You know it’s there. You drive by the sign on Washington Avenue every day. Maybe you’ve been there for a social function. You might even be a member of it. But what do you know of the Brentwood Golf And Country Club?

Well, I’ll tell you a little information about it .The Club has an interesting history. It was the brainchild of Emerson McWhorter, the wealthy local businessman who created the Brentwood Realty Company. Being an avid golfer along with several of his friends, McWhorter invited them to join him in founding the Club during the summer of 1920.It originally consisted of a small clubhouse and nine-hole golf course, stretching from the intersection of Suffolk and Washington Avenues to McWhorter’s home on Washington Avenue (Today, this is the area between the gas station and the Country Club sign).

The Brentwood Realty Company owned the property.

Interest in the Club grew, and the members realized that expansion was necessary. They bought the surrounding land, which brought the Club’s property to a total of 110 acres. The golf course was expanded to a full eighteen holes, with a new clubhouse built opposite the seventeenth green (That building burned down a few years later, and a new one was constructed on its present site). The new course opened on September 5,1925.Many improvements were made to the Club over the years. Many notable residents became members. At its peak in the 1940s, the Club attracted nearly 400 golfers on weekends.

Today, the Brentwood Country Club continues to be one of the village’s leading social activity centers.

N. Ziino    December 2006