Springdale Golf Club in Princeton, New Jersey, stands as one of the oldest and most historically rich golf clubs in the state, originating in 1895 as the Princeton Golf Club through the efforts of university alumni, faculty, and undergraduates. Originally started as a nine-hole layout, the club relocated in the early 1900s to the historic Stockton Farm—ground that played a role in the Revolutionary War's Battle of Princeton. The course expanded to 18 holes under Gerard B. Lambert in 1915 before receiving its defining architectural masterpiece in the late 1920s from legendary golf course architect William S. Flynn. Deeply intertwined with the Ivy League institution it borders, Springdale famously established an early women's golf program featuring First Lady Frances Folsom Cleveland among its inaugural members, and it continues to serve as the proud home course for the Princeton University golf teams while operating in the shadow of the campus's iconic Cleveland Tower.
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