Deal Golf & Country Club

About Deal Golf & Country Club:

The original course was a nine hole layout consisting of the current 1st, 2nd, and 12th through 18th holes designed by Lawrence Van Etten in 1895. Van Etten was a prominent civil engineer from West Chester New York and is also credited with the original designs of Knollwood and Wykagyl Country Clubs. An accomplished player, he was known at the time as the best player at Knollwood and played regularly to “scratch” in local events. Club history at Knollwood has confirmed that Van Etten consulted with the great Scottish professional Willie Park Jr. on the original designs of both Knollwood and Wykagyl. Park came to America during the early 1890’s to play in a series of exhibition matches and to finalize plans for courses he would later design, over 170 worldwide. This leads some to speculate that Park may have had some influence over Deal’s original nine hole layout.