Scioto Country Club

Scioto Country Club

Scioto in October 1918
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Club information
Coordinates	40°00′07″N83°04′30″W / 40.002°N 83.075°W / 40.002; -83.075
Location	Upper Arlington, Ohio
Elevation	800 feet (240 m)
Established	1916, 109 years ago
Type	Private
Total holes	18
Greens	Bentgrass
Fairways	Bentgrass [1]
Website	sciotocc.com
Designed by	Donald Ross
Par	70
Length	7,240 yards (6,620 m) [2]
Course rating	75.5 [3] [4]
Slope rating	145

Scioto Country Club, is a private country club and golf course in the central United States, located in Upper Arlington, Ohio, a suburb northwest of Columbus. It hosted the U.S. Senior Open in August 2016.

History

Designed by Donald Ross, the golf course opened 109 years ago in 1916 and has hosted five PGA/USGA tournaments, including two majors. One of its co-founders was Samuel P. Bush, the paternal grandfather of President George H. W. Bush (and great-grandfather of President George W. Bush). ^[5]

Scioto is one of only five courses to host the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship, the Ryder Cup, and the U.S. Amateur. The other four are Hazeltine, Oak Hill Country Club (east), Oakland Hills Country Club (south), and Pinehurst Resort (#2).

Jack Nicklaus learned to play the game at Scioto in the early 1950s, mentored by Jack Grout, ^[6] and Bobby Jones won the second of his four U.S. Open titles there in 1926.

Its championship golf course was renovated in 2008 by Nicklaus and Michael Hurdzan. Over $6 million in improvements to its facilities are underway, and it was announced on April 17, 2012 ^{[7] [8] [9]} that the course would host the 2016 U.S. Senior Open.

From the championship tees, Scioto is par 70 at 7,140 yards (6,529 m); the rating is 75.4 and the slope is 140. ^{[2] [3]}

Course layout

Tee	Rating/Slope	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Championship	75.5 / 145	455	460	390	210	465	565	395	510	160	3,610	420	395	550	470	255	445	435	175	485	3,630	7,240
Par		4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	35	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	4	35	70
Black	74.2 / 142	420	450	390	195	465	555	390	505	160	3,530	410	375	545	440	230	420	425	150	450	3,445	6,975
Blue	72.4 / 126	410	420	370	180	425	490	365	485	150	3,295	400	350	505	420	200	380	405	140	425	3,225	6,520
Par		4	4	4	3	4	5	4	5	3	36	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	4	35	71
White	M:70.5 / 133 W:76.3 / 140	385	410	350	165	410	445	350	450	140	3,105	380	320	480	380	175	370	395	135	415	3,050	6,155
Gold	M:68.6 / 130 W:74.4 / 135	365	390	325	160	370	440	335	445	135	2,965	365	305	470	335	165	315	370	125	400	2,850	5,815
Silver	M:66.6 / 126 W:71.9 / 134	335	385	290	155	350	415	275	415	130	2,750	315	300	440	330	130	310	345	105	395	2,670	5,420
Green	M:65.1 / 124 W:70.4 / 129	300	280	285	95	340	405	270	410	115	2,600	310	280	435	285	120	290	340	100	390	2,550	5,150
Red	M:62.5 / 116 W:66.1 / 115	260	315	240	90	300	350	230	330	110	2,225	270	205	345	240	120	250	280	85	370	2,165	4,390
Purple	M:60.1 / 111 W:61.9 / 104	210	230	185	80	250	300	210	280	110	1,855	210	190	270	220	85	240	240	85	280	1,815	3,670
Yellow	M:58.2 / 107 W:59.1 / 100	170	185	150	70	200	240	180	230	110	1,535	180	160	230	200	65	200	190	85	200	1,510	3,045
Par	Men's	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	5	3	36	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	4	35	71
Par	Women's	4	5	4	3	4	5	4	5	3	37	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	5	36	73
SI	Men's	9	3	7	11	1	13	5	17	15		6	14	16	2	12	10	8	18	4
SI	Women's	11	3	7	17	1	9	5	13	15		4	12	10	14	16	6	2	18	8

2016 U.S. Senior Open

Hole	Yards	Par		Hole	Yards	Par
1	434	4		10	424	4
2	460	4		11	362	4
3	384	4		12	550	5
4	200	3		13	471	4
5	452	4		14	250	3
6	560	5		15	447	4
7	378	4		16	426	4
8	502	4		17	202	3
9	162	3		18	476	4
Out	3,532	35		In	3,608	35
Source: [4]				Total	7,140	70

• The U.S. Senior Open in 1986 was played as a par-71 at 6,709 yards (6,135 m). ^[10]

Rankings

Scioto is consistently ranked as one of the best courses in the United States. Currently, Golf Week ranks Scioto as the 53rd best Classic Course in the United States . It was ranked #49 in 2005. Golf Digest has Scioto ranked 59th , while Golf Magazine lists it as the 43rd best course (ranked 42nd in 2005).

Golf Digest rated this 36th best out of "America's 100 Greatest Courses" for 1995-96, and 32nd best for 1997-98. The same publication rated it as the 4th "Best in State" course for 1995-96, and 3rd best for 1997-98. In the category of "Top 100 Courses in the U.S." it was selected 29th by Golf Magazine in 1995, 33rd in 1997, and 43rd in 1999. Golf Week rated it 38th among "America's 100 Best Classical Courses" for 1997, 45th in 1998, and 47th in 1999.

Scioto is also ranked the 6th best course in Ohio by Golf Digest for 2005-2006.

Tournaments hosted

• 1926 U.S. Open – Bobby Jones (amateur) ^[11]
• 1931 Ryder Cup – United States defeated Great Britain, 9–3 ^[12]
• 1950 PGA Championship – Chandler Harper ^[13]
• 1968 U.S. Amateur – Bruce Fleisher ^[14]
• 1986 U.S. Senior Open – Dale Douglass ^[15]
• 2016 U.S. Senior Open – Gene Sauers

References

1. "U.S. Senior Open" (PDF). GCSAA. Tournament fact sheets. August 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
2. "Course Tour". Scioto Country Club. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
3. "Scioto Country Club". USGA National Course Rating Database. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
4. "Course overview". 2016 U.S. Senior Open. (USGA). 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
5. Bush, George W. (2014). 41: A Portrait of My Father . London: Ebury Publishing. p.  10. ISBN   9780553447781. OCLC   883645289.
6. Nicklaus, Jack (June 26, 2008). "Confidence Game". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
7. "Scioto C.C. to Host 2016 U.S. Senior Open" . Retrieved April 15, 2014.
8. "Scioto CC to host 2016 U.S. Senior Open" . Retrieved April 15, 2014.
9. "Scioto Country Club to host 2016 U.S. Senior Open". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
10. "Douglass collects record, 4-shot Senior Open lead". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. June 29, 1986. p. 9B.
11. "Bobby Jones wins National Open golf title". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. July 10, 1926. p. 1C.
12. Rice, Grantland (June 28, 1931). "U.S. golfers win Ryder Cup". Milwaukee Journal. p. 1, part 2.
13. Gundelfinger, Phil Jr. (June 28, 1950). "Chandler beats Williams for PGA title, 4-3". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 23.
14. "Fleisher says he's retiring". Evening Independent. St. Petersburg, Florida. September 2, 1968. p. 2C.
15. "Player hands Senior win to Douglass". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. June 30, 1986. p. 5B.

External links

• Official website
• 2016 U.S. Senior Open – official site