Pomonok Country Club, Golf course in Flushing, Queens, United States.
Pomonok Country Club was a golf facility with 18 holes located between Kissena Boulevard and 164th Street in Queens. The course featured a professional-level layout that attracted golfers from throughout the region.
The club was founded in 1886 by members of the Flushing Athletic Club and relocated to its Kissena Boulevard location in 1921. The redesigned course by a prominent golf architect made it one of New York's significant golf destinations.
The course served as a gathering place where local people spent their leisure time enjoying the game. The neighborhood still reflects traces of this recreational heritage through its planned residential communities.
The site no longer functions as a golf course due to residential development in the area. Visitors interested in learning about its past can find historical photographs and records in local archives and historical societies.
The course hosted the 1939 PGA Championship, one of professional golf's most important tournaments. The dramatic final match here became a notable moment in golf history and brought international recognition to the venue.
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