Golf Course Information

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Ours is a story of our community and it began in the late roaring 1920s when local prominent businessman, Edward Rembe, while horseback riding on the Harper Farm, thought the land would be ideal for golf holes. He broached his idea with others each of whom were equally enthusiastic and Yardley Country Club was soon incorporated.

The group approached acclaimed Scottish brothers Alexander and Frederick Findlay to design the course routing. Alexander is known as The Father of American Golf for his contributions to golf design. The Findlays worked instinctively by feel, moving as little earth as possible, claiming that the land was the drawing board. Yardley Country Club formally opened for play on April 29, 1929.

The highlight of the 1930 season at Yardley was an exhibition match pitting Gene Sarazen and Johnny Farrell (1928 U.S. Open champion) against Yardleys head professional, Al Nelson, and his assistant (and brother-in-law) Marcus Greer (three-time club champion at Cobbs Creek and runner-up to Woody Platt in the 1922 Philadelphia Amateur). Local knowledge did not help the home team. A warmup nine-hole matchbetter ball of partnerssaw Farrell and Sarazen, who himself fired four birdies and unleashed a 350-yard drive on the 8th, win every hole but the 6th. After lunch, with the stars each shooting 73 and teaming for a better ball of four-under-par 68, the host pair was again outclassed. Still, the gallery of some 400, including New Jerseys Governor Morgan F. Larson, had witnessed plenty of sparkling shotmaking. And the young club, by staging the exhibition and earning the attendant publicity, had put itself prominently on the golfing map.

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