GOLF’s latest Prime 100 Programs within the U.S. rating contains 11 newcomers, which we’ll introduce you to right here. Meet Fox Chapel in Pennsylvania.
PATRICK KOENIG
GOLF lately launched its newest rating of the Prime 100 Programs within the U.S. (2024-25), an inventory that features 11 newcomers. A few of them you may know. Others you may not. Right here, in our newcomer spotlights, we’ll introduce you to those rookie Prime 100 gems.
Newcomer highlight: Fox Chapel / Rank: 82nd
Location: Pittsburgh, Pa.
Kind: Non-public
Yr opened: 1925
Architect: Seth Raynor, Charles Banks
What you must find out about Fox Chapel
This Tom Marzolf restoration was a strict return to Raynor’s 1925 imaginative and prescient, a few of which had been misplaced based mostly on recommendation that the membership acquired from A.W. Tillinghast within the Nineteen Thirties. Raynor followers are left with loads to relish, together with the Lion’s Mouth bunker introduced again at 9, the Double Plateau inexperienced reinstated at 13 and the well-known Bottle gap bunkering scheme returned at 16. All of the strategy areas had been sand capped, with the ensuing firmer surfaces permitting for short-game creativity. Moreover, quick grass now surrounds the inexperienced pads, making certain that choices abound for restoration photographs. Panelist Barry Doyle has steered that Fox Chapel may now be house to Raynor’s finest set of greens.
What our raters say
“Raynor’s rules could have been misplaced over time, however they’re again and higher than ever. Marzolf now makes you suppose on the tee photographs. There may be strategic architectural bunkering evident on most each tee shot and each shot thereafter. The template holes are unimaginable. I believe they’re the very best anyplace, apart from Chicago Golf.”
“For those who haven’t skilled Fox Chapel then you might be lacking out on an actual deal with.”
