Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort in Shawnee on Delaware, Pennsylvania

SHAWNEE ON DELAWARE, Pa. - Designed by A.W. Tillinghast before the famous golf course designer was really an architect, the golf course at Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort is a journey to the past in a naturally beautiful setting.

The golf course has been the playground of celebrities such as Jackie Gleason and Mickey Mantle as well as President Eisenhower. It hosted the 1938 PGA Championship when resident pro Sam Snead was defeated by Paul Runyan. (It was match play back then.)

Tillinghast designed the original 18 holes, which opened in 1911. In 1963, Bill Diddle added another nine holes, although they are interspersed throughout the original layout. A plan to restore the course to the 18 holes as they were in the 1938 PGA is being explored.

Today there are three nine-hole layouts at Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort, the Red, White and Blue. All but three holes are on an island formed by the Delaware River, making for some dramatic holes alongside and over the river. There's also a portable bridge that was built decades ago. It was designed by former owner C.C. Worthington. Each year, the bridge is removed after the season, and it's reassembled in the spring.

Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort - Red course - hole 2

The par-3 second hole on the Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort's Red course is one of several holes that plays along the Delaware River

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Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort

The majority of the holes at the 27-hole Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort sit on an island surrounded by the Delaware River.

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Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort - Blue course - hole 5

The long par-3 fifth hole on the Blue course at the Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort in Shawnee on the Delaware, Pa.

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Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort - Blue course - hole 7

The signature hole at Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort is the par-3 seventh on the Blue course.

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Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort bridge

The decades-old bridge at the Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort is actually portable and taken down every fall as golf season ends.

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Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort - Red course - hole 5

The fifth hole on the Red Course at Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort is a dogleg left par 4.

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Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort - Red course - hole 8

The par-4 eighth hole on the Red course at Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort features plenty of mature trees.

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Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort - Red course - hole 9

The finishing hole on the Red course at Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort is a long par 4 that winds around a pond on the left

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Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort - White course

A big tree guards a green on the White course at the Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort in Pennsylvania.

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