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Country Club of Scranton
Course Information
Club Type:
Private
Founded:
1896
Architect:
North Course - Walter Travis
General Information
Address:
1001 Morgan Hwy
Clarks Summit, PA 18411
Phone:
(570) 586-2311
Fax:
(570) 586-3925
Website:
www.ccscranton.com
Email:
ccscranton@epix.net
Club Contacts
Golf Professional:
Michael W. Molino
(570) 587-3514
General Manager:
(570) 586-2311
Superintendent:
Aaron Giordano
(570) 587-8531
Club Events
2022
Monday, July 20
GAP AGA/GAP Stroke Play Championship
2022
Monday, August 1
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2021
Aug 2
GAP AGA/GAP Lawler Junior Tour Series - Div 2 - Event #7
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Course Yardage & Ratings
Handicap Conversion Charts: [
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BLACK TEES
Front 9
Back 9
North Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
36.4
127
36.6
141
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
3
4
4
5
4
4
3
4
36
4
4
3
5
3
4
4
4
4
35
71
Yards
520
167
340
375
489
444
424
144
419
3322
420
432
182
514
225
462
426
326
343
3330
6652
HCP
3
15
13
11
1
5
9
17
7
12
2
18
8
10
6
4
14
16
GOLD TEES
Front 9
Back 9
North Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
36.0
127
36.4
130
72.4
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
3
4
4
5
4
4
3
4
36
4
4
3
5
3
4
4
4
4
35
71
Yards
520
160
340
375
474
430
416
144
395
3254
402
404
182
514
205
462
399
298
343
3209
6463
HCP
3
15
13
11
1
5
9
17
7
12
2
18
8
10
6
4
14
16
BLUE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
North Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
35.6
125
35.3
130
70.9
128
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
5
3
4
4
5
4
4
3
4
36
4
4
3
5
3
4
4
4
4
35
71
Yards
509
150
327
362
463
418
410
137
381
3157
391
371
173
490
195
436
383
273
329
3041
6198
HCP
3
15
13
11
1
5
9
17
7
12
2
18
8
10
6
4
14
16
WHITE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
North Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
34.6
121
34.3
128
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
5
3
4
4
5
4
4
3
4
36
4
4
3
5
3
4
4
4
4
35
71
Yards
463
136
303
352
440
400
386
126
335
2941
363
320
163
466
175
417
369
261
319
2853
5794
HCP
3
15
13
11
1
5
9
17
7
12
2
18
8
10
6
4
14
16
GREEN TEES
Front 9
Back 9
North Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
33.3
115
32.8
119
66.1
117
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
5
3
4
4
5
4
4
3
4
36
4
4
3
5
3
4
4
4
4
35
71
Yards
428
127
238
322
423
338
353
111
310
2650
330
276
158
460
160
385
329
247
289
2634
5284
HCP
3
15
13
11
1
5
9
17
7
12
2
18
8
10
6
4
14
16
BLACK TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Old Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
36.6
141
38.1
139
74.7
140
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
4
4
3
5
3
4
4
4
4
35
4
3
5
4
5
4
4
3
5
37
72
Yards
420
432
182
514
225
462
426
326
343
3330
406
161
484
366
583
420
476
248
560
3704
7034
HCP
11
1
17
9
5
7
3
13
15
8
18
14
10
6
2
4
16
12
GOLD TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Old Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
36.4
130
37.6
140
74.0
135
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
4
4
3
5
3
4
4
4
4
35
4
3
5
4
5
4
4
3
5
37
72
Yards
402
404
182
514
205
462
399
298
343
3209
406
161
484
366
530
420
459
220
530
3576
6785
HCP
11
1
17
9
5
7
3
13
15
8
18
14
10
6
2
4
16
12
BLUE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Old Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
35.3
130
36.4
137
71.7
134
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
4
4
3
5
3
4
4
4
4
35
4
3
5
4
5
4
4
3
5
37
72
Yards
391
371
173
490
195
436
383
273
329
3041
391
141
390
366
515
405
426
195
502
3331
6372
HCP
11
1
17
9
5
7
3
13
15
8
18
14
10
6
2
4
16
12
WHITE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Old Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
34.3
128
35.7
130
70.0
129
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
4
4
3
5
3
4
4
4
4
35
4
3
5
4
5
4
4
3
5
37
72
Yards
363
320
163
466
175
417
369
261
319
2853
386
138
370
348
491
385
421
181
459
3179
6032
HCP
11
1
17
9
5
7
3
13
15
8
18
14
10
6
2
4
16
12
GREEN TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Old Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
32.8
119
34.8
125
67.6
122
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
4
4
3
5
3
4
4
4
4
35
4
3
5
4
5
4
4
3
5
37
72
Yards
330
276
158
460
160
385
329
247
289
2634
360
121
394
325
488
350
398
138
442
3016
5650
HCP
11
1
17
9
5
7
3
13
15
8
18
14
10
6
2
4
16
12
BLACK TEES
Front 9
Back 9
South Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
38.1
139
36.4
127
74.5
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
5
4
5
4
4
3
5
37
5
3
4
4
5
4
4
3
4
36
73
Yards
406
161
484
366
583
420
476
248
560
3704
520
167
340
375
489
444
424
144
419
3322
7026
HCP
7
17
11
5
9
1
3
15
13
4
16
14
2
10
6
12
18
8
GOLD TEES
Front 9
Back 9
South Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
37.6
138
36.0
126
73.6
132
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
5
4
5
4
4
3
5
37
5
3
4
4
5
4
4
3
4
36
73
Yards
406
161
484
366
530
420
459
220
530
3576
520
160
340
375
474
430
416
144
395
3254
6830
HCP
7
17
11
5
9
1
3
15
13
4
16
14
2
10
6
12
18
8
BLUE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
South Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
36.4
137
35.6
125
72.0
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
5
4
5
4
4
3
5
37
5
3
4
4
5
4
4
3
4
36
73
Yards
391
141
390
366
515
405
426
195
502
3331
509
150
327
362
463
418
410
137
381
3157
6488
HCP
7
17
11
5
9
1
3
15
13
4
16
14
2
10
6
12
18
8
WHITE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
South Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
35.7
130
34.6
121
70.3
126
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
5
4
5
4
4
3
5
37
5
3
4
4
5
4
4
3
4
36
73
Yards
386
138
370
348
491
385
421
181
459
3179
463
136
303
352
440
400
386
126
335
2941
6120
HCP
7
17
11
5
9
1
3
15
13
4
16
14
2
10
6
12
18
8
GREEN TEES
Front 9
Back 9
South Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
34.8
125
33.3
115
68.1
120
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
5
4
5
4
4
3
5
37
5
3
4
4
5
4
4
3
4
36
73
Yards
360
121
394
325
488
350
398
138
442
3016
428
127
238
322
423
338
353
111
310
2650
5666
HCP
7
17
11
5
9
1
3
15
13
4
16
14
2
10
6
12
18
8
History
The Country Club of Scranton officially came into existence on Oct. 24, 1896, when its charter was recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds, Lackawanna County. The number of directors was fixed at nine, and the first board consisted of the following men, all of them Scranton residents: J. Benjamin Dimmick, A.G. Hunt, J.W. Oakford, N.G. Robertson, W.W. Scranton, G.B. Smith, E.B. Sturges, T.H. Watkins, C.S. Weston. From the board came the club’s first slate of officers: N.G. Robertson, president; J. Benjamin Dimmick, vice president; A.G. Hunt, treasurer; and J.W. Oakford, secretary.
Records show that in 1901 the Pennsylvania Coal Company sold 10 acres on North Washington Avenue to the club for $10,000. As was the case in the sale of most other unmined coal lands, this one carried with it an important qualifier: for a period of 50 years, upon 18 months written notice and repayment of the purchase price, the Pennsylvania Coal Company could repossess the land in order to mine the underlying coal.
A New York City architect, L.C. Holden, was commissioned in 1896 to design the clubhouse. The cost of the structure was $5,521. In 1902, it was enlarged and additional buildings were constructed at a total cost of $18,532. Much of the first clubhouse was destroyed by fire in 1907. But it was promptly rebuilt to the original plans.
Nothing is known today about the original golf course other than that it had 18 holes and was only 4,273 yards long. It is probably safe to assume that it was a rather rudimentary layout. The club also boasted four tennis courts, one squash court and two bowling alleys. The alleys, it seems, were used only sparingly because skunks lived there in the winter and left a powerful and persistent odor that discouraged even the most avid bowlers.
Though the club had no difficulty attracting members and though it hosted annual golf and tennis tournaments that featured national figures in both sports, it did not prosper. The records for the first two decades of the century are, at best, sketchy. But there is nothing vague about the mortgage foreclosure by the Lackawanna County Trust Company in 1921. This was followed by a sheriff’s sale of a "two-story frame clubhouse building with sleeping quarters, kitchen, bowling alleys, locker rooms, squash courts, together with a caddy house and a repair shop." One Walter S. Stevens paid $354.17 for the property. Then, by quitclaim deed, the club transferred the land itself back to the Pennsylvania Coal Company.
Still, the Country Club of Scranton somehow clung to life. And in 1925 its president, George Mitchell, appointed a committee to find land outside the city limits for a golf course. Why a site in South Abington and Newton Townships was chosen is not a matter of record. However, its scenic beauty, proximity to the city, and the fact that this was not mineable land were probably the key considerations. In any event, the club acquired 278 acres for $40,000, and within months bought an adjacent 19 acres.
Once again the club turned to New York for design talent, this time tapping the great Walter Travis, winner of the U.S. Amateur in 1900, 1901, and 1903, and the British Amateur in 1904, to lay out an 18-hole course. Travis had already gained considerable renown for his two eighteens at Westchester Country Club and for the delightful course at Ekwanok Country Club, in Vermont. Among his very last projects, the rolling-to-hilly Scranton 18 was completed in 1927, the year of his death. In 1983, it would be revised and updated by Geoffrey Cornish and Brian Silva, but the routing is still essentially that of Walter Travis.
A clubhouse was built here at the new location in 1929 at a cost of $183,167. The total expense of course and clubhouse was $481,659. It all seemed—in truth, it all was—a far cry from the sheriff’s sale only eight years earlier.
A postscript of some interest: in 1996, exactly one hundred years after its founding, the Country Club of Scranton would join the Golf Association of Philadelphia. By this time, it would also offer its members a third nine, laid out by Michael Hurdzan in 1991.
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