Ticonderoga Golf Club
Experience a fun day of golf with superb scenery and a wee bit of golf history at TGC.
Photos courtesy Ticonderoga Golf Club
Ticonderoga Golf Course (TGC) sits between the northern tip of Lake George and the southern end of Lake Champlain in the Lord Howe Valley, offering 18-holes of world-class golf on one of the oldest courses in the Adirondacks.
TGC first opened in 1926. The course has undergone extensive renovations in the last couple of years and is earning raves from ADK’s esteemed Golf Correspondents. As one of our sources reported, “It’s a delightful course for players of any level.”
Like other ADK courses, TGC is blessed with spectacular surroundings and vistas. The course has numerous hills, which one of our reporters told us made for beautiful scenery but was punishing for a misplaced shot. A trout brook also wends its way through the course and comes into play on seven of the eighteen holes.
The brand new clubhouse at TGC is also winning praise for its food and atmosphere. New locker rooms and a pro shop are also located in the clubhouse. The Club has become a popular spot for weddings and events.
Seymour Dunn, a descendent of a storied Scottish golf clan, designed TGC. Young Seymour made his first trip to the US when he was just 12. He taught golf with his brother at what is now known as Ardsley Country Club in Westchester County, New York.
Seymour received his education at the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey, where he taught many students who would go on to become nationally known golfers. When he was 15, he designed the school’s first 9-hole course.
Dunn spent several summers teaching golf in Lake Placid, returning to Scotland during the winters, where he helped design and build golf courses across Europe. By 17, he was named pro at the Société de Golf de Paris. King Leopold III of Belgium, King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, and Philippe de Rothschild commissioned Dunn to design courses for their use.
Seymour must have had a thing for New York and the ADK. He was the golf pro at the Lake Placid Club from 1908 to 1929; during the Great Depression, he established the Dunn Golf School, and it survived for four years. The school held its classes in Madison Square Garden and later in Rockefeller Center.
He used his position in Lake Placid to start his career as a manufacturer of golf clubs. In 1910, Dunn had ten employees working at the shop, some of them at an assembly line, which produced clubs and sold them via mail order throughout the United States.
Experience a fun day of golf with superb scenery and a wee bit of golf history at TGC. Be sure to check out Ticonderoga Golf Club’s website for current hours.
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