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Medinah Country Club: Tom Bendelow
built 643 days ago
For nearly one hundred years, Wanango Country Club has been known as one of the more beautiful and naturally pristine golf courses in Northwestern Pennsylvania. However, Wanango’s beauty goes beyond its elegant charm. It extends to the very golf course itself. In order to fully appreciate Wanango’s unique background one must understand the rich and unique history of its designers Donald Ross, Thomas Bendelow and “A.W.” Tillinghast. So to better understand Wanango’s architectural history, let’s look at the men who designed and shaped the course out of the land.
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Naperville Country Club opened in 1921 as a nine-hole golf course using sand greens. Sometime thereafter, golf architect, Tom Bendelow was engaged to lay out 18 holes. Today, most of these still remain, but numbered differently. In his day, Tom Bendelow was considered the nation's leading golf course designer and its most prolific.
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Jefferson came from Everett Country Club in Washington, where he learned from Head Pro Tom Morris – nephew of the Tom Morris of British Open fame. While at Everett CC, Jefferson is credited with grooming the five Fry brothers – Earl, Mark, Fred, Dick and Tom – who became so prominent in the San Francisco Bay Area. The North Course in Alameda is named for Earl Fry, still beloved in that city.
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The layout was designed by renowned golf course architect Tom Bendalow, who ... designed the South Course of Olympia Fields Country Club, Naperville Country Club, and all three courses of Medinah Country Club. The 6,087 yard, par 71 golf course has undergone renovations which include adding cart paths around the entire course, as wellas the reshaping of tees and fairways to enhance playability.
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