Paramount Country Club

Paramount Country Club (founded 1948) is a private country club located in 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.

Paramount Country Club
Club information
Coordinates41°10′37″N 73°59′17″W
LocationNew City, New York
Established1948
TypePrivate
Owned byUnknown
Total holes18
Websitewww.paramountcountryclub.com
Designed byA. W. Tillinghast
Par71
Length6,767 yards
Course rating73.5/134
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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.

Paramount Country Club
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Blue 73.5/134 3725861343834063815704321673431 42237039423935043142751019333366767
White 72.1/132 3615771273704003635424191533312 40333737822033241341049518331716483
Red 67.9/123 3255081023003803354813161262873 32931935217831738728138313226785551
Par Par 45344454336 4443444533571
Handicap Handicap 1317571511913 61241410621618

Club Professionals

The head Golf Professional at Paramount Country Club is Jim Lusk. The head Tennis Professional is Vlad Damian, who was a top 10 nationally ranked junior in Romania, as well as, a former member of the Romania's national tennis team.

References

  1. "Dellwood Country Club Discovers its History, Mayor Rudy Giuliani Attends". The Tillinghast Association. Archived from the original on January 14, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
  2. "Dellwood Country Club". Golf.com. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
  3. "Syndicate to Take Zukor's Property". New York Times. 1948-11-09. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
  4. "Zukor Estate Taken for Use As a Club". New York Times. 1949-02-17. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
  5. "Dellwood Country Club - Club History". paramountcountryclub.com. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  • Time Magazine, January 14, 1929 Volume XIII Number 2, page 26
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