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Wilmington Country Club
Course Information
Club Type:
Private
Founded:
1901
Architect:
North - Robert Trent Jones
South - Robert Trent Jones
General Information
Address:
4825 Kennett Pike
Wilmington, DE 19807
Phone:
(302) 655-6171
Fax:
(302) 655-1706
Website:
www.wilmingtoncc.com
Email:
mshank@wilmingtoncc.com
Club Contacts
Golf Professional:
Michael Shank
(302) 655-6022
General Manager:
Philip S. Iannelli
(302) 655-6171
Superintendent:
Jon Urbanski
(302) 655-3337
Club Events
2017
Aug 9
GAP Joseph H. Patterson Cup
2012
Sep 19
GAP Senior Amateur Championship
2011
Oct 5
GAP Senior Challenge Matches
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Course Yardage & Ratings
Handicap Conversion Charts: [
Mens
] [
Womens
]
BLUE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
North
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
34.6
123
35.9
132
70.5
128
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
4
4
5
4
3
4
3
35
5
3
4
4
4
4
3
4
5
36
71
Yards
319
367
378
409
472
368
177
362
177
3029
539
165
358
404
315
411
182
382
537
3293
6322
HCP
11
13
5
9
1
7
17
3
15
2
14
10
6
18
4
16
12
8
WHITE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
North
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
34.0
122
35.1
131
69.1
127
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
4
4
5
4
3
4
3
35
5
3
4
4
4
4
3
4
5
36
71
Yards
308
345
368
388
456
359
164
351
161
2900
526
158
345
391
300
388
167
348
523
3146
6046
HCP
11
13
5
9
1
7
17
3
15
2
14
10
6
18
4
16
12
8
GOLD TEES
Front 9
Back 9
North
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
33.4
118
33.9
125
67.3
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
4
4
5
4
3
4
3
35
5
3
4
4
4
4
3
4
5
36
71
Yards
308
291
354
359
456
359
164
316
161
2768
440
158
345
338
300
319
167
348
453
2868
5636
HCP
11
13
5
9
1
7
17
3
15
2
14
10
6
18
4
16
12
8
GREEN TEES
Front 9
Back 9
North
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
32.9
116
33.4
124
66.3
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
4
4
4
5
4
3
4
3
35
5
3
4
4
4
4
3
4
5
36
71
Yards
274
291
354
359
442
349
121
316
147
2653
440
152
327
338
278
319
149
316
453
2772
5425
HCP
11
13
5
9
1
7
17
3
15
2
14
10
6
18
4
16
12
8
BLACK TEES
Front 9
Back 9
South
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
37.9
145
38.0
139
75.9
142
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
5
3
4
4
3
4
4
35
4
4
4
3
5
4
5
3
4
36
71
Yards
444
428
632
166
495
386
202
488
492
3733
437
391
417
202
582
411
647
226
442
3755
7488
HCP
11
9
1
5
15
13
17
3
7
14
18
6
16
2
10
8
12
4
GOLD TEES
Front 9
Back 9
South
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
34.0
121
33.8
119
67.8
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
4
5
3
4
4
3
4
4
35
4
4
4
3
5
4
5
3
4
36
71
Yards
404
387
430
138
306
348
164
347
333
2857
338
316
311
149
445
367
476
142
347
2891
5748
HCP
11
9
1
5
15
13
17
3
7
14
18
6
16
2
10
8
12
4
GREEN TEES
Front 9
Back 9
South
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
32.6
116
33.6
118
66.2
117
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
5
3
4
4
3
4
4
35
4
4
4
3
5
4
5
3
4
36
71
Yards
279
316
430
122
306
288
146
347
333
2567
338
274
311
149
445
341
476
142
347
2823
5390
HCP
11
9
1
5
15
13
17
3
7
14
18
6
16
2
10
8
12
4
BLUE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
South
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
36.5
136
36.3
133
72.8
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
5
3
4
4
3
4
4
35
4
4
4
3
5
4
5
3
4
36
71
Yards
428
400
584
150
412
367
176
461
427
3405
406
342
374
179
555
395
558
199
398
3406
6811
HCP
11
9
1
5
15
13
17
3
7
14
18
6
16
2
10
8
12
4
SENIOR HYBRID TEES
Front 9
Back 9
South
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
34.5
126
34.6
126
69.1
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
4
5
3
4
4
3
4
4
35
4
4
4
3
5
4
5
3
4
36
71
Yards
404
387
568
138
365
288
164
347
333
2994
338
316
360
163
540
367
476
142
347
3049
6043
HCP
11
9
1
5
15
13
17
3
7
14
18
6
16
2
10
8
12
4
WHITE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
South
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
35.6
134
35.4
129
71.0
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
4
5
3
4
4
3
4
4
35
4
4
4
3
5
4
5
3
4
36
71
Yards
404
387
568
138
365
348
164
425
412
3211
365
316
360
163
540
367
533
178
383
3205
6416
HCP
11
9
1
5
15
13
17
3
7
14
18
6
16
2
10
8
12
4
MEN'S HYBRID TEES
Front 9
Back 9
South
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
36.1
135
35.9
130
72.0
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
4
5
3
4
4
3
4
4
35
4
4
4
3
5
4
5
3
4
36
71
Yards
404
400
584
150
412
367
176
425
412
3330
406
274
374
179
540
395
558
199
383
3308
6638
HCP
11
9
1
5
15
13
17
3
7
14
18
6
16
2
10
8
12
4
History
Golf came to Wilmington in 1895, when the Delaware Field Club, successor to the Delaware Cricket Club, built a nine-hole course near Elsmere. Six years later the Field Club, which also provided baseball, football, tennis, and cricket, evolved into the Wilmington Country Club. Stock was offered in the new organization at $25 a share, but no specific number of shares was required for membership. Annual dues were set at $25.
The land for the new club, 129 acres, was situated on the south side of what was then known as the Kennett Turnpike and within a four-minute walk of the Rising Sun terminus of the Wilmington City Railway. William du Pont, Sr., owned most of this land, which today includes Wilcastle Center as well as a public golf course and the playing fields of nearby Tower Hill School. Another du Pont, Alfred, was among the club’s first directors.
Contemporary photo of Wilmington’s handsome Georgian clubhouse and the 18th fairway of the South course.
With the green committee providing a routing plan for the holes, 25 workers using eight horses cleared a wheat field and built the nine-hole course in the space of seven or eight weeks during the summer of 1901. Cost: $2,000. Much of the acreage was being reserved for growing income-producing wheat, but after the wheat was harvested, and the net from farming turned out to be quite modest, the board decided to forego that source of revenue and expand the course to 18 holes. For an outlay of only $850, and within just three weeks, nine additional holes were created.
The course measured 5,700 yards against a par of 72 1/2. At 3,010 yards, the outgoing nine was much the longer of the two, with the par 5 1/2 8th (575 yards) surely among the half-dozen longest holes in the district at that time. A glance at the scorecard today of the club’s splendid South course reveals that this penchant for the truly big hole is still alive and well at Wilmington: the third is 589 yards, the 16th, 612.
Less than a year after play began on the original nine, a "purpose built" clubhouse opened its doors. A handsome red-brick Georgian-style structure, pedimented and porticoed and columned, it was also supremely comfortable. Construction of a caddie house and stables, plus the expense of furnishing the grand clubhouse, brought the total outlay to $27,000. Clearly, shelter and socializing were a lot more costly than golf.
Membership categories consisted of resident (limited to men and including, by 1903, 12 du Ponts), associate (ladies only—more than 200 of them by 1903—and also including 12 du Ponts), army and navy, clergy, active, junior, and non-resident ("persons not residing within 10 miles of the clubhouse"—a number here from Philadelphia as well as down-state Delaware). What it all added up to was more than 500 names, the second largest such golf or country club membership in the Philadelphia/South Jersey/Delaware area in the first years of the new century. (The largest? Frankford Country Club, with some 50 more members than Wilmington.)
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