Deerfield Golf & Tennis Club

Overview: Deerfield Golf & Tennis Club is an 18-hole public course on 145 acres within White Clay Creek State Park near Newark, Delaware. The layout occupies a naturally wooded and hilly setting, with mature forest, elevation changes and parkland corridors giving the round a strong sense of place. William Gordon and David Gordon are associated with the original course, whose scale and terrain create a strategic public layout without relying on resort decoration. The directory's 6,323-yard figure and par 70 describe a course where changing lies and the shape of the land matter more than sheer length.

History: The property was originally developed by DuPont for its employees in 1955 as Louviers Country Club. In 1994 MBNA purchased the club, built a new clubhouse and renamed it Deerfield. Delaware acquired the 145-acre property in 2005 to protect it from development, and the state converted the facility to public play on April 14, 2006 as part of White Clay Creek State Park. That sequence explains why the directory carries 1955 while the public course identity dates from 2006.

Did You Know? Deerfield's 145 acres were preserved as part of White Clay Creek State Park after Delaware acquired the property in 2005. A former employee club therefore became a public parkland course while retaining the wooded terrain that defined the original site.