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A country club is a privately owned club, [1] often with a membership quota and admittance by invitation or sponsorship, that generally offers both a variety of recreational sports and facilities for dining and entertaining. Typical athletic offerings are golf, tennis, and swimming. Where golf is the principal or sole sporting activity, and ...
The Country Club in 1913 The Country Club in 1913 William Howard Taft at the 1913 U.S. Open Fred McLeod and Harry Vardon at the 1913 U.S. Open. The Country Club, located in Brookline, Massachusetts, is the oldest golf-oriented country club in the United States. [1] (The Philadelphia Cricket Club, founded in 1854, was the first country club for ...
71. Length. 6,844 yards (6,258 m) Course rating. 73.6. Slope rating. 135. Congressional Country Club is a country club and golf course in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. Congressional opened in 1924 and its Blue Course has hosted five major championships, including three U.S. Opens and a PGA Championship.
Par. 70. Course rating. 71.1. Slope rating. 129 [3] The Los Angeles Country Club is a golf and country club on the west coast of the United States, located in Los Angeles, California. The club is noted for being very exclusive. [4] It hosted the 2014 U.S. Open on its North Course.
Designated PHLF. 1985 [4] Oakmont Country Club is a country club in the eastern United States, located mostly in Plum with only a very small portion of the property located in Oakmont, suburbs of Pittsburgh in western Pennsylvania. Established 121 years ago in 1903, its golf course is regarded as the "oldest top-ranked golf course in the United ...
Slope rating. 152 [1] Austin Country Club is a private golf club in the southern United States, located in Austin, Texas. Established 125 years ago in 1899, the club moved to its third and present site in 1984, a challenging layout designed by noted course architect Pete Dye. [2][3] The present Davenport Ranch site is west of central Austin on ...
Phoenix Country Club is a country club in the southwestern United States, located in Phoenix, Arizona. The club was founded 124 years ago in 1899 and was moved to its current location in 1921. [4][5] Golf Connoisseur Magazine rated Phoenix Country Club among top 100 Most Prestigious Private Clubs in America in 2006.
Following the success of the first golf club organized in Houston (a nine-hole course built on 45 acres of land leased from Rice University west of the city) the Houston Country Club was chartered in 1908. Under its first president William M. Rice Jr. it purchased and developed an 18-hole course southeast of downtown Houston on 152 acres. [1]