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DuPont Country Club

Course Information
Club Type: Private
Founded:1920
Architect:DuPont - Gordons-DuPont, Cornish & Robinson-Nemours
General Information
Address: 1001 Rockland Road
Wilmington, DE  19803
Phone:(302) 654-4435
Fax:(302) 772-1838
Website:http://www.dupontcountryclub.com/web/pages/home
Email:dupontcountryclub@usa.dupont.com
Club Contacts
  Golf Professional:   John Burke III   (302) 421-1753 
  General Manager:   Dan Bradway   (302) 421-1702 
  Superintendent:   John Klempa   (302) 421-1792 
Club Events
2020 May 5  GAP U.S. Open Qualifier (3) 
2020 Jun 9  GAP U.S. Girls’ Junior Qualifier 
2018 May 10  GAP USGA Open Qualifier (2)   
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Course Yardage & Ratings
Handicap Conversion Charts:  [Mens]  [Womens]

BLUE TEESFront 9Back 9DuPont
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  37.0 139  35.8  131 72.8 135 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 454344534364444344353571
 Yards 360581367215392437531166423347243242141037517037538819053032916763
 HCP 12410168214186 3151315119177  
BLUE/GOLD HYBRID TEESFront 9Back 9DuPont
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  36.1 139  35.2  131 71.3 135 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 454344534364444344353571
 Yards 360552367181392388531166406334337540339237517037538816253031706513
 HCP 12410168214186 3151315119177  
GOLD TEESFront 9Back 9DuPont
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  35.7 136  34.9  130 70.6 133 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 454344534364444344353571
 Yards 340552350181370388520141406324837540339235914536335816252030776325
 HCP 12410168214186 3151315119177  
BLACK TEESFront 9Back 9DuPont
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  37.9 145  36.5  135 74.4 140 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 454344534364444344353571
 Yards 375610382241410460574180445367745243843238518138441021354834437120
 HCP 12410168214186 3151315119177  
GOLD/WHITE HYBRID TEESFront 9Back 9DuPont
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  34.9 132  33.7  133 68.6 133 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 454344534364444344353571
 Yards 340492350170341373453141374303437535535135914533735816249229345968
 HCP 12410168214186 3151315119177  
WHITE TEESFront 9Back 9DuPont
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  34.6 129  33.3  132 67.9 131 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 454344534364444344353571
 Yards 317492314170341373453125374295936435535134012633734514349228535812
 HCP 12410168214186 3151315119177  
GREEN TEESFront 9Back 9DuPont
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  33.4 123  32.2  126 65.6 125 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 454344534364444344353571
 Yards 286457290145307332413103350268333233632130211630231612441225615244
 HCP 12410168214186 3151315119177  
WHITE 2020 TEESFront 9Back 9Montchanin
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  29.3 96       29.3 96 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 33343343329029
 Yards 145188207301165160299182115176201762
 HCP    
RED 2020 TEESFront 9Back 9Montchanin
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  29.0 96       29.0 96 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 33343343329029
 Yards 133181196291156147292178110168401684
 HCP    
BLUE 2020 TEESFront 9Back 9Montchanin
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  29.4 97       29.4 97 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 33343343329029
 Yards 151191209306171175305185120181301813
 HCP    
WHITE TEESFront 9Back 9Nemours
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  33.8 126  34.0  119 67.8 123 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 444444543364534434353571
 Yards 302311414354304295483348128293933748116343433317539815751529935932
 HCP 1713371911515 14101821686124  
BLUE TEESFront 9Back 9Nemours
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  34.0 127  34.8  124 68.8 126 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 444444543364534434353571
 Yards 306315416358308315485352130298534148618044733718742018357031516136
 HCP 1713371911515 14101821686124  
RED TEESFront 9Back 9Nemours
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  33.3 125  32.5  116 65.8 121 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 444444543364534434353571
 Yards 290303407345286287470330121283931345212137831313534813740826055444
 HCP 1513193115717 18814210126164  
History
The same enlightened attitude toward employees prompted the founding of the DuPont Country Club, in 1920. A memorandum from the then president of E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company, Irenee duPont, came right to the point: "The object of this Club is to advance the physical welfare of the employees of the company, to promote social intercourse among the members of the Club, and to maintain a clubhouse and grounds for their use."
Some seven or eight months prior to this memo, a questionnaire had been circulated among the company’s Wilmington employees inquiring about their choice of activities at the new club. Although golf eventually became the predominant sport, it ranked ninth in the preferences of the 1,793 employees who responded to the survey. Chosen ahead of golf were swimming, tennis, bowling, canoeing, trapshooting, baseball, pool, and basketball. Farther down the list were hammer throwing, croquet, shot putting, and jumping.
Provided at the outset were a baseball diamond, eight tennis courts, and a nine-hole golf course. These facilities occupied approximately 41 acres of land owned by the DuPont Company—rolling and partly wooded terrain embraced by a sweeping curve of the Brandywine Creek. As at Philadelphia Electric, turfgrass for the golf course was not initially a consideration. Here the tees were clay and the greens were sand. The clubhouse was a tiny, two-room frame structure, once used by the DuPont Gun Club, with little more than enough space for a foursome to change clothes. Still, 600 out of the company’s 3,000 local employees wasted no time in joining the club within a few weeks of its opening. And they could scarcely quarrel with the cost: a one-time entrance fee of $10 for men, $5 for ladies, plus annual dues in the same amounts.
In 1923 the club got its first 18-hole course, a completely new layout that made use of the ground containing the original nine plus some 70 additional acres. It also got its first golf professional. Tommy Fisher. One year later, in June, 1924, a handsome new clubhouse opened; it was made of the same Brandywine granite that went into the old powder mills and workers’ homes. With its great hall and massive fireplace, the clubhouse was imposing. It should be noted, however, that the tees were still clay and the greens still sand. Two years later the great conversion took place, so that by 1926 the members of the DuPont Country Club were playing golf on grass. As the future would prove, this was, in truth, simply a prelude to the development of one of the finest full-facilities country clubs—one that included four golf courses at three locations—ever founded and sponsored by a business entity.

DuPont clubhouse that opened in 1924.

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