
Reading Course
Reading Country Club




About this course
Reading Country Club occupies rolling terrain in Berks County, Pennsylvania, where the club was established in the early twentieth century. The course reflects the work of two architects from golf's formative era in America: Alex Findlay, a Scottish professional who laid out numerous courses in the Northeast during the 1890s and early 1900s, and Hugh Wilson, best known for designing Merion Golf Club's East Course outside Philadelphia. Wilson's involvement likely came during a later redesign or refinement, bringing his understanding of strategic golf architecture to the property. The routing takes advantage of natural elevation changes characteristic of southeastern Pennsylvania, with holes moving across hillsides and through wooded corridors. The design emphasizes placement over distance, requiring golfers to navigate angles and consider ground contours rather than simply overpower the layout. Green complexes feature the kind of subtle internal movement and strategic bunkering that defined better courses from this period, rewarding approach shots that account for pin position and surrounding hazards. Reading Country Club has served as a competitive venue for regional amateur events and has maintained its place in the Pennsylvania golf community for over a century. The club represents a period when American course architecture was maturing beyond simple imitation of Scottish links, adapting strategic principles to inland American landscapes. The combination of Findlay's early routing instincts and Wilson's architectural refinement gives the course a layered design history typical of established clubs in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Rankings
Ranked by CV ratings from golfers who've played this course. Positions are shown worldwide, by country, and by state; the Public column compares courses anyone can play.
Best in World
Best in USA
Best in PA
Quick facts
- Location
- Reading, PA, USA
- Access
- Public
- Year built
- 1923
- Holes
- 18
- Designer(s)
- Hugh Wilson, Alex Findlay
- Par
- 70
- Length
- 6,162 yards
- Difficulty
- 76.2/134
- Course Vaults score
- 6.5
Getting there
Reading Country Club sits in the rolling hills of Berks County, roughly an hour and a quarter northwest of Philadelphia International Airport via the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Route 422. The drive transitions from suburban sprawl to the gentler, pastoral terrain of southeastern Pennsylvania, where farmland and wooded ridges begin to dominate the horizon. As you approach Reading, the landscape softens into the kind of established, tree-lined neighborhoods that have quietly harbored private clubs for generations, and the entrance to Reading Country Club emerges with understated elegance - a gateway to one of the region's most enduring golf sanctuaries.

FAQ
Common questions about Reading
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Reading has a Course Vaults score of 6.5 out of 10 based on 28 logged golfers.
Reading was designed by Hugh Wilson and Alex Findlay.
Yes. Reading is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at Reading is 70.
Reading plays 6,162 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Reading is 134.


