Word: ardsley
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Yale was the first college in the country to have a golf team. It was organized by John Reid Jr. His father had founded the first golf club in the United States in Ardsley, N.Y., borrowing the illustrious name of the St. Andrews Golf Club. A dinner at the Reid home in 1888 marked the inception of the St. Andrews Golf Club and broke up the strains of Scots...
Yale won that first team championship in 1897 under a martinent coach by the name of Robert D. Pryde. Both in 1897 and 1898, the three colleges played at St.Andrews in Ardsley. Pryde was born in Tayport, Fifeshire, Scotland, only seven miles from the original St. Andrews. In 1895, he laid out the New Haven Golf Club, which became Yale's home course and soon had its name changed to the Yale Golf Club. Pryde served as the club professional for 41 years until it was superceded by Charles Blair McDonald's breathtaking Yale Golf Course...