Opens and would have won many more had it not been for a nervous breakdown he suffered in 1914. One of the earliest pros at the club, John McDermott, won the 19 U.S. The logo, a bell, symbolizes the bell that would ring when the last trolley would arrive for Atlantic City or Philadelphia.
Most notably, the term “birdie” was created here in 1903, after Abner Smith hit a “bird of a shot” on the 12th hole. History: Atlantic City Country Club undoubtedly has one of the richest histories of any American golf course. (1915, Redesign), Howard Toomey/William Flynn (1925, Redesign), Tom Doak (1999, Renovation) Designer: John Reid (1897), Willie Park Jr.
