Hanover Country Club is a college-owned, semi-private golf course open to the public. It is located on the campus of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...

 in Hanover, New Hampshire

Hanover, New Hampshire

Hanover is a town along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 11,260 at the 2010 census. CNN and Money magazine rated Hanover the sixth best place to live in America in 2011, and the second best in 2007....

, United States

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Known to many members in the Upper Valley simply as "Hanover," Hanover Country Club was a classic New England

New England

New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...

 18-hole course that underwent significant renovations in 2001. The course was lengthened to 6500 yards (5,943.6 m), four new holes were added, and all of the greens were reconstructed. Renovations were made by golf architect Ron Prichard

Ron Prichard

Ron Prichard is an American golf course designer and restorer. His original designs include the TPC at Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee, now home of the Stanford St. Jude Championship...

 with distinctive Donald Ross-style features; however, the results of the design have been controversial its among members. The 1929 ski jump in the Vale of Tempe that became the symbol of the course was demolished in 1993. The grounds also include "Freshmen Hill", a popular sledding hill for both locals and students of Dartmouth College.

Hanover Country Club is the home course for both the men’s and women’s golf teams of Dartmouth College. It is also the home of the Hanover High School

Hanover High School (New Hampshire)

Hanover High School is the only public high school in the Dresden School District, in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA. In 1963 it became the first interstate high school in the country as part of a bill that was the last ever signed into action by John F. Kennedy. Today it accepts students from...

 state champion team. The club has been host to a number of outstanding professionals, including Richard Parker, now also the men's coach at Dartmouth College.

Practice area

The practice area at Hanover Country Club consists of a short game practice area with green and greenside bunker, four practice holes, and a driving range, the last of which is only opened rarely due to an embedded creek that floods during the rainy months of the summer. The practice area is open to all members, wait-list golfers, students of Dartmouth College, and members of the Hanover High School golf team. The four practice holes are remnants of a nine-hole course designed and constructed in 1932 by Ralph Barton

Ralph Barton

Ralph Barton was an American artist best known for his cartoons and caricatures of actors and other celebrities...

, a Dartmouth graduate.

Clubhouse

The historic clubhouse at Hanover Country Club reflects a unique New England tradition. Known for its charm and rural feel, it sells a selection of golf equipment and features a recently renovated restaurant. The restaurant's name of "Colonel Bogey's" refers to the Colonel Bogey March

Colonel Bogey March

The "Colonel Bogey March" is a popular march that was written in 1914 by Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts , a British army bandmaster who later became director of music for the Royal Marines at Plymouth...

. Art professor Homer Eaton Keyes

Homer Eaton Keyes

Homer Eaton Keyes , was an author and professor at Dartmouth College, and the founder and editor of the magazine Antiques.-Biography:...

 designed the shingled Arts & Crafts-style

Arts and Crafts movement

Arts and Crafts was an international design philosophy that originated in England and flourished between 1860 and 1910 , continuing its influence until the 1930s...

clubhouse around 1915 as a remodeling of the club's earlier Golf Barn. The Country Club expects to build a new and less isolated clubhouse closer to Lyme Road in the future.

History

The club was founded during the 1890s and laid out the first nine holes of the current course, known as Hilton Field, in 1899. Dartmouth acquired the course and added second nine holes during 1920.

Remarkable in an age of frequent turnover in the golf industry, Hanover Country Club has had only three head professionals in its history. Until recently, the head professional has also assumed the dual role of serving as the men's coach for the Dartmouth golf team. Tommy Keane and Bill Johnson were the first two head pros, followed by Jason Calhoun, who resigned in 2005.

External links and sources

• Hanover Country Club official page
• Review from golfable.com