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This category contains articles about golf clubs and courses in Missouri. Pages in category "Golf clubs and courses in Missouri" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
Westwood Country Club is one of the "big four" elite St. Louis area country clubs, along with St. Louis Country Club, Old Warson Country Club, and Bellerive Country Club. [1] Membership is about 650 families, mostly (although no longer entirely) Jewish. [2] The par-72 18-hole golf course was designed by Harold Paddock and built in 1928.
The Michelob Light Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1994 to 2001. [1] [2] It was played at two different courses in the St. Louis, Missouri area. From 1994 to 1999, it was played at the Forest Hills Country Club in Chesterfield. In 2000 and 2001, it was played at the Fox Run Golf Club in Eureka.
In 1887, due to local enthusiasm for golf, the club decided to build a more spacious golf course and Fox provided the land rent free, for what was to become Foxburg Country Club. The club was established and the golf course was expanded to nine holes in 1888. Historic buildings and objects at the club are the 1912 seasonal home adapted for use ...
Jesse Guilford, Tommy Armour, Francis Ouimet, and Bobby Jones at the 1921 U.S. Amateur at St. Louis CC. In 1919, Stewart Maiden left East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia, to fulfill a promise he made if St. Louis was awarded the 1921 U.S. Amateur. He remained at St. Louis through 1921 as head professional before returning to East Lake.
Glen Echo County Club, located in Normandy, Missouri, [4] is a private golf club that was founded by George McGrew and his son-in-law, Albert Bond Lambert. [1] Completed in 1901, it was the first 18-hole golf course in St. Louis and the first golf course constructed west of the Mississippi River. [1]
The club opened 128 years ago in 1897 as The Field Club, founded by several St. Louis sportsmen who wanted a place for golf and other leisure activities. Northwest of St. Louis, the course featured nine holes until another nine were added some years later. It was built on land leased from the estate of War of 1812 war hero Daniel Bissell.
The club has hosted many prestigious events including the National Left-Handed Golfer's Championship in 1936 and 1940, the PGA Championship in 1948 won by Ben Hogan, the LPGA Tour's St. Louis Women's Invitational from 1965 to 1969, the PGA Tour's Greater St. Louis Golf Classic in 1972 and 1973, the U.S. Senior Amateur in 2001, and the U.S ...