Westchester Country Club is a private country club located in Harrison, New York . Founded in 1922 as a destination for sportsmen, it was known to professional golfers and spectators for more than four decades as the home of the Westchester Classic ," a PGA Tour favorite. Amenities include an historic clubhouse designed by architects Warren and Wetmore and two championship caliber 18-hole golf courses designed by Walter Travis . The club also boasts one nine-hole golf course, an indoor swimming pool, squash courts, grass tennis courts and a stand-alone beach, outdoor pool and restaurant facility on Manursing Island.
6-459: The Westchester Biltmore Country Club was the dream of hotelier John McEntee Bowman . Bowman purchased the former 650-acre Hobart Park Estate and planned a place to which businessmen from the New York metropolitan area could commute easily and pursue golf, riding, polo, tennis and more. The West Course was designed for championship play and has hosted PGA tournaments since 1963. The South Course
12-1163: A chain of one of the most recognized hotel names in the world. Bowman was responsible for the building of the Westchester Country Club in Rye, New York , and counted the Coral Gables Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida , the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California , the New York Biltmore Hotel in New York City and the Sevilla-Biltmore Hotel in Havana , Cuba , as part of his extensive hotel holdings. A horse lover and Thoroughbred racing enthusiast, Bowman
18-809: The WGC-Bridgestone and PGA Championship ), and the tournament's subsequent low TV ratings and low attendance. On January 26, a compromise agreement was made between the club and the PGA Tour at a town hall meeting at the club; WCC was paid $ 1.1 million to move the event from Harrison to Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey , for 2008 . The tournament name has changed several times since then due to sponsorship switches. 40°59′54″N 73°42′0″W / 40.99833°N 73.70000°W / 40.99833; -73.70000 John McEntee Bowman John McEntee Bowman (1875 – October 28, 1931)
24-485: The rain-delayed inaugural event (and $ 50,000) on a Wednesday, and Steve Stricker the last, the initial event of the first FedEx Cup Playoffs . On January 14, 2008, an article in the Journal News announced the PGA Tour's desire to terminate its affiliation with Westchester Country Club. The decision was made primarily because of Tiger Woods ' absence in the tournament in 2007 (following his consecutive victories in
30-534: Was a Canadian-born businessman, American hotelier and horseman , and the founding president of Bowman-Biltmore Hotels Corp. Born in Toronto, Ontario , Bowman began his American working life in a men's clothing store in Yonkers, New York , but learned the hotel business at New York City 's Holland House Hotel. When the owner died in 1913, Bowman bought his new Biltmore hotel from his estate and built it into
36-620: Was originally designed for women and higher handicap golfers. Around 1997, the South Course was reconstructed with longer tees, new sand and grass bunkers, water hazards, and some new greens. The South Course is now more competitive with the West Course to accommodate low handicap golfers. From 1927 until 1945 the club hosted the Eastern Grass Court Championships tennis tournament. Jack Nicklaus won
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