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'''Essex County Country Club''' (ECCC) is a golf club in [[West Orange, New Jersey]]. It was founded in 1887, making it the oldest club in the state of [[New Jersey]] and the sixth oldest in the United States. |
'''Essex County Country Club''' (ECCC) is a golf club in [[West Orange, New Jersey]]. It was founded in 1887, making it the oldest club in the state of [[New Jersey]] and the sixth oldest in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |last=Prunty| |first=Brendan |date=2019-05-30 |title=At 125 years old, Essex County CC is a course in history |url=https://www.nj.com/golf/2012/05/at_125_years_old_essex_county.html |work=The Star Ledger |access-date=2020-11-13}}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
Revision as of 01:08, 18 November 2020
Essex County Country Club (ECCC) is a golf club in West Orange, New Jersey. It was founded in 1887, making it the oldest club in the state of New Jersey and the sixth oldest in the United States.[1]
History
Essex County Country Club was established on what used to be the Orange Springs Hotel, a health resort centered around the Orange Mineral Springs. The hotel was purchased in 1889 and became ECCC. The former hotel became known as the Mansion House and became the clubhouse.
A nine-hole course was completed in 1895. The course was made 18 holes in 1897. In 1900, Essex County hosted a meeting which included representatives from 10 New Jersey clubs and resulted in the birth of the New Jersey State Golf Association. Later that year, it hosted the first New Jersey Amateur Championship.
In 1916, A.W. Tillinghast designed an 18-hole course, called the "Upper Course," on a 180-acre (73 ha) site on top of First Mountain, a few miles away from the initial course.[2]
Some of its noted former members are Thomas Edison[3], Emlen Roosevelt, U.S. senator Joseph Frelinghuysen, Colonel August Colgate, Edward D. Duffield, president of Prudential Insurance, and George W. Merck, president of Merck Chemical.[4]
In addition to golf, popular sports on the club grounds in its early days included fox hunting, polo, lawn tennis, squash, and trap shooting.
References
- ^ Prunty, Brendan (2019-05-30). "At 125 years old, Essex County CC is a course in history". The Star Ledger. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
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- ^ Shorr-Parks, Eliot (2016-07-26). "Strange N.J. golf facts you probably didn't know (a salute to PGA Championship at Baltusrol)". NJ.com. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
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(help) - ^ Levin, Eric (2012-04-09). "125 Years of Tally-Ho! and Fore!". New Jersey Monthly. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
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