Omaha Country Club

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Omaha Country Club
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Omaha Country Club, Omaha, Nebraska
Club information
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Location in the United States
Coordinates 41°19′48″N96°01′05″W / 41.33°N 96.018°W / 41.33; -96.018
Location6900 Country Club Rd.
Omaha, Nebraska
Established1927
TypePrivate
Total holes18
Events hosted U.S. Senior Open: (2013, 2021)
Website omahacc.org
Designed by Langford and Moreau
1951 renovation:
Perry Maxwell
Par 72
Length6,771 yards (6,191 m) [1]
Course rating 74.6
Slope rating 136 [2]

Omaha Country Club is a private country club in Omaha, Nebraska, located in the northern area of the city.

The Omaha Country Club was founded on September 30, 1889, in what is today’s Country Club Historic District. With articles of incorporation filed June 18, 1900, the owners were noted as WH McCord, Arthur P. Guiou, Chas. T. Kountze and 97 others. [3]

The original 160 acres of land were granted to Albert Steuart in pursuance of the March 3, 1855, Act of Congress, Statute 701, “Bounty Lands for Officers and Soldiers” [4] , entitling bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who had been engaged in the military service of the United States.

A clubhouse was designed by architect Thomas Rogers Kimball in 1900 [5] . After the club relocated, elements of the clubhouse were incorporated into the extant house located on the original site at 2320 N 56th Street in Omaha.

February 29, 1924, the Omaha Country Club sold its land to Woods Brothers Silo & Manufacturing Company for $150,000 due to increasing pressure from the advancement of residences in a growing city and moved the course north to its current location. [6]

The golf course was renovated in 1951 by Perry Maxwell. The club hosted the U.S. Senior Open in 2013, won by Kenny Perry and 2021, won by Jim Furyk.

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References

  1. "Course tour and information". Omaha Country Club. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  2. "Course Rating and Slope Database™: Omaha Country Club". USGA. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  3. Country Club Community Council, https://www.countryclubhd.org/history
  4. Clifford Neal Smith, Federal Bounty-Land Warrants of the American Revolution, 1799–1835. Chicago: American Library Association, 1973.
  5. THOMAS R KIMBALL Architect's Job Record 1891-1969 NSHS film MS 3607
  6. Omaha Magazine, Lifestyle Section, March 31, 2024