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Saucon Valley Country Club
Course Information
Club Type:
Private
Founded:
1920
Architect:
Grace Course - H.B. Strong & Maxwell-Saucon, Gordons- Grace & Weyhill
General Information
Address:
2050 Saucon Valley Road
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Phone:
(610) 758-7177
Fax:
(610) 758-7140
Website:
www.sauconvalleycc.org
Email:
cschuyler@sauconvalleycc.org
Club Contacts
Golf Professional:
Michael J. Wood
(610) 758-7177
Club Manager:
Dean Will
(610) 758-7155
General Manager:
Kimberly Warren
(610) 758-7150
Superintendent:
James J. Roney Jr
(610) 217-9456
Club Events
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Course Yardage & Ratings
Handicap Conversion Charts: [
Mens
] [
Womens
]
BLUE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Grace Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
36.5
129
35.8
138
72.3
134
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
5
4
3
5
3
4
4
4
4
36
5
3
4
4
3
5
4
4
4
36
72
Yards
555
402
208
516
152
349
422
382
407
3393
507
176
321
326
151
528
423
408
407
3247
6640
HCP
15
3
11
17
13
7
1
9
5
6
8
16
12
18
14
2
4
10
BLUE/WHITE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Grace Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
36.2
128
35.6
137
71.8
133
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
5
4
3
5
3
4
4
4
4
36
5
3
4
4
3
5
4
4
4
36
72
Yards
558
384
180
525
153
363
398
382
387
3330
515
165
323
328
144
531
400
410
390
3206
6536
HCP
15
3
11
17
13
7
1
9
5
6
8
16
12
18
14
2
4
10
WHITE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Grace Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
35.5
127
34.9
136
70.4
132
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
5
4
3
5
3
4
4
4
4
36
5
3
4
4
3
5
4
4
4
36
72
Yards
508
386
178
494
137
336
401
365
385
3190
482
161
281
320
145
519
393
374
391
3066
6256
HCP
15
3
11
17
13
7
1
9
5
6
8
16
12
18
14
2
4
10
FORWARD TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Grace Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
31.7
119
31.8
124
63.5
122
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
5
4
3
5
3
4
4
4
4
36
5
3
4
4
3
5
4
4
4
36
72
Yards
401
256
125
347
120
240
283
298
271
2341
414
132
200
212
138
406
302
284
270
2358
4699
HCP
15
3
11
17
13
7
1
9
5
6
8
16
12
18
14
2
4
10
WHITE/GREEN TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Grace Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
35.0
127
34.1
132
69.1
130
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
5
4
3
5
3
4
4
4
4
36
5
3
4
4
3
5
4
4
4
36
72
Yards
508
358
123
494
137
336
370
365
385
3076
412
161
281
320
135
474
393
374
319
2869
5945
HCP
15
3
11
17
13
7
1
9
5
6
8
16
12
18
14
2
4
10
GREEN/FORWARD TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Grace Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
32.4
122
32.6
126
65.0
124
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
5
4
3
5
3
4
4
4
4
36
5
3
4
4
3
5
4
4
4
36
72
Yards
401
296
123
415
129
277
283
319
271
2514
412
131
251
289
135
406
302
284
319
2529
5043
HCP
15
3
11
17
13
7
1
9
5
6
8
16
12
18
14
2
4
10
BLACK TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Grace Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
37.3
133
36.6
144
73.9
139
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
5
4
3
5
3
4
4
4
4
36
5
3
4
4
3
5
4
4
4
36
72
Yards
578
413
230
536
164
387
447
400
426
3581
527
197
338
338
173
538
444
436
444
3435
7016
HCP
15
3
11
17
13
7
1
9
5
6
8
16
12
18
14
2
4
10
BLACK/BLUE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Grace Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
37.0
131
36.2
143
73.2
137
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
5
4
3
5
3
4
4
4
4
36
5
3
4
4
3
5
4
4
4
36
72
Yards
558
412
210
542
166
363
445
398
410
3504
515
197
342
340
150
541
425
437
405
3352
6856
HCP
15
3
11
17
13
7
1
9
5
6
8
16
12
18
14
2
4
10
GREEN TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Grace Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
33.9
128
33.6
130
67.5
129
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
5
4
3
5
3
4
4
4
4
36
5
3
4
4
3
5
4
4
4
36
72
Yards
490
358
123
461
129
277
368
319
325
2850
412
131
251
316
135
474
375
353
319
2766
5616
HCP
15
3
11
17
13
7
1
9
5
6
8
16
12
18
14
2
4
10
BLACK TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Old Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
38.0
140
36.5
139
74.5
140
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
5
4
4
3
4
5
4
4
3
36
4
3
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
35
71
Yards
561
475
366
159
481
564
459
425
215
3705
334
188
615
504
411
339
385
170
444
3390
7095
HCP
13
3
11
5
17
9
1
7
15
16
14
6
2
8
12
10
18
4
BLACK/BLUE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Old Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
37.5
138
36.2
137
73.7
138
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
5
4
4
3
4
5
4
4
3
36
4
3
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
35
71
Yards
558
426
374
159
416
582
430
429
215
3589
338
192
615
434
422
345
387
172
412
3317
6906
HCP
13
3
11
5
17
9
1
7
15
16
14
6
2
8
12
10
18
4
BLUE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Old Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
37.0
136
36.0
132
73.0
134
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
5
4
4
3
4
5
4
4
3
36
4
3
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
35
71
Yards
561
433
366
159
414
564
430
388
179
3494
334
188
556
437
411
339
385
170
433
3253
6747
HCP
13
3
11
5
17
9
1
7
15
16
14
6
2
8
12
10
18
4
BLUE/WHITE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Old Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
36.5
135
35.4
131
71.9
133
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
5
4
4
3
4
5
4
4
3
36
4
3
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
35
71
Yards
530
426
345
159
416
539
430
387
157
3389
338
177
544
380
397
345
371
172
412
3136
6525
HCP
13
3
11
5
17
9
1
7
15
16
14
6
2
8
12
10
18
4
WHITE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Old Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
36.1
133
34.9
124
71.0
129
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
5
4
4
3
4
5
4
4
3
36
4
3
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
35
71
Yards
532
419
347
142
392
520
409
364
157
3282
323
171
539
394
384
321
374
147
410
3063
6345
HCP
13
3
11
5
17
9
1
7
15
16
14
6
2
8
12
10
18
4
WHITE/GREEN TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Old Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
35.1
130
33.5
119
68.6
125
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
5
4
4
3
4
5
4
4
3
36
4
3
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
35
71
Yards
501
375
345
140
396
438
350
365
157
3067
326
117
461
380
328
257
371
134
388
2762
5829
HCP
13
3
11
5
17
9
1
7
15
16
14
6
2
8
12
10
18
4
GREEN TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Old Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
34.8
124
33.2
118
68.0
121
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
5
4
4
3
4
5
4
4
3
36
4
3
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
35
71
Yards
501
375
322
121
377
444
380
352
137
3009
316
117
465
357
328
257
354
134
371
2699
5708
HCP
13
3
11
5
17
9
1
7
15
16
14
6
2
8
12
10
18
4
GOLD TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Old Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
33.4
118
32.1
114
65.5
116
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
5
4
4
3
4
5
4
4
3
36
4
3
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
35
71
Yards
466
345
246
121
345
432
345
303
104
2707
256
117
449
315
328
215
312
118
358
2468
5175
HCP
13
3
11
5
17
9
1
7
15
16
14
6
2
8
12
10
18
4
BLUE/WHITE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Weyhill
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
36.6
131
36.3
135
72.9
133
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
4
3
4
4
3
5
4
4
5
36
4
4
5
4
3
4
3
4
5
36
72
Yards
395
183
415
370
177
516
430
400
498
3384
393
414
515
393
176
419
145
365
529
3349
6733
HCP
7
17
3
15
13
1
11
9
5
4
10
2
12
16
18
8
14
6
WHITE/GREEN TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Weyhill
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
35.4
129
34.9
133
70.3
131
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
4
3
4
4
3
5
4
4
5
36
4
4
5
4
3
4
3
4
5
36
72
Yards
378
147
371
370
157
466
377
365
498
3129
383
357
515
362
170
340
145
349
450
3071
6200
HCP
7
17
3
15
13
1
11
9
5
4
10
2
12
16
18
8
14
6
GREEN/GOLD TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Weyhill
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
34.0
121
33.7
125
67.7
123
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
4
3
4
4
3
5
4
4
5
36
4
4
5
4
3
4
3
4
5
36
72
Yards
356
145
320
334
116
416
363
356
406
2812
332
357
445
352
149
290
133
339
412
2809
5621
HCP
7
17
3
15
13
1
11
9
5
4
10
2
12
16
18
8
14
6
GOLD TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Weyhill
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
33.4
118
33.0
118
66.4
118
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
4
3
4
4
3
5
4
4
5
36
4
4
5
4
3
4
3
4
5
36
72
Yards
285
133
320
320
112
416
350
346
406
2688
332
301
445
340
85
290
133
310
412
2648
5336
HCP
7
17
3
15
13
1
11
9
5
4
10
2
12
16
18
8
14
6
BLUE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Weyhill
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
37.4
130
37.0
135
74.4
133
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
4
3
4
4
3
5
4
4
5
36
4
4
5
4
3
4
3
4
5
36
72
Yards
395
183
449
410
201
587
404
385
536
3550
440
414
569
393
204
419
145
363
585
3532
7082
HCP
7
17
3
15
13
1
11
9
5
4
10
2
12
16
18
8
14
6
WHITE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Weyhill
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
35.9
128
35.4
134
71.3
131
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
4
3
4
4
3
5
4
4
5
36
4
4
5
4
3
4
3
4
5
36
72
Yards
378
160
415
368
167
516
363
360
498
3225
393
368
509
362
170
361
133
349
529
3174
6399
HCP
7
17
3
15
13
1
11
9
5
4
10
2
12
16
18
8
14
6
GREEN TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Weyhill
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
34.7
123
34.2
127
68.9
125
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
4
3
4
4
3
5
4
4
5
36
4
4
5
4
3
4
3
4
5
36
72
Yards
356
145
371
320
116
466
350
346
488
2958
383
357
445
340
149
340
133
310
450
2907
5865
HCP
7
17
3
15
13
1
11
9
5
4
10
2
12
16
18
8
14
6
History
In the instances of DuPont Country Club and McCall Field, the clubs were founded by the companies. Not so in the case of Saucon Valley Country Club, though it is safe to say that Bethlehem Steel’s interest in it, from the beginning, was a very real one.
In 1920, 16 Bethlehem business leaders, including a core group from Bethlehem Steel Corporation, acquired 205 acres of farmland lying along the Saucon Creek, five miles south of the city. Helping to kindle the interest of prospective members was an exhibition match in mid-September at nearby Northampton Country Club that pitted Harry Vardon and Ted Ray against Chick Evans and Eugene G. Grace. Vardon, Ray, and Evans were household names in the world of golf. Grace, on the other hand, was a local amateur who played very close to par and who was, moreover, president of Bethlehem Steel Corporation. Golfing novices on hand that day could marvel at Ray’s explosive power, Vardon’s astonishing accuracy, and Evans’s brilliant iron play. They might also well envision joining the new country club their friends were talking about, the one Mr. Grace was going to make sure would be second to none.
Food service in the original clubhouse at Saucon Valley, a 200-year-old farmhouse, was cafeteria style.
Saucon Valley was to be a family club. The entrance fee was pegged at $100, with annual club dues of $50 and golf dues of $25. No charge of any kind was made for "the wife, unmarried daughters, and minor sons."
During the autumn of that year, especially on weekends, it was not uncommon to see members and their families laboring mightily to transform what had been an operating farm into a country club. There were contests to see who could pick up the most stones from the projected fairways. Pigsties had to be dismantled, as did the big barn. Chicken coops and corn cribs had to be taken down, but carefully—they could be sold. The wagon shed became the locker house (ladies upstairs, men downstairs). The old spring house and milk dispenser found new life as the golf shop. And the 200-year-old farmhouse was converted into a clubhouse, the most noticeable improvement being the addition of large porches. Food service was cafeteria-style. As the 1922 club handbook made clear, "Members and their guests shall have the privilege of eating their meals any place in the house or on the Grounds of the Club, but members so doing must return all trays, dishes, etc. to the service counter."
The original plans called for a nine-hole course, but this was not what Eugene Grace had in mind. It was one thing to make do with the farmhouse and to prevail upon three contractors to donate the cement for the swimming pool, but there would be no stinting on the golf course.
Herbert Strong, an Englishman who had recently remodeled Inwood, in Far Rockaway, Long Island, where Bob Jones would win his first U.S. Open, in 1923, was selected by Grace to design the course. Strong routed the eighteen through the cornfields and the wheat fields, over the grazing land and the acreage planted in clover. On five of the holes, including the final three, he brought the Saucon Creek prominently into play.
The course opened in 1922 to immediate acclaim. Even the uninitiated—and the majority of Saucon members were certainly that—could sense that this was an excellent design, a succession of diverse golf holes that amply rewarded well-struck shots, yet were not so penal as to discourage the novice. So sound and satisfying was the Strong design that only relatively minor revisions would be made to it in the years to come.
The new club had an 18-hole course of which it could be proud. But, as was the case at the DuPont Country Club, this was only the beginning. The coming decades would see the expansion of the club on such a scale—and with such extraordinary care and taste—that it would become a venue for five USGA championships and would provide its ever-increasing membership with a wealth of sporting facilities and social amenities matched by only a handful of country clubs in all the world.
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