Old Warson Country Club
Club information
Old Warson Country Club is located in Missouri
Old Warson Country Club
Location of the Old Warson Country Club in Missouri
Old Warson Country Club is located in the United States
Old Warson Country Club
Location in the United States
Coordinates38°37′01″N 90°22′59″W / 38.617°N 90.383°W / 38.617; -90.383
LocationLadue, Missouri
EstablishedApril 15, 1954
TypePrivate
Total holes18
Events hosted1971 Ryder Cup, 1957 Western Amateur, 1962 Trans-Mississippi Amateur, 1999 U.S. Mid-Amateur Golf, 2009 U.S. Women's Amateur Golf, 2016 U.S. Senior Men's Amateur Golf
Websiteoldwarson.com
Designed byRobert Trent Jones
Par71[1]
Length6,946 yards (6,351 m)[1]
Course rating74.6[2]
Slope rating135[2]

Old Warson Country Club is a country club located in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1953,[3] it hosted the 1971 Ryder Cup and the 2009 U.S. Women's Amateur Golf Championship. The golf course was designed by Robert Trent Jones.[4]

Hale Irwin, the winner of three U.S. Opens, joined the club in 1974 as a junior member; since 1977 he has been an active member.[3][5]

Until 1991, Old Warson Country Club banned Black and Jewish people from joining.[6] That year, it cancelled plans to host a PGA Senior Tour event rather than change its discriminatory rules.[7][8] Several months later, the club admitted its first Black member: Frederick S. Wood, a retired executive vice president at General Dynamics.[6][9]

The initiation fee was $45,000 ($83,966 today[10]) in 1996 and $80,000 ($116,131 today[10]) in 2006.[6]

Major tournaments held at Old Warson

YearTournamentWinner
1957Western AmateurJoe Campbell
1962Trans-Mississippi AmateurBob Ryan
1971Ryder CupTeam USA
1999U.S. Mid-Amateur Golf ChampionshipDanny Green
2009United States Women's Amateur Golf ChampionshipJennifer Song
2016United States Senior Men's Amateur Golf ChampionshipDave Ryan

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Old Warson Country Club". Amateurgolf.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Course Rating and Slope Database: Old Warson Country Club". United States Golf Association. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "History of Old Warson Country Club". Old Warson Country Club. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Course List". Robert Trent Jones Society. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  5. ↑ "All-Time St. Louis Championships". James F. Healey. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 Cooperman, Jeannette (2006-07-31). "Dinner at the Club, Darling?". www.stlmag.com. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  7. ↑ Diaz, Jaime (1990-09-11). "Augusta National Admits First Black Member". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  8. ↑ Staff, George White of The Sentinel. "CLUBS CHANGING IN THE AFTERMATH OF SHOAL CREEK". OrlandoSentinel.com. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  9. ↑ Demas, Lane (2017-08-09). Game of Privilege: An African American History of Golf. UNC Press Books. p. 253. ISBN 978-1-4696-3423-4.
  10. 1 2 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved May 28, 2023.
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