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Scranton Canoe Club
Course Information
Club Type:
Private
Founded:
1908
General Information
Address:
408 Point Road
Lake Winola, PA 18625
Phone:
(570) 378-9976
Website:
www.scrantoncanoeclub.com
Club Contacts
Golf Professional:
Spencer R. Lunger
(570) 378-9982
General Manager:
(570) 378-9976
Superintendent:
(570) 378-9982
Club Events
2022
Monday, August 8
GAP AGA/GAP Lawler Junior Tour Series - Div 2 - Event #7
2021
Aug 9
GAP AGA/GAP Lawler Junior Tour Series - Div 2 - Event #8
2020
Jul 13
GAP AGA/GAP Lawler Junior Tour Series - Div 2 - Event #6
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Course Yardage & Ratings
Handicap Conversion Charts: [
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WHITE/RED TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Course
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
28.9
86
28.6
84
57.5
85
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
3
3
3
4
3
3
4
30
4
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
4
30
60
Yards
306
101
97
196
120
289
165
158
315
1747
300
89
92
173
114
274
133
148
307
1630
3377
HCP
History
The Scranton Canoe Club has a long history developed by a sportsman’s love for the outdoors. For approximately five years, starting in 1903, Nelson Sommers and Edward Beavers lived weekends on the Susquehanna River during the summer months. On Friday nights, they would ride to Wilkes-Barre on the Laurel Line Railroad, and Saturday morning pick up their canoe stored at the Finch boathouse. They would load their canoes on the Lehigh Valley train and ride to Tunkhannock, where they purchased their groceries and supplies for the weekend. From there, they paddled to La Grange (now Osterhout) and camped overnight. On Sunday, they would paddle to Wilkes-Barre.
By this time, canoeing had become popular and a group of young, energetic and outdoor-minded young men, who genuinely enjoyed the sport of canoeing, banded together to form a club to further enjoy and encourage this sport. A meeting was held in the YMCA. building Tuesday, Oct. 27, 1908 at 8 p.m. for the purpose of organizing a club to promote canoeing for their enjoyment. A Board of Directors of five was selected to manage the affairs of the club. A Site Committee was instructed to “go to Lake Winola and look for a clubhouse site.” The initiation fee was set at $10. Subsequently, a motion was made to call the club “The Scranton Canoe Club.”
On March 1, 1909, the first mortgage bonds were issued for the construction of the clubhouse. The bonds were in $10 denominations, totaling $3,000. The active membership was set at 75 members. On March 16, the club was incorporated. At the meeting on April 2, 1909, Frear Brothers of Lake Winola was awarded the contract to build the clubhouse. While canoeing was the major sport for a number of years after the formation of the club, a movement started towards tennis as an additional sport and competitive activity. Accordingly, a group of young fellows expanded the idea and finally developed a tennis court on the north side of the club.
As times change, the ambitions of the club’s leaders also changed. Golf was gaining in popularity in the area and, noticing a lag in tennis and also a mild decrease in canoeing, the challenge of building a golf course on club property was bandied about for some time. To the rear of the clubhouse and above the road was a plot of land that would be ideal for the purpose. George Waters, who lived in West Scranton, was the owner of the land. The club purchased the land from Mr. Waters for the price of $1,000. The land was a mass of scrub, bushes and trees of varying size. At every opportunity, the members cleared out the thick underbrush, working with large organized gangs or at times singlehandedly. Trees that might be of value were left standing, but saplings were cut down. The location of the various tees and corresponding greens were staked out and work proceeded. Fairways were put into shape and in 1926, two years after commencing work the course was put into play. In the meantime, to beautify the course, 80 maple trees were planted around the outer edge.
The completed course had seven holes and it had considerable play over the years. In playing the seven-hole course, the golfer would play Nos. 1 through 7 and repeat play a second time, then play Nos. 1 through No. 4 again, thus obtaining their 18 holes of play. As time went on, it became the ambition of the club to add two more holes to the course, thus updating it to its present number of nine holes of play.
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