The White Beeches Golf and Country Club is located in Haworth, New Jersey

Haworth, New Jersey

Haworth is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 3,382.Haworth was formed by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 24, 1904, from portions of both Dumont and Harrington Townships.-Geography:Haworth is...

 and features 18 holes of golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

. It has hosted U.S. Open sectional qualifiers, Met Open qualifiers, and the State Open. The course is also hosting its 2nd annual AJGA

American Junior Golf Association

The American Junior Golf Association is a "501 nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf." AJGA is considered by many leaders in the golf industry to be the premier...

 tournament this summer.
The course was built in 1915 and designed by Walter Travis

Walter Travis

Walter J. Travis was the most successful amateur golfer in the U.S. during the early 1900s, a noted golf journalist and publisher, an innovator in all aspects of golf, a teacher, and a respected golf course architect...

. It plays to a par 72 from about 6,500 yards.

White Beeches currently has one head pro and three assistants. The head pro is ex-tour player, Jim McGovern

Jim McGovern (golfer)

James David McGovern is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.McGovern was born in Teaneck, New Jersey. He grew up in Oradell, New Jersey in a house adjoining the Hackensack Golf Club...

, and the assistants are Keith Maher, A.J. Spicer, and Kevin Figa.