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Radley Run Country Club

Course Information
Club Type: Private
Founded:1965
Architect:Alfred H. Tull
General Information
Address: 1100 Country Club Road
West Chester, PA  19382
Phone:(610) 793-1660
Fax:(610) 793-1204
Website:www.radleyruncountryclub.com
Email:info@radleyruncc.com
Club Contacts
  Golf Professional:   Jon Arthur   (610) 793-1662 
  General Manager:   Mark B. Litrenta   (610) 793-1660 
  Superintendent:   Derrick Wozniak   (610) 793-1662 
Club Events
2023 Monday, August 7  GAP Deeg Sezna 
2022 May 23  GAP BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship Qualifier   
2022 Jun 13  GAP GAP/DSGA Four-Ball Championship 
2021 May 3  GAP Middle-Amateur Championship Qualifier   
2021 Sep 28  GAP U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Qualifier (1)   
2020 Mar 10  GAP Winter Series Event - 2 
2020 May 18  GAP BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship Qualifier 
2019 Sep 9  GAP Tee it Forward - Fall Net Championship   
2019 Oct 23  GAP The Player’s Dinner 
2018 Aug 6  GAP The Deeg Sezna   
2017 May 30  GAP Team Championship Qualifier   
2017 Nov 28  GAP Winter Series Event - 10   
2016 May 9  GAP BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship Qualifier   
2015 May 26  GAP Francis B. Warner Cup - Net   
2014 May 7  GAP Middle-Amateur Championship Qualifier   
2014 Nov 5  GAP Winter Series Event - Radley Run Country Club   
2013 May 30  GAP Father & Son (Middle)   
2012 Oct 16  GAP Volunteers Day   
2012 Dec 11  GAP Winter Series Event #7   
2011 Jun 22  GAP Open Championship Qualifier   
2010 Mar 11  GAP Winter Series Event #2 
2010 Nov 17  GAP Winter Series Event #8   
2009 Sep 22  GAP Frank H. Chapman Memorial Cup - Net   
2007 Apr 11  GAP Chairmen’s Meeting   
2006 Jun 1  GAP Father-Son (Older)   

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

WHITE TEESFront 9Back 9Course
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  35.6 137  35.7  131 71.3 134 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 454343544364353445443672
 Yards 409503306219413158489340336317333417757316336530453233443732196392
 HCP 3171517131195 16106142181284  
BLUE TEESFront 9Back 9Course
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  36.6 141  36.5  135 73.1 138 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 454343544364353445443672
 Yards 423553321236439176518372368340634520059717238932856435744834006806
 HCP 3171517131195 16106142181284  
GOLD TEESFront 9Back 9Course
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  34.4 131  34.3  126 68.7 129 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 454343544364353445443672
 Yards 398467285172374143466298309291231614851115032327350230239529205832
 HCP 3171517131195 16106142181284  
GOLD/RED TEESFront 9Back 9Course
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  34.1 130  34.3  125 68.4 128 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 454343544364353445443672
 Yards 396462276171343142451294304283933314951212832626550129540029095748
 HCP 3171517131195 16106142181284  
RED TEESFront 9Back 9Course
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  33.8 129  34.0  124 67.8 127 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 454343544364353445443672
 Yards 386462276147343109451294304277231113949612831826548629540528435615
 HCP 3171517131195 16106142181284  
WHITE/GOLD TEESFront 9Back 9Course
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  34.9 133  34.8  127 69.7 130 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 454343544364353445443672
 Yards 409467306172374158489340309302433414851116332327353230243730236047
 HCP 3171517131195 16106142181284  
BLUE/WHITE TEESFront 9Back 9Course
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  36.1 138  36.1  133 72.2 136 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 454343544364353445443672
 Yards 423503321219413176518372336328134517757317236532856435743733186599
 HCP 3171517131195 16106142181284  
History
It may be stretching fact a bit to claim that golfers battling par at Radley Run today do so on the same ground where the gallant Continentals led by George Washington battled the British/Hessian forces under General Howe in September, 1777. Still, there can be no question but what troop movements immediately prior to the Battle of the Brandywine took place on this very land. So if it is not hallowed ground, it is, at the very least, historic.

Registered as a historic dwelling, the Mansion House at Radley Run dates to 1770 and contains accommodations for members’ out-of-town guests.
Certainly Z. Edmund Prince, a Kennett Square real estate developer and former University of Delaware track and football coach, was not unmindful of this when, in 1963, he broached to Nicholas R. DuPont his concept of a country club community in the Brandywine Valley, several miles north of West Chester. DuPont was receptive to the idea, and in 1963 they purchased a total of some 1,200 acres, the bulk of it the Gilbert Mather estate, which extended into four separate townships of Chester County.
A massive old barn with a cork floor was designated for the clubhouse. Ellis Preston, a Wilmington architect, developed the plans for a conversion that made the most of the handsome fieldstone and wood siding. The interior design, under the supervision of Mrs. Nicholas R. DuPont, was equally sensitive to the early rural roots of this structure.
It was the stream running behind the clubhouse, a tributary of the Brandywine called Radley Run, that gave the club its name. John Radley had been a constable of Westtown Township in the late 17th century.
Alfred Tull, who had done considerable work in the area over a period of nearly 20 years (at Hercules, DuPont, and Brandywine), was chosen to design and build the course. Those associated with Tull envied him his remarkable ability to lay out individual holes and develop a routing plan for the entire course merely by walking the land and without resort to topographical maps.
In addition to the Radley Run itself, another stream, Plumb Run, meanders through the course. Tull made good use of both, with the result that there is water on half the holes, in the form of either a creek or a pond. Yet his use of water was restrained. A bad shot may indeed earn a dunking, but a pretty good shot will almost always avoid disaster. Perfect swings are not required.
The course is only moderately bunkered. By actual count there are a total of 60 bunkers. Those sand hazards defending the generous greens, which average nearly 8,000 square feet, are usually at a slight remove. Like Donald Ross, Tull felt that chipping should be an integral part of the game.
For those who like to let out shaft, as the old saying had it, the back tees on this par-72 layout produce yardage in excess of 6,900, thanks mainly to the four par fives, which range from 562 to 594 yards. From the members’ markers, the course is 6,384 yards.
Let the record show that Radley Run, with Chet Munson as its first golf professional, opened for play in 1965 on the 4th of July— not surprising when you recall this land’s link to the War of Independence.
To learn more about Radley Run’s history, check out the Golf Association of Philadelphia Magazine piece on the club’s 50th birthday, which appeared in the Summer 2015 issue.

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