Golf and Lunch for 3 at Historic Sleepy Hollow Country Club


Item Number: 201

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: Priceless

Online Close: Jun 1, 2023 11:00 PM EDT

Bid History: 7 bids - Item Sold!

Description

Enjoy a round of golf and lunch for three at historic Sleepy Hollow Country Club, rated one of the country's finest golf courses.


A Charles Blair MacDonald preeminent golf course, designed on 338 acres of "Washington Irving" hills. Caddies will lead you through the 18 holes of the Upper Course with magnificent views of the Hudson River and the Palisades. Ranked #89 on Golf Digest's America's greatest golf courses.


Have lunch in the McKim Mead and White designed club house overlooking the 18th hole. The club house, originally designed as a 140 room mansion for the Vanderbilt/Shepard family in 1911, is a fine example of the Renaissance Revival Style. 


Outing includes- Golf for 3, Caddies and Lunch in the Club house!


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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SLEEPY HOLLOW COUNTRY CLUB
The 338 acres of "Washington Irving" hills and woodlands that make up the Sleepy Hollow Country Club were once known as Woodlea, the country estate of Colonel Eliot F. Shepard, an attorney and founder of the New York State Bar Association. Shepard's wife Margaret was the daughter of William H. Vanderbilt and a grand-daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, who built the New York Central Railroad. In 1893 Colonel Shepard engaged one of America's most noted architects, Stanford White, to design the manor house which today is the main clubhouse. The entire estate was purchased in 1910 by Mr. William Rockefeller and Mr. Frank A. Vanderlip, who in May 1911, sold and turned it over to the organizers of The Sleepy Hollow Country Club.


To build their golf course, the founders turned to Charles Blair Macdonald, the preeminent golf course architect of the time.Macdonald and his engineer, Seth Raynor, built the course during the summer of 1911 and it opened for play in the spring of 1913. The Course was immediately recognizes as one of the finest in the country. At the end of the 1920's, A.W. Tillinghast, another legendary golf architect, expanded the facilities to 27 holes and in the process created the 8th through the 11th holes of the Upper Course and several holes of the Lower Course.Recent renovations by Gil Hanse and George Bahto restored the original character to all twenty-seven holes.The Upper Course was host to the Champion's Tour "Commemorative" from 1986 through 1993.The 2002 US Women's Amateur Championship was also contested on Sleepy Hollow's beautiful championship golf course.


In addition to golf, the clubs current amenities include a 1,700-square foot indoor/outdoor temperature-controlled learning center for golf, ten tennis courts, two swimming pools, four squash courts, four platform tennis courts, fitness center, a two level horse stable from the Vanderbilt era, two outdoor riding rings, one indoor riding ring arena and shooting facilities for skeet and trap.


 


Address: 777 Albany Post Rd, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510

This is a Live Event Item.

Special Instructions

Special Notes: valid Tuesday thru Thursday's only
Expires 8/13/24

Donated by

Richard deBart