1st PGA Championship: Jim Barnes at Siwanoy CC Bronxville NY
Some tidbits from their website:
The course Mr. Ross laid out and had constructed on the Manor Property in 1913 is basically the same Siwanoy golf course of today, minus a few of the sand traps and bunkers he planned and had constructed. The original course Mr. Ross had constructed was 6,251 yards in length and in 1914 was rated a par 73 strokes, later lowered to 71 strokes.
In 1952 a number of changes were made in the golf course under the supervision of another famous golf course architect, Robert Trent Jones. At that time more than $60,000 was spent to modernize bunkers, reshape greens and build new tees. In this work many bunkers and sand traps which had handicapped the poorer golfers were said to have been eliminated, and new traps were constructed to “tighten up” the course for the low handicap players. The length of the course was increased to about 6,400 yards. Par remained at 71 strokes after this construction.
Agitation for a new club house started in 1926. This was the year that Siwanoy’s illustrious member, Jess Sweetser became the first American golfer to win the British Amateur Championship. He was feted so much at the Club that the members began to feel the old club house looked rather shabby. So they put their heads together and decided to tear down the old club house and build a new one.
In October of 1928, the members of Siwanoy held a farewell dinner dance to bid goodbye to the original remodeled “Manor House Club House”. The old structure was thereafter torn down and the present Club House was constructed and completed in the spring of 1929 at a reported cost of approximately $200,00.
Arthur Hills & Associates lists Siwanoy as one of their "Renovation Projects," back in 1997.
I would say the club is now in very good hands as any future golf course "improvements" will be done under the watchful eye of Mike DeVries.
I can only guess, but there might be some tree removal in their future!