A lot happened in 1912 — Girls Scouts of America was founded, and Arizona became the 48th state in the union, and the Titanic capture the headlines when it struck and ice berg and sank off the coast of Canada.

But, closer to home, 1912 was also the year the doors of Plymouth Country Club opened.

It’s no small bow to that legacy that the year so vital to local golf aficionados has been celebrated in the name of the entity that recently purchased the privately owned club, the 1912 Club LLC.

“The equity members, who owned the Plymouth Country Club, voted unanimously to sell the club to Brian Quinn, managing director of 1912 Club LLC, which will continue it with golf and country club and swimming operations,” noted the club’s president Chuck Caparo. “From our standpoint, everything we’re doing is extremely positive and the membership is excited about what is going to transpire. It won’t be a major change to the activity of the club itself but there will be major improvements that will be done to the golf course, the clubhouse and facilities, which people will start to see in the next 60 days or so,” writes Gary Puleo in The Times Herald.

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The Plymouth Country Club course at 888 Plymouth Road, Plymouth Meeting, was designed by renowned golf course architect William S. Flynn, whose prominent work includes Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on Long Island, Cherry Hills Country Club, Lancaster Country Club and Merion Golf Club.

“Plymouth Country Club was formed by some wealthy guys from Norristown, originally as a 9-hole course and expanding to an 18-hole golf course in the 1920s,” Caparo said. “It’s legacy is important to the club members. I’ve been a die-hard Plymouth Country Club member for 34 years and want to see the legacy continue.”

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