Merchantville Country Club is the 10th oldest golf course in the United States. It is a 9-hole course located in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The club was founded on October 13, 1892 under the name Merchantville Field Club. In 1911, national attention was focused on Merchantville Country Club when their head professional John McDermott, became the first American born professional to win the U.S. Open in 1912.
Famous quotes containing the words country and/or club:
“July 4. Statistics show that we lose more fools on this day than in all the other days of the year put together. This proves, by the number left in stock, that one Fourth of July per year is now inadequate, the country has grown so.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“In another year I’ll have enough money saved. Then I’m gonna go back to my hometown in Oregon and I’m gonna build a house for my mother and myself. And join the country club and take up golf. And I’ll meet the proper man with the proper position. And I’ll make a proper wife who can run a proper home and raise proper children. And I’ll be happy, because when you’re proper, you’re safe.”
—Daniel Taradash (b. 1913)