May 23, 2019
AAGD STAFF
Charles Jones
This is a must-see onsite video tour conducted at the new John Shippen Museum located within the old clubhouse of the historic Shady Rest Country Club in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. African American Golfer’s Digest reporter Charles Jones surveys the renovated building while Interviewing Scotch Plains Mayor Al Smith and Founders of the John Shippen Foundation, husband and wife team, Thurman and Ruby Simmons along with Chairperson of Preserve Shady Rest Committee Sylvia Hicks.
The Shady Rest Golf & Country Club is the oldest African-American golf clubhouse in the United States of America. In the twentieth century, it was the home for over 30 years to John Matthew Shippen, Jr. the very first American-born golf professional. Take a moment to view this priceless and historic walk-through of a destination rich in history.
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Shady Rest Country Club was the first African American country club in America. This video portrays the historical significance of its place in golf history and establishes priceless facts and details of the intricate goings-on at the Club during the time of John Shippen’s actual residence there.
