Southern Hills Country Club
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| Location: | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Established: | 1936 |
| Type: | Private |
| Total holes: | 27 |
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Front Nine/Back Nine Course
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| Designed by: | Perry Maxwell |
| Par: | 70 |
| Length: | 7012 |
| Course Rating: | 75.2 |
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West Nine Course
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| Designed by | Ben Crenshaw/Bill Coore |
| Par: | 35 |
| Length: | 2969 |
| Course Rating: | 36.3 |
Southern Hills Country Club is a prestigious private golf and country club in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the United States. It was established in 1936 from land donated by multimillionaire oilman Waite Phillips. The construction costs were raised by the founding members.
The main 18-hole golf course was laid out by golf course designer Perry Maxwell and renovated by Keith Foster in 1999. There is also a 9-hole West Course which was designed by Ben Crenshaw in 1992. Southern Hills also has the typical additional facilities of an elite country club, including extensive banqueting facilities, a fitness centre, swimming and diving pools and tennis courts. The course is ranked No. 15 among Golf Digest’s “America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses”.
Southern Hills has hosted two of golf's four major championships for men, the U.S. Open (1958, 1977, 2001) and the PGA Championship (1970, 1982, 1994, 2007). It is the first course to host four PGA Championships. It has also hosted several other prestigious tournaments. Southern Hills also has the rare honor of being the inaugural host of a USGA championship, hosting the first-ever U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur in 1987.
[edit] Tournaments
- 1946 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, won by Babe Zaharias
- 1953 U.S. Junior Amateur, won by Rex Baxter
- 1958 U.S. Open, won by Tommy Bolt
- 1961 USGA Senior Amateur Championship, won by Dexter Daniels
- 1965 U.S. Amateur Championship, won by Bob Murphy
- 1970 PGA Championship, won by Dave Stockton
- 1977 U.S. Open, won by Hubert Green
- 1982 PGA Championship, won by Ray Floyd
- 1987 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship, won by Cindy Schofield
- 1994 PGA Championship, won by Nick Price
- 1995 Tour Championship, won by Billy Mayfair
- 1996 Tour Championship, won by Tom Lehman
- 2001 U.S. Open, won by Retief Goosen
- 2007 PGA Championship won by Tiger Woods
- 2009 U.S. Amateur Championship
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