Scioto Country Club

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golf_facility_name = Scioto Country Club


location = Columbus, Ohio flagicon|USA
establishment = 1914
type = Private
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website = [http://www.sciotocc.com www.sciotocc.com]
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designer1 = Donald Ross
par1 = 71
length1 = 6921
rating1 = 73.8
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Scioto Country Club, is a private country club and golf course in Columbus, Ohio. The course, designed by Donald Ross, opened in 1916 and since then has hosted five PGA tournaments throughout its history, including two majors. Scioto is one of only four courses (the others are Oak Hill Country Club, Oakland Hills Country Club, and Pinehurst Resort) to host the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship, the Ryder Cup, and the U.S. Amateur Championship. All four of those courses were designed by Donald Ross.

Scioto Country Club is the course where Jack Nicklaus learned to play the game, [http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-nicklaus26-2008jun26,0,6519041.story] and where, in 1926, Bobby Jones won his second of four U.S. Open titles.

The current Head Professional at Scioto is Bill Stines, who has also belonged to, Honors Course in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Pete Dye Golf Club in Clarksburg, West Virginia, Whisper Rock in Scottsdale, Arizona, and now Scioto Country Club In Columbus, Ohio.

From the championship tees Scioto is par 71, measures 6,955 yards, the rating is 73.9, and the slope is 139.

Scioto is currently (2008) being given a renovation by Jack Nicklaus and Michael Hurdzan.

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 [http://www.golfweek.com/americasbest/top100classic.php] . It was ranked #49 in 2005. "Golf Digest" has Scioto ranked 59th [http://www.golfdigest.com/courses/americasgreatest/index.ssf?/courses/americasgreatest/gd200505100greatest.html#Anchor-49575] , while "Golf Magazine" lists it as the 43rd best course (ranked 42nd in 2005) [http://www.golfonline.com/golfonline/travel/ranked/article/0,17742,1097568,00.html] .

"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. [http://www.golfdigest.com/courses/state/index.ssf?/courses/state/2005ohio.html]

Major tournaments hosted

* U.S. Open 1926 - Bobby Jones (amateur)
* Ryder Cup 1931 - United States defeated Great Britain 9-3
* PGA Championship 1950 - Chandler Harper
* U.S. Amateur 1968 - Bruce Fleisher
* U.S. Senior Open 1986 - Dale Douglass

External links

* [http://www.sciotocc.com/ Scioto Country Club]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=43221&ie=UTF8&z=16&ll=40.003802,-83.072906&spn=0.00835,0.021629&t=k&om=0 Aerial View of Scioto Country Club]