Squires Golf Club
Architect: George Fazio Year: 1963 623 Cedar Hill Rd Ambler, PA 19002 Phone: (970) 854-5900 Course Access: Private https://squiresgolf.com/ |
Squires Golf club
Founders:
Herman Watkins – President, George Leno – Secretary, Marvin Orleans – Treasurer, James Elliott – Greens
John Finley – Hours, John Fleming – Admissions, Judge Joseph Lord – Legal, James Nolen – Building
Squires Opening Dedication: Tuesday, September 24, 1963
Herman Watkins
At the opening dedication Herman Watkins made the following
statement to define the ideas behind Squires Golf Club.
We the founding members want the finest golf course, a small but comfortable club house and a place where you can play a round of golf and only be restricted by the rules of the game and the etiquette imposed on all golfers.
We want to keep our membership limited in number, but have enough members here so you can always find a congenial foursome.
We want a club that is unrestricted as to religion and nationality, but reserved for gentlemen who have in common their desire
to play golf for the sake of the game and for the enjoyment they derive from playing it with one and other.
Herman Watkins – President, George Leno – Secretary, Marvin Orleans – Treasurer, James Elliott – Greens
John Finley – Hours, John Fleming – Admissions, Judge Joseph Lord – Legal, James Nolen – Building
Squires Opening Dedication: Tuesday, September 24, 1963
Herman Watkins
At the opening dedication Herman Watkins made the following
statement to define the ideas behind Squires Golf Club.
We the founding members want the finest golf course, a small but comfortable club house and a place where you can play a round of golf and only be restricted by the rules of the game and the etiquette imposed on all golfers.
We want to keep our membership limited in number, but have enough members here so you can always find a congenial foursome.
We want a club that is unrestricted as to religion and nationality, but reserved for gentlemen who have in common their desire
to play golf for the sake of the game and for the enjoyment they derive from playing it with one and other.
Course Photos
COURSE REVIEW BY: CHRIS MAVROS, GOLFADELPHIA
Due north of downtown Philadelphia in Ambler, Pennsylvania, Squires Golf Club enjoys a unique mystical aura of sorts among local lore. At its core, however, the club strives to focus on what’s vital out there. Enjoying oneself. There’s a relaxed casualness that in a lot ways, is quite refreshing. Along with the camaraderie, Squires shows just how valuable the fellowship of golfers is to that journey we’re all on, from fairway to fairway and so on. The fairways here were designed by George Fazio in 1963, then later worked on by Tom and Logan Fazio. The hilly wooded parkland is amongst a tough set of greens and bunkers smartly shaped throughout, keeping the round engaging while the hills are traversed vertically, over the occasional group of bunkers or water. While the atmosphere is relaxed, the golf is played as seriously or not as one wants and regardless of their swing, how they fare with the flat stick is what matters most here. Indeed, the greens are the soul of this place in more ways than one.... Click Here To Read Hole By Hole