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Links to the Past an Aim for the Future J2golfmarketing Links to the Past Rob Gunter ut beyond Aspinwall, cozily snug- gled betwixt Western Pennsylvania’s adjoining hills, lies one of the most an Aim for the fashionable and beautiful country club estates in this expansive district. So reads an article in the April 1929 issue of The Western Pennsylvania Golfer describing the Fox Chapel Golf Club. Still fashionable and beautiful today, the club rests in as pic- Future turesque a setting as one can imagine. And as the backdrop for a host of weddings, showers, birthdays, balls, fundraisers, funeral recep- tions, and lively competitions over the many The Fox Chapel Golf Club is standing the test decades since its founding, it has always played a significant role in the social and sporting lives of its members and their guests. of time with a major renovation and a focus A country club in the truest sense of the term, Fox Chapel Golf Club was built on an on fairways and families. assemblage of rural farm properties in the early 1920s, when the “rustle of horses along bridle paths” could still be heard. Just how the Above: An aerial view of the golf course, taken last summer when club came to be located there is a curious it was set up for the Constellation Senior Players Championship. story—one that actually begins on the other BY CHARLIE STEWART Below: The clubhouse at the Fox Chapel Golf Club. side of the Allegheny River at the PHOTOS BY MELODY FARRIN Pittsburgh Golf Club in the East End. 1 2 4 S H A D Y AV E SPRING 2015 1 2 5 Links to the Past an Aim for the Future J2GolfMarketing A small stream, Glade Run, meanders along the 18th hole. Until 1910, members of the Pittsburgh The firm of Alden & Harlow, which had Golf Club enjoyed exclusive access to the 18- designed the Pittsburgh Golf Club, was hole course they had created in city-owned appointed to draw up plans for the new club- Schenley Park. But after Mayor William A. house. The esteemed partnership––responsi- Magee rescinded those rights and opened the ble for the Carnegie Institute and Library in course to the public, members sought and Oakland, the Oakmont Carnegie Library, and eventually found another location where they the Duquesne Club downtown––gave the Fox could play their favorite sport in private. Chapel clubhouse stucco siding and a red tile In 1923 the new golf club was organized roof, in the Spanish Colonial Revival style that by some of Pittsburgh’s most prominent citi- was popular at the time. zens, including William L. Mellon, co- Renowned golf course architect Seth founder of Gulf Oil Corporation, who was Raynor was selected to lay out a course on the elected the club’s first president. It was property described in the club’s prospectus as Mellon’s uncle, Richard B. Mellon, who sug- being “of a gently rolling nature [which] has gested that the club be named Fox Chapel, running through it a beautiful stream.” after the country road that provided access to Raynor, a protégé of the legendary Charles The original clubhouse, designed by Alden & Harlow, reflected the Spanish Colonial Revival style popular in the 1920s. the property. B. Macdonald, routinely replicated holes from famous European golf courses, adapting them with each project to fit the given landscape. Modifications of Raynor’s classic tem- plates––Redan, Punchbowl, Alps, and Biarritz––appear at Fox Chapel, while the meanderings of the stream, Glade Run, add character to his imaginative layout. The course was opened for play on June 13, 1925, and the club enjoyed instant success. In just a few years the membership out- grew the facilities, and plans for enlarging the clubhouse were requested from Brandon Smith, whom local architect David Vater refers to as “Pittsburgh’s most sought-after, high-society architect” of his day. Smith’s more formal, Georgian-Revival addition was com- pleted in 1931 and replaced most of the origi- SPRING 2015 1 2 7 Links to the Past an Aim for the Future Six tennis courts (right) and an L-shaped pool (below) are popular amenities among members. The outdoor swimming pool is open seven days a week between Memorial Day and Labor Day and is a huge draw for families like the The clubhouse is perched above the golf course, its design following the contours of the hillside. The dramatic atrium provides a leafy green setting for social Kennedys. Pool Area Manager Mark gatherings year round. Its marble fountain was hand-carved in Italy. Nigro has seen its popularity grow over the 29 years he has been with the club. “Last year we had as many visits to the pool area as we had rounds of golf,” he says, laughing. Members insist that the pool never feels overcrowded, despite a busy schedule of water aerobics, swim- team practices, movie nights, Wednesday family nights, and live music on Friday nights. The four paddle-tennis courts are getting more use than ever before, with weekday and weeknight league matches involving six women’s teams and four nal structure. It conforms to the hillside by men’s teams competing in varying divisions cascading down two levels, affording stunning against Longue Vue Club, Fox Chapel views over the golf course from the terrace. Racquet Club, the Pittsburgh Field Club, and Since then the club has grown to a current the Edgeworth Club. membership of about 350 families, more than Trap shooting occurs on Saturdays from half of whom live in the Fox Chapel area, and October through March. Events include many of whom are likely to value the club as straight trap, sub trap, international trap, and much for its other amenities as for its world- inter-club competitions. “We also have a class golf. Sunday program,” says Vance Smith, chair- The tennis program, conducted from man of the shooting committee. “Sunday spring through fall on six outdoor courts, is shoots with complimentary instruction by run by tennis pro Craig Perry. He and his staff Ken Darroch, a 20-time Pennsylvania state start kids off at the age of 3 and are well known champion, are designed for beginners and for developing some of the region’s finest high families to learn in a safe and helpful environ- school and collegiate players. “We are so lucky ment,” he adds. to have Craig Perry,” says Heather Kennedy, Meanwhile, in the clubhouse, Chef Chris who joined the club seven years ago, after Brown and his staff of 25 are busy year-round, moving to Fox Chapel from Atlanta with her collaborating with Assistant General Manager husband, Sam, and their two children. “He is Carrie Glass on preparations for the many The front entrance hall creates an elegant first energetic and fun and one of the best tennis joyful occasions when family and friends impression and offers a view to the atrium below. professionals in western Pennsylvania.” gather to enjoy first-class dining. The club 1 2 8 SPRING 2015 1 2 9 Links to the Past an Aim for the Future Arches, columns, crystal chandeliers, and ornate plasterwork and moldings combine to create a gracious dining room that Above: is an ideal setting for private parties and club events. The club’s back terrace offers a sweeping view of the golf course. accommodates private parties of all sizes, and Alex Childs and his staff run clinics, provide Above right: A memorial clock stands near the practice popular club-sponsored events include Easter private lessons, and sponsor competitions. In putting green. Brunch, Mother’s Day Dinner, and celebra- recent years it has hosted a number of very Right: As part of a current $10 million renovation, an tions for every major holiday. prestigious international tournaments, addition is under construction that includes a ladies locker Over the years the membership profile has including the 2002 Curtis Cup and the room on the ground level and a year-round space for become less representative of corporate 2012, 2013, and 2014 Constellation Senior casual and family dining on the second floor (below). Pittsburgh and now reflects the current Fox Players Championships. The events have Both images, courtesy of Chapman Coyle Chapman & Chapel community, including doctors, attracted such talents as Bernhard Langer, Associates, AIA. lawyers, and other professionals associated Kenny Perry, and Tom Watson. with the region’s new economy. “If you look back to the 1960s and ’70s, when the vice ing it among the top 100 courses in the presidents of all the steel companies and country. And Platinum Clubs of America banks were members, there was a lot of cor- placed Fox Chapel on its list of the top 50 porate golf entertainment,” says President Tal Dixon Michael H. golf courses at the most respected private Heppenstall, whose grandparents on both clubs in the country. sides were members. “That changed with the Besides the prestige that the Senior Players 1986 tax code, when companies no longer Championships brought to the club, the hun- paid for their executives to be members.” dreds of members who volunteered to run In the early days there was little effort to them also benefitted. “The process of working foster a “family-centric” community at Fox together for a three-year period was a major Chapel, but that is a primary objective of step in revitalizing us as a membership,” says the club today. To that end, all the sports Heppenstall. “And that actually led to a lot of programs are designed to encourage the The club’s general co-chairs for the 2014 Constellation enthusiasm for––and being proud of––our beginner and challenge the expert, while Senior Players Championship, Courtney Myhrum and facilities, which then led us to look [at them] embracing participation by the entire fami- Tom Reading, flank winner Bernhard Langer, as all hold again and say, ‘You know what, it’s time to ly.
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