Woodbury Country Club

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Woodbury Country Club
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Club information
Location467 Cooper St.
Woodbury, New Jersey, U.S.
Established1897
TypePrivate
Operated byJohn Fitzgerald
Total holes9
Website Official website
Forward tees
Designed by H. H. Clarke (redesigned by Alexander H. Findlay)
Par 35
Length2,960 yards
Course rating 36.7
Back tees
Par 36
Length3,066 yards
Course rating 34.9

The Woodbury Country Club (WCC) was a private golf club in Woodbury, New Jersey. It was incorporated in August 1897 and had been one of the 100 oldest private golf clubs in the country as of August 2009. [1] [2] Among some of the club's original officers was George Gill Green, a patent medicine entrepreneur, who served as the club's vice president. [2] Due to the economy, the golf club was unable to sustain operations, and the club went into foreclosure in 2010.

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^a The golf course is described as being nine holes, but it actually has 13 different greens to shoot to.

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References

  1. "About". Woodbury Country Club. 2005. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "History". Woodbury Country Club. 2005. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
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