about to the west of New York. He built his first small golf course around 1898. In 1903, he purchased of land of both sides of the Delaware River. He built Buckwood Lodge, a small mansion, on the side of Kittatinny Ridge in Pennsylvania, between the river and Sunfish Pond, a small lake higher up the ridge covering . Worthington gave Sunfish Pond the name of Buckwood Lake, and used it as a water supply for his lodge. Worthington hunted deer in what is now the Worthington State Forest in Warren County, New Jersey. In 1904, Worthington built Worthington Hall, later known as the Shawnee Playhouse, in Shawnee on Delaware. Golf course Worthington built the Buckwood Inn in Shawnee, an exclusive resort with an eighteen-hole golf course, designed by A. W. Tillinghast. This later became the Shawnee Country Club. The course was completed around 1910. In 1912, he invited professional golfers to compete on his course, and this led to the foundation of the Professional Golfers' Association of America. After trying unsuccessfully to keep the fairways in shape by grazing sheep on them, Worthington designed the gang mower with three moving wheels. He launched the Shawnee Mower Factory to manufacture it. Later this became the Worthington Mower Company, based in nearby Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Worthington saw there was demand from farmers for a low-priced tractor that could economically handle light loads. He produced the Worthington Model T until 1930, and then the Worthington Model A based on components from the Ford Model A. The company made about 430 Model T tractors and just over 400 Model A tractors. At first the inn was successful, but it had difficulty competing as travel became easier. With the Great Depression the inn's business suffered, and the building was not properly maintained. Worthington's family sold the inn in 1943 to Fred Waring, a famous choral master. The mower company was sold in 1945 to Jacobsen Manufacturing. Worthington was a member of The Tin Whistles. Personal life In 1879, Worthington married Julia Apgar Hedden. After her death, he married his second wife, Maude Clement Rice, in 1906. The couple had two daughters. Worthington died in October 1944. References Notes Citations Sources Businesspeople from Brooklyn Scientists from Brooklyn Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni 1854 births 1944 deaths