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St. Davids Golf Club

845 Radnor Street Road | Wayne, PA 19087

Private East Region

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.

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 33.9 127 34.0 125 67.9 126
Green Men 32.3 118 32.5 110 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

Locations

845 Radnor Street Road
Wayne, PA 19087