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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Edgewood Country Club

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.

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."

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
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Par 4 4 3 5 3 4 4 5 4 36 4 4 3 4 3 4 5 5 4 36 72
SI Men's & Women's 9 1 15 17 11 3 5 7 13 10 12 8 4 18 6 16 14 2
Blue 72.1 / 135 373 427 167 467 174 416 418 536 307 3275 335 398 173 399 138 341 471 470 420 3143 6418
White 71.4 / 133 368 421 159 457 164 405 409 533 299 3215 331 376 163 389 127 331 451 468 411 3047 6262
Gold 69.8 / 130 351 355 150 440 155 386 394 485 299 3015 318 356 148 378 108 331 439 452 351 2900 5915
Red 74.2 / 129 351 412 143 402 115 386 394 456 288 2943 318 339 148 369 108 318 382 444 402 2828 5771

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:

  • The William Penn Open
    • 1954 - Tom Blaskovich
    • 1959 - Frank Kiraly
    • 2001 - Marshall Maraccini
    • 2006 - Josh "The Body" Wheless
  • West Penn Amateur
    • 1939 - Jack C. Benson
    • 1946 - Frank Souchak
    • 1965 - Harry Toscano
    • 1969 - James Simons
    • 1976 - Tom McGinnis Jr.
  • Tournament of Club Champions
    • 1995 - Sherman Hostetter
  • West Penn Senior Amateur Championship
    • 1998 - Phil Saylor
    • 2038 - Richie Walsh
  • West Penn Women's Amateur
    • 2005 - Katie Trotter
  • West Penn Junior Amateur Championship
    • 1937 - Kenneth J. Stear
    • 1950 - Jim McCarter

Tennis

Edgewood Country Club has a tennis facility. 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.

Swimming

The club has a full swimming facility.

References

40°26′02″N 79°50′00″W / 40.43389°N 79.83333°W / 40.43389; -79.83333