Rock Manor Golf Club

Rock Manor Golf Club sits in the rolling countryside near Wilmington, Delaware, occupying land that reflects the region's characteristic piedmont topography. The course was designed by Lester George and Alex Findlay, the latter a Scottish-born professional and course architect who was active in the early decades of American golf development. Findlay's work during this period typically emphasized strategic routing that worked with natural contours rather than extensive earthmoving, a design philosophy evident in courses from that era. The layout moves through varied terrain that includes elevation changes and wooded corridors typical of northern Delaware's landscape. The property's natural features—mature trees, rolling fairways, and modest but meaningful grade shifts—provide the framework for a traditional parkland test. The design asks players to navigate doglegs and approach greens set at different angles and elevations, rewarding accuracy and course management over pure distance. Rock Manor serves as a private club with roots in the early-to-mid twentieth century golf boom that saw many communities in the Mid-Atlantic establish their own courses. The club maintains a traditional membership structure and offers the kind of understated, member-focused environment common to regional private clubs of its vintage. Its location near Wilmington places it within a corridor that has long supported a strong golf culture, benefiting from proximity to Philadelphia and the broader Delaware Valley golf community.