Edgewood Country Club

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Edgewood Country Club
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Edgewood Country Club
Club information
Location Churchill, Pennsylvania
Established1921
TypePrivate
Total holes18
Designed by Donald Ross
Par 72
Length6,418 yards

Edgewood Country Club is a private golf, tennis, and social club located in Churchill, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. The club was founded in 1898 in Edgewood, Pennsylvania, and moved in 1921 to Churchill, where Donald Ross designed its new golf course while concurrently designing Pinehurst No. 2. [1]

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Golf

Edgewood Country Club was started as a golf and social club near the Pittsburgh steel mills. The golf course was designed to promote fair and enjoyable play with a comfortable walking experience, consistent with Ross's statement, "Golf should be a pleasure, not a penance." [2]

Like many Western Pennsylvania courses, it has a rolling terrain. Ross, however, designed the holes to limit sidehill lies. Edgewood has fast greens, typical of Ross courses, regularly running about 12 feet on the stimpmeter. The golf course has no creeks, lakes, or other water hazards. Its predominant features are the challenging greens and dangerous sand bunkers. The course is played as Donald Ross originally designed it after a restoration during the club's 100th anniversary.

The course has blue championship tees, white men's/amateur women tees, red women's tees, and golden senior's tees. The table below shows par and yardage for each of hole and the rating and slope for each tee:

Edgewood Country Club Detailed Scorecard [3] [4]
Tee Rating/Slope 123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par443534454364434345543672
SI Men's & Women's911517113571310128418616142
Blue72.1 / 135373427167467174416418536307327533539817339913834147147042031436418
White71.4 / 133368421159457164405409533299321533137616338912733145146841130476262
Gold69.8 / 130351355150440155386394485299301531835614837810833143945235129005915
Red74.2 / 129351412143402115386394456288294331833914836910831838244440228285771

Edgewood's practice facilities include a full size grass driving range, two putting greens, a chipping and putting green, and a full short game area with a practice fairway and sand bunkers.

Edgewood hosts many competitions for members throughout the year, such as member-guests, stag events, holiday events, and several club championships. Edgewood also fields junior and senior interclub teams.

The club's pro shop is run by head professional Peter Micklewright Jr., who provides lessons.

The club belongs to the United States Golf Association and provides golf handicap for members. It also is a member of the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association (WPGA) and has hosted several WPGA tournaments. The following are champions of WPGA events contested at Edgewood Country Club:

Tennis

Edgewood Country Club has a tennis facility. [11] It also has three heated paddle tennis courts located at the Violet H. Wright Center. Both the tennis and paddle programs field men's and women's inter-club teams. [12]

Swimming

The club has a full swimming facility. [13]

References

  1. Edgewood Country Club Summary
  2. "Edgewood C.C. golf". Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2006-07-23.
  3. WPGA's Edgewood C.C. detailed scorecard
  4. Course information
  5. Past Champions of West Penn Open
  6. Past Champions of West Penn Amateur
  7. Past Champions of Tournament of Club Champions
  8. Past Champions of West Penn Senior Amateur
  9. Past Champions of West Penn Women's Amateur
  10. Past Champions of West Penn Junior
  11. Edgewood Tennis Information [ permanent dead link ]
  12. "Edgewood Paddle Tennis". Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2006-07-23.
  13. Swimming at Edgewood Country Club [ permanent dead link ]

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