The Knollwood Country Club's second half century started during the darkest hours of World War II, and so there was no celebration marking the club's fiftieth anniversary. That observation was postponed for ten years until July 30th, 1955 when a second "gutta percha" tournament was held marking the club's sixtieth birthday.

Gene Sarazen addressing the ball, as WIllie and Mike Turnesa, Johnny Farrell and Al Brosch look on.

The contest was played on four holes and featured Mike and Willie Turnesa, Gene Sarazen, Johnny Farrell, Willie Klein and Al Brosch - all dressed in the garb of the 1890s and playing with wooden shafted clubs from that era, and solid gutta percha balls made especially for the occasion.

During the last two decades Knollwood has undergone many physical changes.Modernizing the club house, keeping the classic architecture while installing central air condition throughout, implementing a state-of-the-art kitchen, new locker rooms for men and women and exterior modernizing of the porches and terraces.

The golf course experienced a redesign on holes that needed help. The installation of a computerized irrigation system which included the rough and the Short Game Practice Center. Also, a new driving range is currently under construction long enough to permit the use of drivers.

At Knollwood, there is a continuing effort to make this course as famous and exciting to play today as it was a century ago.

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