The Pound Ridge Golf Club is an 18-hole, public golf facility designed by World Golf Hall of Fame designer Pete Dye in Pound Ridge, New York.[1] It features 7,165 yards of course from the back tees.[2] The course is a par of 72 and is on 172 acres (0.70 km2). It is Pete Dye's first and only design project in New York.[3][4] The course was built at an estimated cost of $40 million by Kenneth Wang, brother of American fashion designer Vera Wang, and the current owner of the U.S. Summit Company.[4][5] It was listed as the second best of Links Magazine's Best New Public Courses of 2008.[6]

Pound Ridge Golf Club
Club information
LocationPound Ridge, New York
Established2008
TypePublic
Total holes18
WebsiteOfficial Pound Ridge Golf Course Website
Designed byPete Dye
Par72
Length7,165 yards

References edit

  1. ^ "Dye, Pete". World Golf Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  2. ^ "Pound Ridge Golf Club-Scorecard". Pound Ridge Golf Club. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  3. ^ "Pound Ridge Golf Club's Grand Opening of New Pete Dye Design". WorldGolf.com. January 28, 2008. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
  4. ^ a b Pennington, Bill (June 30, 2008). "New Course Is a Marriage of Ingenuity and Nature". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
  5. ^ "Our Team". US Summit Company. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  6. ^ "Best New Public Courses of 2008". Links Magazine. Archived from the original on 2010-11-28. Retrieved 2010-05-29.

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