St. Davids Golf Club
Basic Information
Address
845 Radnor Street Road | Wayne, PA 19087
Phone:
Fax:
(610) 688-8334
Email:
Website
www.stdavidsgc.com
Visit Site| Golf Professional | Tyler Santacroce | (610) 688-9708 |
|---|---|---|
| Club Manager | Jon Anthony LaRocca | (610) 688-2010 |
| General Manager | Jon Anthony LaRocca | (610) 688-2010 |
| Superintendent | Collin Harley | (610) 688-9708 |
| Club Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1897 |
| Architect | Donald Ross |
| Tee Sheet | Front 9 | Back 9 | Course | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | Slope | Rating | Slope | Rating | Slope | ||
| Black | Men | 36.4 | 130 | 35.7 | 136 | 72.1 | 133 |
| Silver | Men | 35.4 | 127 | 34.9 | 135 | 70.3 | 131 |
| Silver/Gold Combo | Men | 34.8 | 126 | 34.4 | 129 | 69.2 | 128 |
| Gold | Men | 34.0 | 125 | 33.9 | 127 | 67.9 | 126 |
| Green | Men | 32.5 | 110 | 32.3 | 118 | 64.8 | 114 |
| Silver | Women | 38.1 | 138 | 38.2 | 138 | 76.3 | 138 |
| Gold | Women | 37.2 | 132 | 36.5 | 132 | 73.7 | 132 |
| Gold/Green Combo | Women | 36.1 | 126 | 35.2 | 122 | 71.3 | 124 |
| Green | Women | 35.2 | 125 | 34.3 | 119 | 69.5 | 122 |
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History
One Sunday in the spring of 1896, A. J. D. (Tony) Peterson arrived at the home of George W. Schultz. According to Schultz, Peterson was “carrying a small white ball and a club with a bent iron on its end.” The previous day Peterson had been introduced to a Scottish game called “GOLF” at the recently opened Devon Golf Club, a nine-hole course located on the current site of Waterloo Gardens.
The following Saturday Peterson arranged for Schultz to play the Devon course with a set of borrowed golf clubs. Schultz apparently enjoyed playing golf enough that later on that year he, along with William H. Brooks, Dr. George L. S. Jameson (who went by “GLS”), Louis Peterson and Herman Wendell decided to organize their own golf club.
This group of founders recognized the need to generate enough members to meet the financial obligations they would face and also the need for a site large enough to build a golf course. The Founders drafted a letter with an attached sign-up sheet for people interested in membership to sign and commit to the terms of becoming members of the new club. The undated letter reads as follows:
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A 1903 photo of a player driving from the 10th tee at St. Davids.