Jasna Polana (pronounced ''yasna''; meaning "bright glade" in
Polish
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and being the name of
Leo Tolstoy's home) is the former 226-acre estate of
John Seward Johnson I
John Seward Johnson I (July 14, 1895 – May 23, 1983) was one of the sons of Robert Wood Johnson I (co-founder of Johnson & Johnson). He was also known as J. Seward Johnson Sr. and Seward Johnson. He was a longtime executive and director of Jo ...
and his third wife,
Barbara Piasecka Johnson
Barbara "Basia" Piasecka Johnson (born Barbara Piasecka; February 25, 1937 – April 1, 2013) was a Polish humanitarian, philanthropist, art connoisseur and collector.
Early life
Piasecka Johnson was born in Staniewicze near Grodno, Poland (n ...
. It is located at 4519 Province Line Road in
Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton is a municipality with a borough form of government in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was established on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township, both of whi ...
. In 1998, Jasna Polana became a private
country club.
The mansion
![Jasna Polana](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Jasna_Polana.JPG)
The Jasna Polana mansion was designed by
Wallace K. Harrison
Wallace Kirkman Harrison (September 28, 1895 – December 2, 1981) was an American architect. Harrison started his professional career with the firm of Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray, participating in the construction of Rockefeller Center. He is ...
in a
neoclassical style. It has a U-shape with the main building and two wings. The courtyard is enclosed and can be entered through a magnificent portal. The mansion was built in the 1970s at a cost of about $30 million.
[
Barbara Piasecka Johnson was a Polish-born art historian whose collections of antique furniture and paintings filled the house. After her husband's death in 1983, she spent more time in Europe, and new plans for the estate needed to be developed.][
]
TPC Jasna Polana
In 1996, plans were approved to convert the grounds into a golf course
A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a tee box, a fairway, the rough and other hazards, and a green with a cylindrical hole in the ground, known as a "cup". Th ...
. The Gary Player designed TPC Jasna Polana opened two years later, with the estate's main residence having been converted for use as the clubhouse and restaurant, and some other buildings on the estate being used as boarding facilities.
The championship golf course is a member of the Tournament Players Club
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network operated by the PGA Tour
The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in the United States and North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also k ...
. Between 2000 and 2002 it hosted The Instinet Classic The Instinet Classic was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1985 to 2002. It was played in several different cities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
The purse for the 2002 tournament was US$1,500,000, with $225,000 going to the winner. Th ...
on the Champions Tour
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History and format
The Senior PGA Championship, founded in 1937, was for many years ...
.[ In 1999, it hosted an edition of ]Shell's Wonderful World of Golf
''Shell's Wonderful World of Golf'' was a televised series of golf matches which began in the 1960s. The program was sponsored by Shell Oil. It was a part of the tradition of "challenge matches" between pairs of professional golfers, which were th ...
in which Tom Watson defeated Hale Irwin.
Tournaments hosted
References
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