Golf Threesome and Lunch at Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale


Item Number: 329

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $1,500

Online Close: Apr 30, 2019 7:00 PM EDT

Bid History: 0 bids


Description

Bid to win a threesome and lunch at the legendary Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale.  Play the private course with one of its esteemed members and then have lunch at the clubhouse.  


At the time of those early matches, the golf course was slightly different than today's layout. In 1925, the purchase of additional land at the northern corner of the property prompted the Club to bring Tillinghast back to change a few holes. Since then, there has been very little change, Robert Trent Jones added some new tees and removed some outdated bunkers in 1965. From 1991 to 1993, Rees Jones assisted Quaker Ridge in restoring all bunkers and adding five  new championship and four new forward tees.


The golf course continues to stand the test of time. During the 1974 U.S. Open at Winged Foot,  Jack Nicklaus, was asked whether he thought that Winged Foot was the greatest course in the world. Nicklaus replied:  "That may be, but there is quite a golf course down the street." In 1969, Jimmy Demaret described "Quaker Ridge as the most underrated Golf Course in the New York Area, because it has never been host course to a major championship." Demaret stated: "I'd like to go on record as saying it would be a tough test of golf for any tournament – the U.S. Open and the PGA included." Two-time PGA Champion Paul Runyon, who played the 1936 Metropolitan Open at Quaker, described Quaker Ridge as, , "the greatest golf course in the world."


Finally, two-time Masters Champion Ben Crenshaw, said of Quaker Ridge: "It is so much of a treat to play. There is such a beautiful mix of holes at Quaker Ridge; it is truly a Tillinghast gem. I am sure the membership is very proud of their course."

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Special Instructions

On a date mutally decided by the host and the golf threesome winners.  Expires 4/30/2020.

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