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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 TEES
Front 9
Back 9
DuPont
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
37.0
139
35.8
131
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
5
4
3
4
4
5
3
4
36
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
5
35
71
Yards
360
581
367
215
392
437
531
166
423
3472
432
421
410
375
170
375
388
190
530
3291
6763
HCP
12
4
10
16
8
2
14
18
6
3
1
5
13
15
11
9
17
7
BLUE/GOLD HYBRID TEES
Front 9
Back 9
DuPont
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
36.1
139
35.2
131
71.3
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
5
4
3
4
4
5
3
4
36
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
5
35
71
Yards
360
552
367
181
392
388
531
166
406
3343
375
403
392
375
170
375
388
162
530
3170
6513
HCP
12
4
10
16
8
2
14
18
6
3
1
5
13
15
11
9
17
7
GOLD TEES
Front 9
Back 9
DuPont
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
35.7
136
34.9
130
70.6
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
5
4
3
4
4
5
3
4
36
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
5
35
71
Yards
340
552
350
181
370
388
520
141
406
3248
375
403
392
359
145
363
358
162
520
3077
6325
HCP
12
4
10
16
8
2
14
18
6
3
1
5
13
15
11
9
17
7
BLACK TEES
Front 9
Back 9
DuPont
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
37.9
145
36.5
135
74.4
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
5
4
3
4
4
5
3
4
36
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
5
35
71
Yards
375
610
382
241
410
460
574
180
445
3677
452
438
432
385
181
384
410
213
548
3443
7120
HCP
12
4
10
16
8
2
14
18
6
3
1
5
13
15
11
9
17
7
GOLD/WHITE HYBRID TEES
Front 9
Back 9
DuPont
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
34.9
132
33.7
133
68.6
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
5
4
3
4
4
5
3
4
36
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
5
35
71
Yards
340
492
350
170
341
373
453
141
374
3034
375
355
351
359
145
337
358
162
492
2934
5968
HCP
12
4
10
16
8
2
14
18
6
3
1
5
13
15
11
9
17
7
WHITE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
DuPont
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
34.6
129
33.3
132
67.9
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
5
4
3
4
4
5
3
4
36
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
5
35
71
Yards
317
492
314
170
341
373
453
125
374
2959
364
355
351
340
126
337
345
143
492
2853
5812
HCP
12
4
10
16
8
2
14
18
6
3
1
5
13
15
11
9
17
7
GREEN TEES
Front 9
Back 9
DuPont
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
33.4
123
32.2
126
65.6
125
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
4
5
4
3
4
4
5
3
4
36
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
5
35
71
Yards
286
457
290
145
307
332
413
103
350
2683
332
336
321
302
116
302
316
124
412
2561
5244
HCP
12
4
10
16
8
2
14
18
6
3
1
5
13
15
11
9
17
7
WHITE 2020 TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Montchanin
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
29.3
96
29.3
96
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
3
3
3
4
3
3
4
3
3
29
0
29
Yards
145
188
207
301
165
160
299
182
115
1762
0
1762
HCP
RED 2020 TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Montchanin
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
29.0
96
29.0
96
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
3
3
3
4
3
3
4
3
3
29
0
29
Yards
133
181
196
291
156
147
292
178
110
1684
0
1684
HCP
BLUE 2020 TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Montchanin
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
29.4
97
29.4
97
HOLE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
OUT
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
IN
TOTAL
Par
3
3
3
4
3
3
4
3
3
29
0
29
Yards
151
191
209
306
171
175
305
185
120
1813
0
1813
HCP
WHITE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Nemours
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
33.8
126
34.0
119
67.8
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
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
3
36
4
5
3
4
4
3
4
3
5
35
71
Yards
302
311
414
354
304
295
483
348
128
2939
337
481
163
434
333
175
398
157
515
2993
5932
HCP
17
13
3
7
1
9
11
5
15
14
10
18
2
16
8
6
12
4
BLUE TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Nemours
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
34.0
127
34.8
124
68.8
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
4
4
4
4
5
4
3
36
4
5
3
4
4
3
4
3
5
35
71
Yards
306
315
416
358
308
315
485
352
130
2985
341
486
180
447
337
187
420
183
570
3151
6136
HCP
17
13
3
7
1
9
11
5
15
14
10
18
2
16
8
6
12
4
RED TEES
Front 9
Back 9
Nemours
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Rating
Slope
Men
33.3
125
32.5
116
65.8
121
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
4
4
5
4
3
36
4
5
3
4
4
3
4
3
5
35
71
Yards
290
303
407
345
286
287
470
330
121
2839
313
452
121
378
313
135
348
137
408
2605
5444
HCP
15
13
1
9
3
11
5
7
17
18
8
14
2
10
12
6
16
4
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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