Coordinates: 40°20′06″N 74°41′31″W / 40.335°N 74.692°W / 40.335; -74.692
Jasna Polana (read yasna ) (meaning bright glade in Polish and being the name of Leo Tolstoy's home ) was the estate of John Seward Johnson I and his third wife, Barbara Piasecka Johnson, located at 8 Province Line Road in Princeton, New Jersey. After his death in 1983, she began to spend more time in Monte Carlo, Monaco and the estate was later converted into a country club.[1]
In 1996, plans were approved to convert the grounds into a golf course.[2] 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 network operated by the PGA Tour. Between 2000 and 2002 it hosted The Instinet Classic on the Champions Tour.[1] In 1999, it hosted an edition of Shell's Wonderful World of Golf in which Tom Watson defeated Hale Irwin.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brink, Bill (June 21, 2001). "18 Holes and a Fabled Past". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-11-13. "Mrs. Johnson had never picked up a golf club in her life. But today her estate -- which she named Jasna Polana, or Bright Meadow in Polish -- is a thriving private club with 425 members, a championship course designed by the golf star Gary Player, and an annual Senior PGA Tour event, the Instinet Classic, which concluded on Sunday. ..."
- ↑ "Golf Course Plan Approved for Johnson Estate". New York Times. March 2, 1996. Retrieved 2009-11-13. "The Princeton Regional Planning Board voted unanimously late Thursday night to approve the application of Barbara Piasecka Johnson, widow of the Johnson & Johnson heir Seward Johnson Sr., to convert her 226-acre estate into a member of the Tournament Players Club network, a subsidiary of the Professional Golfers Association. Her $25 million mansion, one of the most expensive private homes ever built in the United States, will become the clubhouse. ..."
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