72.1/120; 7,072 yards; par 72;
pro Kerry Mattern.
Center Square Golf Club
Center Square, (610) 584-5700
centersquaregolfclub.com
Public; back: 69.4/123, middle: 67.9/119,
forward: 71.3/115; 6,304 yards; par 71;
pro Keith Oldham; pro shop, restaurant, bar,
snack bar, banquet facility.
The Club at Shannondell
Audubon, (610) 666-7600, theclubatshannondell.com
66.0/114, red: 69.5/115; 6,122 yards; par 70;
pro Drew Hood; pro shop, restaurant, bar,
banquet facility, pool.
Green Valley Country Club
Lafayette Hill, (610) 828-3000, greenvalleycc.org
Private; black: 72.8/134, middle: 70.7/130,
front: 67.9/126; 6,744 yards; par 71;
pro John Cooper.
Gulph Mills Golf Club
King of Prussia, (610) 828-0717
yellow: 68.2/123, red: 70.4/126; 6,627 yards;
par 71; pro Tom P. Gilbert.
Hickory Valley Golf Club
Gilbertsville, (610) 754-7733, hickoryvalley.com
Public; Presidential course: black: 72.6/136,
gold: 70.6/132, white: 67.7/118, red: 71.2/128;
6,676 yards, par 72; Ambassador course:
black: 70.8/119, gold: 68.9/116, white:
65.1/105, red: 69.0/116; 6,442 yards; par 71;
pro Steve Holauchock; pro shop, snack bar,
bar, banquet facility, driving range.
Horsham Valley Golf Club
Ambler, (215) 646-4707, horshamvalleygolf.com
Public; back: 62.4/102, forward: 60.8/96;
5,115 yards; par 66; pro Harry C. Barbin III;
pro shop, snack bar, bar.
Jeffersonville Golf Club
Jeffersonville, (610) 539-0422, westnorritontwp.org
68.3/117, red: 70.2/122; 6,443 yards; par 70;
pro Michael Housley; pro shop, restaurant,
bar, snack bar, banquet facility.
Limekiln Golf Club
Ambler, (215) 643-0643, limegolf.com
Public; blue-red back: 69.6/127, middle:
68.1/124, senior: 65.3/117; 6,320 yards; par 70;
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red-white back: 69.5/128, middle: 68.1/125,
senior: 65.1/119; 6,308 yards; par 70; whiteblue back: 70.3/129, middle: 69.0/127, senior:
66.4/121; 6,462 yards; par 70; forward:
67.8/114; 5,262 yards; pro John Carson;
pro shop, bar and grill, driving range.
Limerick Golf Club
Limerick, (610) 495-5567, limerickgolfclub.com
66.2/107; blue: 6,019 yards, white: 5,695
yards, gold: 5,104 yards, red: 4,655 yards;
par 70; restaurant, bar, banquet facility.
Linfield National Golf Club
Linfield, (610) 495-8455, linfieldnational.com
67.3/108, red: 68.7/114; 6,164 yards; par 71;
pro Robert Kleckner; pro shop, bar and grill.
Macoby Run Golf Course
Green Lane, (215) 541-0161, macobyrun.com
65.6/110, red: 68.1/112; 6,405 yards; par 72;
pavilion, practice facility.
Mainland Golf Course
Mainland, (215) 256-9548, mainlandgolf.com
65.6/113; 6,146 yards; par 70; pro Steve
Spross; pro shop, restaurant, bar, banquet
facility, enclosed pavilion, halfway house,
driving range.
Merion Golf Club
Ardmore, (610) 642-5600, meriongolfclub.com
Private; Merion East course: back: 73.0/145,
middle: 71.3/142, forward: 75.8/152; Merion
West course: back: 68.9/117; middle: 67.8/115,
forward: 66.4/110; par 70; pro Scott R. Nye;
pro shop, restaurant, bar, locker rooms.
Meadowlands Country Club
Blue Bell, (215) 646-2300, meadowlandscc.com
gold: 68.6/120; 6,455 yards; par 71; pro
John Shapcott; tennis facility, banquet hall,
swimming pool.
Overbrook Golf Club
Bryn Mawr, (610) 688-4000, overbrookgolfclub.com
68.6/120, red: 66.1/114; 6,575 yards; par 70;
pro Eric Kennedy; restaurant, bar, banquet
facility, racquet sports, pool, bowling.
Philadelphia Country Club
Gladwyne, (610) 525-6000, philadelphiacc.net
Private; Spring/Mill black: 74.4/135, blue:
73.3/132, white: 71.7/130, green: 74.6/135,
gold: 71.7/130; 6,976 yards; par 71; pro Jay
Horton; clubhouse.
Philadelphia Cricket Club
Flourtown, (215) 247-6001, philacricket.com
Private; Militia Hill course: championship:
75.5/137, black: 75.5/137, silver: 71.9/131,
yellow: 74.3/135, red: 68.8/122; 7,370 yards;
par 72; St. Martins course: black: 65.6/117,
yellow: 65.4/116, red 62.8/107; Wissahickon
course: black: 73.9/142, yellow: 71.6/134,
white: 69.8/132; pro Jim Smith Jr.; pro shop,
bar, banquet facility, racquet sports, cricket,
softball, soccer, croquet, bridge, bowling,
trapshooting, pool.
PineCrest Country Club
Lansdale, (215) 855-6112, pcrestcc.com
68.1/118; 6,331 yards; par 70; pro Gerard
Davis; pro shop, bar and grill, banquet facility.
Plymouth Country Club
Plymouth Meeting, (610) 272-4050,
plymouthcc.com
69.0/127, red: 73.5/130; 6,570 yards; par 72;
pro Christopher Hanson; pro shop, restaurant,
bar, banquet facility, tennis, pool.
Raven’s Claw Golf Club
Pottstown, (610) 495-4710,
ravensclawgolfclub.com
white: 68.2/124, yellow: 65.3/116; red: 67.1/112;
6,740 yards, par 71; Pro Gene D. Carpino IV.
Skippack Golf Club
Skippack, (610) 584-4226, skippackgolfclub.com
630/106; 5,790 yards; par 70; pro Darryl Lock;
pro shop, snack bar, bar, driving range.
Spring Ford Country Club
Royersford, (610) 948-0580, springfordcc.org
67.8/124, red: 73.2/132; 6,706 yards; par 72;
pro Rich Steinmetz; pro shop, restaurant, bar,
banquet facility, pool.
Sunnybrook Golf Club
Plymouth Meeting, (610) 828-9617,
sunnybrook.org
69.3/125, green: 64.3/116; 6,906 yards; par
72; pro Eric Schultz; pro shop, clubhouse.
Turtle Creek Golf Course
Limerick, (610) 489-5133, turtlecreekgolf.com
72.1/127, red: 68.6/115; 6,702 yards; par 72;
pro Steve Oltman; pro shop, bar, snack bar,
driving range.
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Westover Country Club
Jeffersonville, (610) 539-4500,
westovercountryclub.com
Semi-private; white: 67.6/117, blue: 70.0/124,
gold: 63.9/109, red: 67.8/115; 6,206 yards; par
70; pro Paul Galczyk; pro shop, restaurant,
bar, banquet facility, locker rooms.
Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
Lafayette Hill, (215) 233-3901, whitemarshvalleycc.com
gold: 66.8/119, green: 69.1/125, red: 75.1/136;
6,886 yards; par 72; pro David Pagett;
pro shop, banquet facility.
Alicia’s addict parents neglected her.
She was placed in a group home.
No one detected depression.
She attempted suicide.
MARYLAND
The Beach Club Golf Links
Berlin, (410) 641-4653, beachclubgolflinks.com
red: 69.0/117, black: 73.0/128; 7,020 yards;
par 72; pro Justin Henderson; pro shop,
driving range, snackbar. The Beach Club is
a 27-hole facility with all the amenities of a
36-hole facility.
Bittersweet Golf Club
Elkton, (410) 398-8848
red: 70.5/114: 6,186 yards; par 70; pro Robert
Ewing; pro shop, bar and grill.
Caroline Country Club
Denton, (410) 479-1425, carolinecountryclub.com
Private; red: 70.8/116, white: 70.3/118,
blue: 71.9/123; 6,697 yards; par 72; pro
Bob Rementer; pro shop, restaurant, bar.
Chesapeake Bay Golf Club
North East, (410) 287-0200;
Rising Sun, (410) 658-4343
Public; North East course: championship:
72.3/138, white: 70.9/130, green: 67.8/126,
burgundy: 68.5/121; 6,434 yards; par 70;
Rising Sun course: black: 73.1/129, white:
70.5/126, green: 68.6/121, red: 69.4.2/122;
6,636 yards, par 71; pro Andrew Barbin; pro
shop, restaurant, snack bar, banquet facilities.
Chester River Yacht and Country Club
Chestertown, (410) 778-3818, crycc.org
Private; black: 68.9/120, blue: 71.1/120, red:
64.8/111, green: 69.5/119; 6,349 yards; par
71; pro James Childs; pro shop, restaurant,
lounge, banquet facilities.
The Club at Patriots Glen
Elkton, (410) 392-9552, patriotsglen.com
Public; blue: 72.0/133, white: 702/130, gold:
68.6/126, red: 71.4/130; 6,730 yards; par 72;
pro Anthony Rodriguez; pro shop, practice
facility.
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Nutters Crossing Golf Course
Salisbury, (410) 860-4653, nutterscrossing.com
68.0/118; 6,163 yards; par 70; pro David
Combs; pro shop, restaurant, bar.
Ocean City Golf Club
Berlin, (410) 641-1779, oceancitygolfclub.com
Public; Seaside course: black: 71.4/122, blue:
69.9/119, white: 67.4/116, red: 71.5/123; 6,701
yards; par 72; Newport Bay course: black:
71.0/126, blue: 69.4/119, white: 67.5/113, red:
71.5/119; 6,657 yards; par 72; pro Buddy
Sass; pro shop, practice facility, clubhouse.
Wetlands Golf Club
Aberdeen, (410) 273-7488, golfwetlands.com
Public; championship: 73.0/130, back: 71.7/125,
middle: 68.9/121, forward: 66.0/114; 6,728
yards; par 71; pro shop, restaurant, bar.
1 Hartefeld drive avondale, Pa 19311
www.Hartefeld.com
call Jennifer Paterson 610.268.8800 ext 1060
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The Parting Shot
The Six Stages of Golf Grief
By Reid Champagne
W
e would all be thankful if we could
go through life without having to
experience the five stages of grief. But grief
will touch us all. Most of us will find a way
to get through it and move on. Golf grief
is a different matter.
I once played with a scratch golfer
who, after missing a makeable birdie putt,
slammed his putter against his shoe in disgust. He went on to shoot even par for the
round, but still steamed about that missed
birdie, which would have broken par. I, on
the other hand, would have needed that
birdie putt for a smooth 94 instead of the
97 I wound up shooting. I finished the day
steamed that my putt for double bogey on
that same hole lipped the cup.
But anger is only one of the six stages
of golf grief. In golf, there is one additional
stage, the one that eventually gives golf
grief its eternal quality.
The denial stage begins on the first
tee. It generally follows what you just told
your partners was the best warm-up on the
range you’ve ever had. “Everything went
straight and long.” Then you step up and
send one dead right and short over the O.B.
stakes. “That can’t be me,” you scream.
As hole after hole fails to generate
anything near the effortless and flowing
swings back on the range, as the fairways
soon become mottled with divots that
resemble a strip mining operation, the
anger stage follows.
The start of the back nine is where
the bargaining stage commences. You tell
yourself it’s a whole new nine and that you
can still salvage a sub-90 round. Your buddies may see your bargaining stage simply
as denial all over again, since there has
been nothing in your game to suggest that
the back nine won’t actually be worse than
the front.
So the depression stage inevitably
appears around the 15th hole, when your
mental calculations indicate you’ll need
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to birdie-birdie-eagle just to finish on avoid. From the guy who can’t stand life itthe number at 90. “Guys, I hate to say self because he failed to break par, to the
this, but this is the last round of golf I’m guy who can’t stand life itself because he
ever going to play. I just can’t take this failed to break 100, golf provides the grief
that keeps on giving. This is why “How
anymore.”
Suddenly, however, you step up to the much golf is too much?” has no answer—
18th tee, and for the first time that day, until we can first answer the question,
stripe a drive that splits the center in a gen- “How much golf grief is too much?”
It is those who learn to embrace the
tle draw, reminiscent of one you had produced back on the range. Your approach eternal grief who attain golf ’s Nirvana, the
shot flies high and on target, landing on stage at which we learn to play without a
the green 10 feet from the cup, which scorecard or a handicap, just to enjoy a
you firmly drain for a birdie. The result is pleasant, unspoiled walk among God’s
a smooth 94 you would have settled for great universe, telling ourselves that birdie,
just a couple of rounds ago. Acceptance, par or bogey no longer makes any differthe fifth stage of golf grief, now flows like ence whatsoever.
In other words, we’ve come full-circle
honey through your veins.
And that is what brings you to the door- back to denial.
step of golf grief ’s sixth and final stage:
Reid Champagne continues to practice his
Repetition.
Repetition is the stage that proves golf zen-like game, hoping to one day to be struck
grief is something we aspire to, rather than by lightning.
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