Scioto in October 1918
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Location | Upper Arlington, Ohio |
Established | 1916, 101 years ago |
Type | Private |
Total holes | 18 |
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Designed by | Donald Ross |
Par | 70 |
Length | 7,140 yards (6,529 m) |
Course rating | 75.4 |
Slope rating | 140 |
Scioto Country Club, is a private country club and golf course in Upper Arlington, Ohio, a suburb northwest of Columbus. It hosted the U.S. Senior Open in August 2016.
Designed by Donald Ross, the golf course opened 101 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).
Scioto is one of only four courses to host the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship, the Ryder Cup, and the U.S. Amateur. The other three are Oak Hill Country Club (east), Oakland Hills Country Club (south), and Pinehurst Resort (#2): all four courses were designed by Ross.
Jack Nicklaus learned to play the game at Scioto in the early 1950s, mentored by Jack Grout, and Bobby Jones won the second of his four U.S. Open titles there in 1926.