Pelham Country Club (New Rochelle, New York)

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Pelham Country Club is a country club located on the border of Pelham Manor and New Rochelle in Westchester County, New York.

In 1900, Dr. Charles R. Gillett and his brother Will 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 had been introduced into the United States from Scotland. Shortly 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 Dr. Fowler decided to divide his property into building lots, the members had to look for a new home. They made the move to the 180 acre Disbrow farm on North Avenue in New Rochelle and this first Pelham Country Club then became the Wykagyl Golf Club.

By 1908 Mr. George Phelps started another Pelham Country Club. The members expanded their club quarters in 1919 and decided to add a new golf course. Course architect Devereux Emmet was commissioned to lay out an 18-hole course. Construction started in April 1920, and the course was ready by July 1921. Much of the stone removed from the land was used in the construction of residences in Pelham Manor.

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, featuring Gene Sarazen and Walter Hagen.

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