SANDY RUN COUNTRY CLUB - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Golf Superintendent / Title
Job Titles:
- Director of Food & Beverage / Title
J. Franklin Meehan was a born entrepreneur. He dearly loved to start something from scratch. In some instances, as at Ashbourne and Spring-Ford, a new golf club that had acquired ground would call him in to lay out the course, a rewarding assignment that enabled him to put his personal imprint on the raw land. But it was not quite so satisfying as conceiving the idea for a club, finding the property, laying out the course, bringing together a number of kindred souls, and actually running the club during its formative years. This he did at North Hills. And then, more than 15 years later and virtually next door, he undertook to do it again.
Frank Meehan laid out a tight and varied 18-hole course-- the topography was rolling but not hilly, lending itself nicely to holes with an attractive naturalness about them. Scottish-born John B. Carruthers was retained as the club's first golf professional. In 1927, taking its name from the stream that runs through the property-- and today lends considerable character to the par-5 8th-- the club became Sandy Run Country Club. Frank Meehan remained in office as president until 1936, when he was succeeded by William A. Crooke.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Clubhouse Manager / Title