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  Location of the Old Warson Country Club in Missouri  Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates | 38°37′01″N 90°22′59″W / 38.617°N 90.383°W |
| Location | Ladue, Missouri |
| Established | April 15, 1954 |
| Type | Private |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Events hosted | 1971 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 |
| Website | oldwarson.com |
| Designed by | Robert Trent Jones |
| Par | 71[1] |
| Length | 6,946 yards (6,351 m)[1] |
| Course rating | 74.6[2] |
| Slope rating | 135[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. 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 ($87,422 today[10]) in 1996 and $80,000 ($120,911 today[10]) in 2006.[6]
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- ^ a b "Course Rating and Slope Database: Old Warson Country Club". United States Golf Association. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
- ^ a b "History of Old Warson Country Club". Old Warson Country Club. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
- ^ "Course List". Robert Trent Jones Society. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
- ^ "All-Time St. Louis Championships". James F. Healey. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
- ^ a b c Cooperman, Jeannette (July 31, 2006). "Dinner at the Club, Darling?". www.stlmag.com. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ^ Diaz, Jaime (September 11, 1990). "Augusta National Admits First Black Member". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ^ Staff, George White of The Sentinel. "Clubs Changing in the Aftermath of Shoal Creek". OrlandoSentinel.com. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ^ Demas, Lane (August 9, 2017). Game of Privilege: An African American History of Golf. UNC Press Books. p. 253. ISBN 978-1-4696-3423-4.
- ^ a b 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 February 29, 2024.