Englewood Golf Club was a private golf course in the eastern United States, located in Englewood and Leonia, New Jersey, just west of New York City. Opened 126 years ago as a nine-hole course in 1896, a second nine was added four years later; it hosted the U.S. Amateur in 1906 and the U.S. Open in 1909.[1][2]
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Coordinates | 40.872°N 73.975°W / 40.872; -73.975 |
Location | Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. |
Elevation | 50–180 feet (15–55 m) |
Established | 1896; 126 years ago (1896) |
Type | Private |
Total holes | 18 |
Tournaments hosted | U.S. Open: (1909) U.S. Amateur: (1906) |
Par | 71 |
Length | 6,205 yards (5,674 m) (for 1909 U.S. Open)[1] |
The golf course met its demise in the 1960s when the approach ramp to the George Washington Bridge cut right through the middle of the property.[2] This portion of the New Jersey Turnpike was built on the border between Englewood and Leonia, and bisected the golf course; the clubhouse was in the northeast corner of the property. Play continued on the divided course, but the financial burden became too great, and the course closed in 1976.[1] Cross Creek Point condominiums were built on the northeast half in Englewood, and single-family houses were built on the southwest half in Leonia, with a street named Golf Course Drive.
Additional information can be found by reading: "The Missing Links: America's Greatest Lost Golf Courses & Holes" by Daniel Wexler.[2]
In 1926, the club hosted the wedding reception of New York Post editor Joseph Cookman and his bride Mary Bass, editor of the Ladies Home Journal.[3]
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