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Plainfield Country Club

Field	Value
name	Plainfield Country Club
image	PlainfieldCC-logo.PNG
image_size	155
location	Edison, New Jersey
United States
coordinates
establishment	1890
type	Parkland (private)
owner
operator
holes	18
tournaments	The Barclays
1978 U.S. Amateur
[1987 U.S. Women's Open](1987-u-s-women-s-open)
website
designer1	Donald Ross (1921) Gil Hanse & Jim Wagner (1999 renovation)
par1	70 (for the 2015 Barclays), 72 normally
length1	7091 yd
rating1	75.3
slope1	146

1978 U.S. Amateur 1987 U.S. Women's Open

Plainfield Country Club is a private country club and golf course located in Edison in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It was founded in 1890 as the Hillside Tennis Club. Its golf course was designed in 1916 by golf course designer Donald Ross, and opened BC for play in 1921. The architect of the clubhouse was Roger Bullard.

Handicap system

In 1904, Leighton Calkins—who served as the mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey, from 1915 through 1920—created the handicap system currently used in golf today. In honor of Calkins, a set of tees at the Plainfield Country Club bears his name.

Later history

Plainfield Country Club has been home to the 1978 U.S. Amateur, the 1987 U.S. Women's Open, several state and regional championships, and has been ranked among the best in the country. In 2011, it was home to The Barclays golf tournament, the first PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoff event. In August 2015, Plainfield Country Club again hosted the Barclays PGA golf tournament.

References

"The Barclays - The 2011 Course".
Roger H. Bullard. "The Architecture of Country Clubs". Rogers & Manson.
Bullard, Roger H. (1922). "Plainfield Country Club, Floor plans for Plainfield Country Club building; traced by Charles H. Detwiller, Jr.".
(12 August 2015). "Historical Society of Plainfield to Celebrate Golf History During Barclays".
[http://champsdatabase.usga.org/results_winner.asp?ID=387 1978 U.S. Amateur]
[http://champsdatabase.usga.org/results_winner.asp?ID=701 1987 U.S. Women's Open]
[http://www.golfbusinesswire.com/releases/127386/ Golfweek's National Panel Of Raters Announce 2008 U.S. Course Rankings]

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