Shackamaxon CC
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Shackamaxon Country Club is located in Scotch Plains, New Jersey
. It hosted the 1928 Metropolitan Open
won by legendary golfer Tommy Armour
. The course was designed by famous architect
A.W. Tillinghast and is regaining its status as one of the metropolitan New York areas top golf clubs.
Scotch Plains, New Jersey
Scotch Plains is a township in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the township population increased to a record high of 23,510.-History:...
. It hosted the 1928 Metropolitan Open
Metropolitan Open
The Metropolitan Open is golf tournament organized by the Metropolitan Golf Association. It has been played annually since 1905 and is the third oldest "Open" golf tournament in the United States after the U.S. Open and the Western Open. It is held at member clubs in New York, New Jersey, and...
won by legendary golfer Tommy Armour
Tommy Armour
Thomas Dickson Armour was a Scottish-American professional golfer. He was nicknamed The Silver Scot.Armour was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and educated at Fettes College and the University of Edinburgh....
. The course was designed by famous architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
A.W. Tillinghast and is regaining its status as one of the metropolitan New York areas top golf clubs.