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The 1912 Club

Course Information
Club Type: Private
Founded:1912
Architect:William S. Flynn
General Information
Address: 888 Plymouth Road
Plymouth Meeting, PA  19462
Phone:(610) 272-4050
Fax:(610) 275-6575
Website:www.the1912club.com
Club Contacts
  Golf Professional:   Michael Loeper   (215) 233-0666 
  General Manager:   Jess Sullivan   (610) 272-4050 
  Superintendent:   Gene Stricker   (610) 389-5909 
Club Events
2023 Thursday, June 29  GAP USGA Girls’ Junior Qualifier 
2023 Tuesday, Oct 17  GAP Volunteers Day 
2022 May 5  GAP Francis B. Warner Cup 
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Course Yardage & Ratings
Handicap Conversion Charts:  [Mens]  [Womens]

BLACK TEESFront 9Back 9Course
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  36.5 130  36.7  132 73.2 131 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 435345344354454343443570
 Yards 482197518204457560175438400343145341254429521034022146750834506881
 HCP 3151319111757 10812166141824  
WHITE TEESFront 9Back 9Course
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  35.3 126  35.4  127 70.7 127 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 435345344354454343443570
 Yards 416175491194430541154411362317442436850429119333817545340031466320
 HCP 3151319111757 10812166141824  
GOLD TEESFront 9Back 9Course
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  33.9 121  34.2  121 68.1 121 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 435345344354454343443570
 Yards 378154466181393493144321344287437234346225318032213544938028965770
 HCP 3151319111757 10812166141824  
RED TEESFront 9Back 9Course
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  32.8 115  33.7  118 66.5 117 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 435345344354454343443570
 Yards 378123415177331447120315312261836733842124816831112544235927795397
 HCP 3151319111757 10812166141824  
WHITE/GOLD TEESFront 9Back 9Course
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  34.3 122  34.8  125 69.1 124 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 435345344354454343443570
 Yards 378175491194393493154321362296142436846229118033813544938030275988
 HCP 3151319111757 10812166141824  
BLACK/WHITE TEESFront 9Back 9Course
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  35.8 127  35.7  129 71.5 128 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 435345344354454343443570
 Yards 416175518204430541154438400327642441250429521034017546740032276503
 HCP 3151319111757 10812166141824  
History
A little more than a month after the opening of Lehigh Country Club at its original location, Plymouth Country Club was granted its charter in Montgomery County Court on May 24, 1912. The site chosen for the new club was a chicken farm in Plymouth Township, which had become available under unique—and tragic—circumstances. The farm had belonged to one Alvin Haines.
Haines,the overseer of Plymouth Meeting Friends, was having trouble with chicken thieves. One day, in an attempt to scare the thieves off, he fired several shots into the air. One of the bullets, however, struck and killed a thief. More than grief-stricken, Haines, who had been reared in a Quaker family that abhorred violence, was so traumatized by the fatal accident that he died within a few months and his farm went on the market.
Included in the purchase was the Haines farmhouse. Part of that old dwelling is a section of the present clubhouse. In the club’s very early years the golf shop was located in the barn. So was the men’s locker room, though the majority of golfers chose to dress for the game at home.
The nine-hole course was laid out on the land north of Shady Hill Road, with the holes routed over 69 acres around the clubhouse. In 1924 a decision was made to purchase an additional 50 acres in order to add a second nine. The full eighteen opened late in 1927
The extent of William Flynn’s participation in the design of the course is open to conjecture. Certainly he played a role in shaping some of the holes. It is doubtful that he laid out the original nine, but he may have designed the additional nine and even remodeled the first nine. What is undeniable is that Flynn was working on the local scene for more than 20 years, first at Merion (from 1911 to 1920), then in partnership with Howard Toomey. Even today, some of the bunkering at Plymouth suggests the sure hand of William Flynn.

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