With roots back to 1898, the club began as a Willie Park Jr. designed 9-hole facility. According to club GM Barry Howard, the chipping area green is the last remnant of the original layout. The club boasts two terrific old school designs; The Park named after Willie Park Jr. and the Arlington, a William Diddel 1932 design. Both courses were renovated by Coore & Crenshaw in 1994 with the goal to return the bunkers and green complexes back to the original stylings.

Park Course

Formerly known as the Majestic in tribute to one of the city’s historic hotel properties lost in a fire, the Park Course is aptly named; befitting of what you will find. Characterized by, “What you see is what you get,” the holes are generally straight with slight meanderings. Plenty of elevation change will be found throughout the round, none more dramatic than at the final par 3. The tee shot on 15th plays downhill from the footings of the magnificent clubhouse to a green tucked behind a narrow chute in a thicket of evergreens and then a pond short of the putting surface. The farthest reaches of the course present a pair of strong designs at holes five and six. A crossing creek in the landing area of the drive gets your attention at the fifth hole. A raised green fronted by bunkers on the right side makes your approach to this par 5 a tricky task. The par 4 sixth hole cants left in the landing area and leaves you with an uphill or side hill lie from which to attack the bunker-less green complex high above. The finale is a big finish requiring a big poke with the drive which leaves a long iron or hybrid into another raised green site, this time set beside the striking facade of the clubhouse and watching eyes.