History

In 1923 a group of Syracuse businessmen and professionals, all of them avid golfers, formed “a club within the means of the average golfer where golf will be of primary importance.” They hired noted golf course architect Seymour Dunn and, with a little help from famed architect Robert Trent Jones, built a club on the gently rolling hills of Marcellus. They named the club Tuscarora, after the fierce Indians who, hundreds of years ago, settled in the fertile lands of Central New York. Today, the goal of the club’s founders lives on. Tuscarora’s friendly members enjoy an impeccably groomed course with tree-lined fairways and small but fast greens at a very modest price.

The scenic and gently rolling hills of Marcellus make an excellent setting for Tuscarora’s impeccably groomed, 6,265 yard layout. Designed in 1923 by noted Scottish course architect Seymour Dunn, our tree-lined fairways and small and fast greens challenge all levels of golfers. In 1929 and 1930 Robert Trent Jones tweaked Dunn’s design and introduced our signature mounding. Throughout the years, Tuscarora has played host to Syracuse District Golf Association, New York State Golf Association and United States Golf Association events.