Paramount Country Club

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Paramount Country Club
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Coordinates 41°10′37″N73°59′17″W / 41.17694°N 73.98806°W / 41.17694; -73.98806
Location New City, New York
Established1948
TypePrivate
Owned byUnknown
Total holes18
Website www.paramountcountryclub.com
Designed by A. W. Tillinghast
Par 71
Length6,767 yards
Course rating 73.5/134
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logo of Paramount Country Club

Paramount Country Club (founded 1948) is a private country club located near New City, New York, on the site of Mountain View Farm, the former home of Paramount Pictures founder Adolph Zukor. It features an 18-hole golf course designed by golf course architect A.W. Tillinghast.

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History

Paramount Country Club is located on land originally bought by Paramount Pictures founder Adolf Zukor in 1918, from Lawrence Abraham. Zukor expanded this estate, commissioning noted golf course architect A.W. Tillinghast to build an eighteen-hole golf course on the property, which opened in 1920. [1] [2]

Following the reorganization of Paramount Pictures in 1936, Zukor was not able to continue maintaining the Mountain View Farm estate as a private property, and so opened it for membership as the Mountain View Golf and Country Club. [3] In 1948, he sold the property, which became the Dells Golf and Country Club and then Dellwood Country Club. [4] In 2011 the club changed its name to Paramount Country Club, "a name which better reflects the rich history of the club." [5]

The course was redesigned by William F. Mitchell in 1951 and Robert Trent Jones in 1956. [2] In 2013, the golf course was completely renovated by Jim Urbina.

Paramount Country Club's Golf Course was voted as having the Best U.S. Private Renovation in the January 2014 issue of Golf Magazine.

Facilities

As well as the 18-hole championship golf course, Paramount Country Club has other sporting facilities, such as 12 har-tru tennis courts and an olympic-sized swimming pool.

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