MEMBER LOGIN HOME OUR CLUB MEMBERSHIP GOLF TENNIS WEDDINGS & EVENTS OUR CLUB Club Amenities Club History Meet Our Team Menus Contact THE OLDEST PRIVATE COUNTRY CLUB IN FLORIDA 1902 1903 1906 1925 1950 1993 1995 Prev Next 1902 Around the turn of the century, one of the first country clubs in the State of Florida was started under the name of Pensacola Country Club. It came into being November 5, 1902 when the original club site was acquired from Wm. H. Knowles. A two-story clubhouse was erected and concrete tennis courts constructed. L. Hilton-Green was the first president. In the early years it was primarily a social club, and its "amusements" consisted of tennis, Ten Pins, croquet, bathing, family picnics, and dancing. One member particularly remembers the bathing in "bloomers" and stockings. OUR PIONEER GOLFERS As we continue to forge ahead into the future, any account of the Club's history is incomplete without a salute to the pioneer golfers with their brassies and midirons and niblicks. The soaring flight of the old "gutty" ball was a sight to behold. The "skin greens" were tricky. There were national handicaps in those days. Ellis Knowles, scratch man at the Club, had a National handicap of 2 or 3. The first hole-in-one has been credited to Pickett Jones. Club champion tournaments were medal play until the second nine was built when match play took over. The first Club champion by match play in 1926 was J. McHenry Jones. His name tops the list engraved on the original Trophy Cup, which was retired by Sinclair Watson in 1939 after three straight wins. Golf professionals serving the Club have included Charlie Roe, Jack Dingwall, Pickett Jones, Rockwell Scally, Claydon Attridge, Jack Sargant, Charlie Hendley and Ryan Mattox, along with our current Head Golf Professional, David Pilkington. PENSACOLA COUNTRY CLUB 1500 Bayshore Drive, Pensacola, Florida 32507 CONTACT (850) 455-7364 Email: info@pensacolacountryclub.com FOLLOW US HOME OUR CLUB MEMBERSHIP GOLF TENNIS WEDDINGS & EVENTS CONTACT Copyright © 2021 Pensacola Country Club. All Rights Reserved. Powered by Northstar Technologies Inc