Timeline
Go to the scorecard to view original 1923 Donald Ross blue prints
1923 Club founded.
Three farms purchased in Pittsford: Stoutenberg(112 acres)-Palmateer(57 acres)-Brizee(45
acres). 214 acres total, golf course 150 acres. First Buildings: clubhouse-Palmateer brick
farmhouse, Greenskeepers house-Stoutenberg cottage.
Donald Ross commissioned to design course. Design fee: $5500.
Course construction fee: $50,000. 2000 trees planted
16 year old Robert Trent Jones works on construction crew.
Jim Connaughton, First Course Superintendent (a construction foreman for Mr. Ross)
1924 First round of golf played on July 4th
First Foursome: President Henry L Perrigo, Treasurer Jack Leysenaar, Secretary A. Edwin
Crockett, Scottish Golf Professional Johnny Walker.
1928 5000 trees planted
1929 5000 additional trees planted
1934 Golf course irrigation system installed. One of the first in the United States.
158’ well to the prehistoric Genesee River. 1000 gallons per minute. Cost $17,000.
1940-1960 20 fairway and greenside bunkers removed
1950s Several thousand pines planted under a New State program
1960 Steve Williams named Course Superintendent following the death of Mr. Connaughton in
1959 Mr. Williams serves as Monroe’s Superintendent from 1960-1987.
1986 Patrick Gertner named Course Superintendent. Mr. Gertner serves from 1986-2002.
1986 Fairway re-contouring by Brian Silva
1990 New maintenance building opens.
2002 Full golf course irrigation replacement at a cost of $750,000.
2002 Four hole short course designed and shaped by Gil Hanse Associates, 2002. Construction by
Patrick Gertner and Monroe’s grounds crew.
2003 Mark Hughes named Course Superintendent.
2003 Golf Course Improvement and Tree Management Program Committee formed to evaluate trees
and their impact on course conditions and playability. Phase I included removal of
approximately 250 trees, 92% of them pines and spruces. Several hundred trees are removed in
future phases.
2004 Monroe Board of Governors appointed a committee of members and staff to review and make
recommendations on an updated golf course Master Plan. Members approved an
expenditure of $40,000 for an architect’s review and development of such plan.
2005 Gil Hanse Associates selected to develop Master plan. Master Plan Committee meets 22 times as
a group and with Gil Hanse.
2007 Membership approves Phase I of Master Plan which included renovation all existing bunkers,
adding nine bunkers, a new women’s tenth tee, two championship tees and rebuilding the men’s
first tee at a cost of $750,000.
2007 October 7 – construction begins on Master Plan. New bunkers shaped by Gil Hanse.
Construction by Jack Faery Landscaping (Tony Grenzy, Construction Manager and Shaper).
2007 October 26 - Mark Hughes tragic death in swimming accident off the coast of Puerto Rico. Mark
saved his wife Lisa’s life before succumbing.
2008 June 12 - all bunkers opened for play.
2008 Matt Delly named Golf Course Superintendent of Monroe Golf Club.
2012 Gil Hanse shapes new 17th tee, exit area from 16th green and stakes out 2nd hole championship tee.