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From 1957 until 1971, there was also a separate "America's Best Competition Car Award" presented at the show. [19] In 1974, the GNRS created an additional award to recognize the best non-roadster entry: the Al Slonaker Memorial Award. The award is open to all types of vehicles, Rods, Customs, Street Machines, Lowriders, VW's, and Trucks. [5]
The club has a rich history of golf, starting out in 1901 as only 9 holes on 85 acres (0.34 km 2) on the banks of the Genesee River in Rochester. The clubhouse was no more than a converted farm house. At the time, golf was a relatively new sport in America, and as popularity of the sport grew, so did the country club.
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Rood is an English unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre [2] or 10,890 square feet, exactly 1,011.7141056 m 2. A rectangle that is one furlong (i.e., 10 chains, or 40 rods) in length and one rod in width is one rood in area, as is any space comprising 40 perches (a perch being one square rod).
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In the 1940s, due to a slow recovery from the Great Depression and America's entry into the World War II, the club faced financial difficulties that forced the club into bankruptcy, though golf continued to be played. In 1944, a group of 20 local businessmen bought the club for $80,000 and invested another $20,000 into refurbishing the course. [3]
The club was founded 124 years ago in 1899 and was moved to its current location in 1921. [4] [5] Golf Connoisseur Magazine rated Phoenix Country Club among top 100 Most Prestigious Private Clubs in America in 2006. The club was chosen for the “ultimate mix of course, history, membership, tradition and class.”