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pool with casual dining facilities. The clubhouse includes a bowling center with eight lanes; men's and women's locker rooms; golf pro shop; dining room; grill room; living room; ball room; private dining and meeting spaces; and a wrap-around porch overlooking the course for outdoor dining and social events.
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Brooklawn's golf course measures 6,711 yards, is rated at 73.3 and plays to a slope of 138. In addition to the golf course, club facilities include a practice tee and putting green; a tennis center with seven Har-Tru courts and clubhouse; three platform tennis courts and warming hut; and a swimming
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Brooklawn's championship golf course traces to a nine-hole layout, designed by members shortly after the club's founding. In 1899, the first professional hired by the club was Tom Morris, the great nephew of Old Tom Morris, and the grandson of Old Tom's brother George, who laid out the links at
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in Toledo, OH. and Harry Vardon, at age 50, had finished tie second after leading for most of the tournament. The matches at
Brooklawn consisted of 18 holes match play in the morning against Mr W. Parker Seeley and Jesse Sweetzer. The British pair won 3 & 2. In the afternoon the two
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Sparling and Al Cuici 5 & 4. In that second match Harry Vardon shot a score of 71. It was reported in the Bridgeport Times & Evening Farmer newspaper of October 25, 1920 that some 500 spectators were in attendance to witness the crack British pair.
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Liverpool) in 1869. In 1911, the acquisition of additional property enabled the course to expand to 18 holes. In 1930, the course was completely redesigned by the noted architect
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545:"U.S. Senior Women's Open History"
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150:Brooklawn Country Club
109:Fairfield, Connecticut
20:Brooklawn Country Club
612:"Home - Brooklawn CC"
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88:41.18639°N 73.22583°W
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107:500 Algonquin Road,
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161:Designed by
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450:References
428:Inbee Park
373:Leo Diegel
324:Alex Smith
79:73°13′33″W
76:41°11′11″N
424:Chip Beck
297:Ryder Cup
569:July 31,
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104:Location
332:Ted Ray
146:Website
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182:Length
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