It moved to Westchester in 1904 on the site currently occupied by Metropolis, then to Purchase in 1922. This swimming pool is still one of the biggest staples at Westchester Hills today for all members. Known as one of the most difficult courses in the county, Trump National is also one of the most picturesque. I wish I would have read it fifty years ago. I soon realized that quite a few other parents did see me that way even if they were totally fine with it. Copyright 2022 Westchester Jewish Council. Its awful to know that people we went to school with harbored such prejudice whether born out of ignorance or malevolence. It not only has an interesting version of the Biarritz but also holes such as a Capestein, Alpsberg, Redanowitz and the Schmear. 99 Biiltmore Avenue, Rye John Archbold, John D. Rockefellers chief lieutenant at Standard Oil, was the first president of Knollwood Country Club, which organized in 1894 on grounds developed by New York attorney Augustus Gillender in Elmsford. This Jack Nicklaus signature design features undulating greens and several tree-lined dogleg fairways. Was the outcome fair? Processing and responding in the moment to such profound ignorance and fear is a challenge. I was simply confused and so was he. HFS clients enjoy state-of-the-art warehousing, real-time access to critical business data, accounts receivable management and collection, and unparalleled customer service. WebWhats available to members at Greenwich Country Club? Address 339 Pine Road, Briarclliff Manor, NY 10510. When it was my turn, I said I wanted to recite it in Hebrew as I knew it very well, and I didnt think it was fair not to give a girl a chance. 18-hole Golf course; Tennis Courts (clay courts in the winter bubble) Paddle Tennis Courts; Squash Courts; Pool; Dining (2 restaurants) Bowling Alley; Trap Shooting; Gym; Youth summer camps/programs for children ages 5-13 years old; Does Greenwich Country Club offer trial memberships? The Club decided to build a new fireproof clubhouse with an internal sprinkler system. I attended a private summer camp. Willow Ridge underwent even more transformations. Probably, your guilt blocked it out. A persistent legend has it that the tunnel under the Metro-North tracks near the club entrance was built to accommodate the Babes dash to Yankee Stadium on game days. Sorry for this experience but it sounds as though, even at such a young age, the impact and repercussions of this one moment helped you coalesce a perspective that was helpful in forming who youd eventually become. 100 Shadow Tree Lane, Briarcliff Manor I really enjoyed your piece. Very well written and thank you for sharing. A blizzard stopped the fun soon after, but when the ground thawed in April, the men moved to a 30-acre meadow owned by the neighborhood butcher, John Schotts, at North Broadway and Shonnard Place (across the street from St. Michaels Ukrainian Church today) where they could lay out a six-hole course. I can relate to so many aspects of it! Public. Im so ashamed and angry that my silence constituted a negation of my essence. 568 Bedford Road, Armonk YP advertisers receive higher placement in the default ordering of search results and may appear in sponsored listings on the top, side, or bottom of the search results page. The course also moved inland from the river and was revised by Donald Ross, Alister MacKenzie, and Robert Trent Jones, Sr. Its practically part of our DNA. ), my classmate and friend, turned to me and said, Gee, you dont seem Jewish. I know she meant it as a compliment but, boy, did that ever sting! I'm really fortunate that over the years I have enjoyed the golf course with my family. The A.W. It happens. It wasnt as though she had given me her edict weeks before so I would have the chance to respond and, hopefully, decide that even Superman wasnt worth compromising my integrity and my sense of self. I agree with Saras comment above, in middle school it is tough to respond to a situation like that, even as an adult it could be. One irony is that, even in the early 20th century, Jews were more likely to belong to county clubs than gentiles. I felt how good itmore, Last week I was on the grounds of this country club on a beautiful fall day.more. Forgive yourself for not speaking up. The golf course was designed by a legendarymore, this needs to be saidAbout a month ago, I was at the Brae Burn Country Club for a wedding and gotmore, This country club is awesome. @Sara Kandler Thank you so much for your thoughtful comments on my piece. Four top professional golfers of the day were invited to play a competition of their own on the course, with a first-prize gold medal and $100 going to the champion. Mr. Lordi was unavailable. ACDelco provides high-quality car parts for all major vehicle systems, as well. A. W. Tillinghast was commissioned in 1916 to create the course on property where the British army camped in 1776 before defeating George Washington in the Battle of White Plains. Quaker Ridge hosted the Walker Cup and Century and Old Oaks are regular sites for US Open qualifying. Jack Burke Jr. was head pro for two years before he left to play on tour full-time where he won both the Masters and the PGA Championship. Historic Pelham Country Club hosted the PGA Championship in 1923 and has a collection of eighteen very diverse holes as well as an expansive short game practice area, range, and putting green. You did, indeed, wonder why this friend invited you to go with her to the country club since you and she werent close. Opens and a PGA Championship as well as numerous other national tournaments, Winged Foot features two of A.W. I've enjoyed many delicious meals here. . It was so thought provokingI cant stop thinking about it and sharing with others. Rye, NY 10580. YP advertisers receive higher placement in the default ordering of search results and may appear in sponsored listings on the top, side, or bottom of the search results page. Jessica. The employees are professional and friendly. Private. Thank you for sharing your heartfelt feelings. American Jewish History Host of five U.S. The 75-room mansion includes a ballroom, library, formal dining room, and 18 guest rooms, as well as the golf pro shop and locker rooms. 777 Albany Post Road, Briarcliff Manor I think those moments that we are silent, or silenced, haunt us as much, if not more than those times we regret our words. Humble beginnings Jessica, that was beautifully said.Thank you for sharing that. Copyright 2022 Westchester Jewish Council. The club closed during the Great Depression, but was acquired by a group of African-Americans and reopened as the Rising Sun Golf and Country Club in 1937. Charles B. Macdonald, assisted by Seth Raynor, designed the golf course, which was later tweaked by A. W. Tillinghast. There are probably scores of predominantly Jewish clubs in South Florida-with almost all of them being on flat, uninteresting terrain. Three of the clubs - Huguenot, American and Larchmont YC - are yacht clubs and have more of a boating than beach focus, but lots of members dont boat. Nothing is so permanent as change, as someone once said, and that certainly applies to golf in Westchester. Our youngest Westchester Hills members are still utilizing that same kids pool with mushroom today! We think, we ponder, we discuss, and we try to figure out the why of things. So I never said anything. This incident took place when I was a bit older than middle school. Rockrimmon by RTJ in Stamford, CT on the Pound Ridge, NY border and Preakness Hills in NJ are historically Jewish but I believe they have opened up over the years like many of those mentioned before. . Search results are sorted by a combination of factors to give you a set of choices in response to your search criteria. My children and family experienced antisemitism in school and in our town only 10 years ago. Arthur Fenn from Aiken, Georgia, who later became the first American-born golf professional, won two invitational tournaments there in 1897. 808 Weaver Street, Larchmont 300 Underhill Road. But I remained silent. Wykagyl was founded in 1898 as the Pelham Country Club, but moved to New Rochelle in 1904 and changed its name accordingly the following year. The 1920s is also when most of Westchester Countys public courses were built. The club has two 18-hole courses designed by Walter Travis as well as a parthree course and extensive practice facilities. The club also earned a distinctive place in Westchester golf history in 1901 when Benjamin Adams was arrested for playing golf on the course on a Sunday. The granddaughter of survivors of the Holocaust, Soviet gulags, and a descendant of a Tano great-grandma, she understands in her bones what happens when intolerance, indifference, and ignorance take root in society. His fellow Scot, Robert Lockhart, had brought some hickory-shafted clubs and gutta-percha balls back from a business trip to their native land. The Journals Division publishes 85 journals in the arts and humanities, technology and medicine, higher education, history, political science, and library science. What a beautifully written story. The Westwood CC near Buffalo is also a historically-Jewish club! Unfortunately, the story feels close to the heart and not uncommon. Web925 Westchester Avenue, Suite 200, White Plains, NY 10604-3002 | (914) 328-7001 | info@wjcouncil.org. Until the death in 2012, Bud Treacy attended all but one of the Governor's Day events. The insidious nature of anti-Semitism, or any type of hate for that matter, comes through clearly. Facilities include a recentlyrenovated driving range, practice bunker, and professional putting green. 2023 jewish telegraphic agency all rights reserved. But I have zero memory of it. The instantaneous decision you made helped shape your approach to people as you grew older. The Palestinians. You have lived your life in a way that has fixed this moment many times over. 914.995.9200 They were Bohemian and liberal. As a reader, I felt like you were talking to me and I was very engaged and eager to continue reading(please write some more). Each week one boy was chosen to recite Kaddish in Hebrew and one girl would recited in English. I think we all have times like this, where we cant quite recall the outcome. Jessica lives with her husband in Southern Italy where she writes poetry addressing the complex interplay between trauma, power, love, loss, and madness. YP - The Real Yellow PagesSM - helps you find the right local businesses to meet your specific needs. I dont think there are many of us out there who cant relate to that moment when we suffer a form of injustice and stay silent or we suffer seeing someone else in that position and we look on, helpless to help but having the tools of our mouthpiece to use yet which comes with consequences if you do. 914.949.4840 Public. Their sons, born in the 1920s, went to a post private school, but for school dance or whatever, they could only date Jewish girls. I love the way this piece was written. So, why did I fail when it came to defending my own people? https://screenrant.com/superman-secret-hebrew-name-jewish-kal-el-moses/#:~:text=Kal%2C%20or%20%D7%A7%D7%9C%2C%20means%20%22,This%20does%20not%20necessarily%20mean, Thank you for sharing this little slice of your life expressed with the unapologetic, viceral immediacy you characterize yourself with. Perhaps a simple, What exactly do you mean by that? might have been enough to throw this girl, who was, I am certain, not as knowledgeable or thoughtful as her guest, off her high horse, and maybe even make her (if not on the spot, possibly later) consider the reductive and prejudiced nature of her comment. Not sure if they have opened up over the years. This course begins with 473 yards of intimidation, a long par four that sets the tone for play on this Westchester classic designed by Devereux Emmet and A.W. I met other families who had Jewish background. I really enjoyed reading this, and learning from Jessicas story. You may not have been ready to confront that situation as a young person but you are a fighter today for all that is just. Not adequately, anyway. More like I valued the unconventional, and whatever seemed different from the norm automatically held a sort of appeal for me. It still twists your gut! Saint Andrews also hosted the firstthough still unofficialUS Open concurrently with the National Amateur Tournament. (LogOut/ I suppose questioning can often be a good reflex. Phone: (914) 723-3200. Dick Wilson did part of it and I believe it was Joe Finger who did the other, but I'm working from a weak memory. Our Governor's Day event is something we look forward to each year to relive the long history of Westchester Hills Golf Club! Ravisloe and Lake Shore in the Chicago burbs were very much Jewish clubs back in the day. That is until I heard that Christopher Reeve was going to film a public service announcement for the Special Olympics at one of the country clubs in our town. Never before nor since have I remained silent in the face of injustice or aggressions micro and macro. Your poignant and well-written essay references the prejudices that I think most, if not all, Jews have encountered in one way or other. Westchester Country Club hosted annual PGA Tour events for nearly 50 years and in 2015 was the site of a PGA of America major, the first KPMG Womens Championship. Broadmoor in Indianapolis is a real pearl. Who knows, maybe we could even talk to him! Your writing is accomplished and I found your story both moving and fascinating. Hudson National, the Golf Club of Purchase, Trump National Golf Club Westchester, and Anglebrook burst on the scene in the 1990s, followed soon after by GlenArbor, Hollow Brook, and, in 2008, the countys premier daily-fee course, the Pete Dyedesigned Pound Ridge Golf Club. Not just architectural history, but more importantly, to study why ill-conceived changes got made and how to recognize that failed process and learn from it. They might have just recently gotten around to getting a handful of gentiles in theremany of the members also belong to Palm Beach CC and there was some tension for years with the Eveglades Club. I use to play a "historically African American" public club in North Chicago (Foss Park). An original Tiffany window lights its grand staircase, and the view of the Hudson River may well be the finest in the county. You became one, not part of the many but one. This phenomenon is happening throughout the country. Only one historically Jewish club, Scarsdales Quaker Ridge, has been perennially ranked among Golf Digests coveted top 100 American golf courses, although some of this may be a product of biases toward the longstanding elite (and invariably WASP-dominated) courses (I can think of three Philadelphia area historically Jewish clubs that I've not played it, but I've heard good things. And as you can read in the essay, the fact that I was silent has been a smoldering fire within me for decades so Im very glad I was able to release this piece out into the world. 234 Bedford Center Road, Bedford Hills 289 Dobbs Ferry Road, White Plains Copyright 2023 Westchester Jewish Council. Search results are sorted by a combination of factors to give you a set of choices in response to your search criteria. At Westchester Hills, our members value a year-round experience. Private. Im relatively new to this site, having been referred by a friend in Philadelphia. It IS tough to respond in the moment and, as I have written, my silence has burned within me for decades since then. If any place can lay claim to the honorific birthplace of American golf, it is Westchester. The original course had 27 holes, but the club lost nine of them when I-684 was built. It offers championship golf, tennis, swimming,, this course is ok but the range was mostly sand. White came there in 1916 and served as head pro from 1922 to 1927. Indeed, 39 posted responses, so far, is much higher than on other posts Ive read. Second, Jewish country clubs were, on average, more luxurious and expensive than gentile clubs. Nothing. Private. Im not a person who particularly minds feeling angry. Being Other. I played The Standard Club in Alpharetta about 3 years ago and it is an interesting layout on rolling terrain. I also remember, with a very uncomfortable feeling, events and situations that I was faced with anti-Semitic/anti-Israel sentiment and my action/reaction was lacking or even non existent Sleepy Hollow Country Club was founded in 1911 by some of the nations most prominent business leaders at the pinnacle of Americas Gilded Age. New York City protected us. 940 Winnewood Road, Pelham Manor Well told. I was sent to ask the head partner of the camp for a decision. What are people saying about country clubs in Westchester County, NY? "One of the oldest golf courses in the country. Tillinghast and several legendary designers' marks on the course remain intact. We think, we ponder, we discuss, and we try to figure out the why of things. Stunned into silence, I failed to respond. 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