Englewood Golf Club

Englewood Golf Club
Club information
Coordinates 40°52′19″N 73°58′30″W / 40.872°N 73.975°W / 40.872; -73.975Coordinates: 40°52′19″N 73°58′30″W / 40.872°N 73.975°W / 40.872; -73.975
Location Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Elevation 50–180 feet (15–55 m)
Established 1896 (1896)
Type Private
Total holes 18
Tournaments hosted U.S. Open: (1909)
U.S. Amateur: (1906)
Par 71
Length 6,205 yards (5,674 m)
(for 1909 U.S. Open)[1]

Englewood Golf Club was a private golf course in the eastern United States, located in Englewood and Leonia, New Jersey, just west of New York City. Opened 122 years ago as a nine-hole course in 1896, a second nine was added four years later; it hosted the U.S. Amateur in 1906 and the U.S. Open in 1909.[1][2]

A map of the front nine is available, http://i53.tinypic.com/29stah.jpg

The golf course met its demise in the 1960s when the approach ramp to the George Washington Bridge cut right through the middle of the property.[2] This portion of the New Jersey Turnpike was built on the border between Englewood and Leonia, and bisected the golf course; the clubhouse was in the northeast corner of the property. Play continued on the divided course, but the financial burden became too great, and the course closed in 1976.[1] Cross Creek Point condominiums were built on the northeast half in Englewood, and single-family houses were built on the southwest half in Leonia, with a street named Golf Course Drive.

Additional information can be found by reading: "The Missing Links: America's Greatest Lost Golf Courses & Holes" by Daniel Wexler.[2]

In 1926, the club hosted the wedding reception of New York Post editor Joseph Cookman and his bride Mary Bass, editor of the Ladies Home Journal.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gone but not forgotten: A look at NJGSA's founding clubs". New Jersey State Golf Association. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Fensom, Michael J. (June 20, 2009). "Englewood Golf Club, once a piece of golf history, now a piece of the Turnpike". Inside Jersey. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  3. ↑ Mary Gibson Bass Oral History Project Columbia University 1976 Volume 1, page 30


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