
<p>Once a historic farm, The Wood now caters Baldwinsville golf enthusiasts with a 9-hole course with an expanding menu of activities like pickleball, trivia, live music and other events. Food items include a chipotle crunch burger and red eye cheesesteak. The Wood fans also cherish the resident cats.</p>


The moon sets over The Wood Golf and Country Club while morning dew settles on the course. (Autumn DeGrazia)

Molly Roberts

Lenny Christopher

Early morning frost settles onto the lawn of the course at The Wood Golf and Country Club. (Autumn DeGrazia)

Pat Martin, 69, wipes dew off of the windshield of a golf cart at The Wood Golf and Country Club. (Autumn DeGrazia)

Pat Martin mows the lawn of hole #7 at The Wood Golf and Country Club. (Autumn DeGrazia)

Pat Martin goes down to the basement to look for Cali, one of the four cats living on the grounds of The Wood Golf and Country Club. (Autumn DeGrazia)

Pat Martin always finds time to spend with Cali (right). He rescued Cali, who was trapped in the roofing of an outdoor shed at The Wood for about two weeks. Cali is now a permanent resident of The Wood. (Autumn DeGrazia)

Mark O’Neill (left) and Pat Martin (right) golf together at the Wood Golf and Country Club often. They have known each other for over 10 years. (Autumn DeGrazia)

A golf ball is hit into a hole at The Wood Golf and Country Club. “Nice shot,” Mark O’Neill says to Pat Martin. (Autumn DeGrazia)

While golfing, Pat Martin and Mark O’Neill smoke together. When it’s their turn up to the tee, they set their cigarettes on the grass and pick them right back up afterwards. (Autumn DeGrazia)

A golf cart leaves tracks in the frosty grass of the course at The Wood Golf and Country Club. (Autumn DeGrazia)

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KEEPER OF THE WOOD

Produced by

Autumn DeGrazia

Coached by

Molly Roberts

Lenny Christopher