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Kennett Square Golf & Country Club

Basic Information

Address

100 East Locust Lane | Kennett Square, PA 19348


Phone:

(610) 444-5239


Fax:

(610) 444-4567


Email:

rnuechterlein @ksgcc.com


Website

www.ksgcc.com

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Club Contacts
Golf ProfessionalRyan T Nuechterlein(610) 444-5239
General ManagerJason Feller(610) 444-5239
SuperintendentPaul Stead S(610) 444-3550
Course Information
Club TypePrivate
Founded1922
ArchitectDonald Ross
Tee Sheet Front 9 Back 9 Course
Rating Slope Rating Slope Rating Slope
BlackMen 35.8 138 36.7 13372.5136
Black/BlueMen 35.6 137 36.2 13271.8135
BlueMen 35.1 136 36.0 12971.1133
Blue/WhiteMen 34.2 127 35.2 12669.4127
WhiteMen 33.3 123 34.7 12568.0124
RedMen 32.7 121 34.1 12166.8121
BlueWomen 37.7 142 38.4 13876.1140
Blue/WhiteWomen 36.8 133 37.5 13774.3135
WhiteWomen 36.0 128 37.3 13873.3133
RedWomen 35.4 122 36.6 13672.0129

History

Early in 1922, a group of 26 men met in the Kennett Square fire house to talk about organizing a golf club. During the months that followed they were able to interest friends and neighbors in the project, and on Dec. 15 the first parcel of land, 1.5 acres, was purchased. It was a start. Two days after Christmas, a charter was granted to the Kennett Square Golf and Country Club. John W. Chalfant was elected president. The board of governors consisted of the following members: Malcolm Farquhar, Dr. James L. Paiste, William Lloyd Lang, Henry W. Marshall, George B. Scarlett, J. B. Swayne, C. G. Gawthrop, J. B. D. Edge, and T. Clarence Marshall. Dr. Paiste, whose home was in Avondale, and T. Clarence Marshall, of Yorklyn, Delaware, were the only board members not resident in Kennett Square itself.


View of the clubhouse from the course at Kennett Square in the 1930s

In early March 1923, construction got underway on a two-story stone and frame clubhouse, and by the end of that month the club had acquired, in two separate purchases, 99.7 acres to go with the original lot. There was now ground enough for golf, and though it might have been possible to lay out a full eighteen on the 101-acre property, a decision was made to build only nine holes.

Donald Ross was retained to design the nine, several holes of which opened for play late that same year. A note in the club minutes from Sept. 30,1927, reads: “During the past four years the golf course has been improved until we now have one of the best nine-hole courses in any suburban area.”

Late in 1936, the club leased approximately 34 acres across the road. As noted in the minutes, “…. the group of members who owned the land would be willing to lease it to the club until such time as the club is financially able to purchase it.” Now it was possible to add a second nine holes, which were also laid out by Donald Ross and intermingled with the original nine.

On the Fourth of July 1940, Kennett Square’s 18-hole course was dedicated amidst considerable fanfare. The highlight of the celebration was an exhibition match that featured Gene Sarazen, Wilmington’s Ed “Porky” Oliver, the club’s head professional, Willie Palumbo, and its club champion, Willard McConnell. Less than a year later the club was in a position to make settlement on the 34-acre tract that had paved the way for the full eighteen.

In the years to come, Kennett Square would build a large swimming pool, seven tennis courts (the abandoned caddie shack was refurbished for use by the tennis players), and two platform tennis courts. The clubhouse would be expanded and renovated, and the golf course toughened to the point where today, despite measuring only 6,074 yards from the regular tees (6,305 from the back), and with a par of 71, it has a Slope of 129.

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Locations

100 East Locust Lane | Kennett Square, PA 19348

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