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The 1912 Club

Course Information
Club Type: Private
Founded:1912
Architect:William S. Flynn
General Information
Address: 888 Plymouth Road
Plymouth Meeting, PA  19462
Phone:(610) 272-4050
Fax:(610) 275-6575
Website:www.plymouthcc.com
Club Contacts
  Golf Professional:   Christopher Hanson   (610) 272-4704 
  General Manager:       (610) 272-4050 
  Superintendent:   John Connor III   (610) 476-1705 
Club Events
2015 May 18  GAP BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship Qualifier   
2014 Jun 3  GAP Tee it Forward - Spring Net Championship   
2013 Jul 18  GAP Senior Four-Man Team   
2012 Jun 28  GAP Father & Son (Younger)   
2011 Oct 26  GAP Winter Series Event #5   
2010 May 4  GAP Middle-Amateur Championship Qualifier   
2007 Sep 18  GAP Senior Net Championship   

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Course Yardage & Ratings
Handicap Conversion Charts:  [Mens]  [Womens]

Tee SetFront 9Back 9Course
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
 Black Men  35.4 128  37.0  139 72.4 134 
 White Men  34.5 125  36.3  136 70.8 131 
 White/Gold Men  34.1 123  35.4  132 69.5 128 
 Gold Men  33.7 119  34.7  129 68.4 124 
 Red Men  32.5 114  33.6  125 66.1 120 
History
A little more than a month after the opening of Lehigh Country Club at its original location, Plymouth Country Club was granted its charter in Montgomery County Court on May 24, 1912. The site chosen for the new club was a chicken farm in Plymouth Township, which had become available under unique—and tragic—circumstances. The farm had belonged to one Alvin Haines.
Haines,the overseer of Plymouth Meeting Friends, was having trouble with chicken thieves. One day, in an attempt to scare the thieves off, he fired several shots into the air. One of the bullets, however, struck and killed a thief. More than grief-stricken, Haines, who had been reared in a Quaker family that abhorred violence, was so traumatized by the fatal accident that he died within a few months and his farm went on the market.
Included in the purchase was the Haines farmhouse. Part of that old dwelling is a section of the present clubhouse. In the club’s very early years the golf shop was located in the barn. So was the men’s locker room, though the majority of golfers chose to dress for the game at home.
The nine-hole course was laid out on the land north of Shady Hill Road, with the holes routed over 69 acres around the clubhouse. In 1924 a decision was made to purchase an additional 50 acres in order to add a second nine. The full eighteen opened late in 1927
The extent of William Flynn’s participation in the design of the course is open to conjecture. Certainly he played a role in shaping some of the holes. It is doubtful that he laid out the original nine, but he may have designed the additional nine and even remodeled the first nine. What is undeniable is that Flynn was working on the local scene for more than 20 years, first at Merion (from 1911 to 1920), then in partnership with Howard Toomey. Even today, some of the bunkering at Plymouth suggests the sure hand of William Flynn.

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