Maurice McCarthy

Liberty, NY

Sullivan County Golf Club is a nine-hole course in Liberty, in the Catskills, designed by Maurice McCarthy and Len Rayner and opened in 1925. In 2024, ahead of its 100th anniversary, the club was renovated with a new routing by Craig & Coyne Design, adding two par 3s and a par 5 along with new irrigation and cart paths. Golf writer Tom Coyne later bought the club to keep it running. In 1931 a transatlantic flight attempt took off from what was then the 8th fairway, now the driving range.

Hershey, PA

The West Course at Hershey Country Club is an 18-hole, par-73 course in Hershey, Pennsylvania, designed by Maurice McCarthy and opened in 1930 as part of the club founded that year by Milton S. Hershey. The tree-lined course measures 6,860 yards from the back tees. It hosted the 1940 PGA Championship, won by Byron Nelson over Sam Snead, and the LPGA Lady Keystone Open from 1978 to 1994. Hershey Country Club is private, and guests of Hershey resort properties can also book play.

Battle Creek, MI

Marywood Golf Club is a public 18-hole course in Battle Creek, Michigan, founded in 1926 as a private country club before shifting to public play in the 2000s. The course was designed by architect Maurice McCarthy, who used the rolling, wooded land to shape a naturally challenging layout. The front nine is more open while the back nine winds through hilly terrain with side-hill lies, and the slope rating reaches 132 from the blue tees. A clubhouse fire in 2002 destroyed the original two-story building, and the club has continued operating since. Marywood sits within an easy drive of Detroit, Chicago, Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Ann Arbor. The course is known locally for its scenic setting and demanding routing, requiring careful club selection because of the elevation changes across the back nine holes.