Powelton Club

The Powelton Club is one of the oldest golf courses in the United States and yet golf was hardly its first priority. The founding of its tennis program during 1882 made it one of the oldest organizations in the U.S. promoting that sport as well and, even before that, it was founded as an archery club during 1878.

More than 40 years after its founding, its members came to the sensible conclusion that Devereaux Emmet should be contacted for a proper golf club, the 18-hole route that modern members now play. The club narrowly dodged destruction of the course during the construction of the State Route 84 bridge, the exit to which now wraps around the outskirt of the property. The benefit, of course, is that the club is now more accessible to those on the east side of the Hudson River.

That constriction left the club with little room to grow beyond the 6,200 yards originally set out by Emmet. Nonetheless, membership ensures that every one of those acres is maintained to the maximum. Tripp Davis led a full restoration of the property’s bunkers during the 2018-’19 seasons.