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Edison, NJ

Plainfield Country Club

Plainfield began in 1890 as the Hillside Tennis Club. Its later development in Edison brought golf together with a continuing racquets tradition, on a property whose clubhouse looks toward New York City and the Watchung Mountains.1

Plainfield Country Club club mark
Plainfield Country Club’s Club mark
Location
Edison, NJ
Course
18 holes · par 72
Club website
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From tennis club to championship host

The Club hosted The Barclays in 2011 and 2015, won respectively by Dustin Johnson and Jason Day. Those professional championships form a later chapter in a sporting history that began before the Club had a golf course.12

The course

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Championships

  1. 1987 U.S. Women's OpenPlainfield Country Club
Results and dates 1 edition

U.S. Women's Open

  1. Laura Davies

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Sources and editorial notes5 references

Sources for this story

  1. About Us Plainfield Country Club

    Our Rich Heritage; restoration and Barclays

    Consulted 2026-09-17
  2. About West Nine Plainfield Country Club

    Bendelow course and Ross replacement; West Nine separation

    Consulted 2026-09-17

Record sources

  1. golfcoursegurus
  2. USGA Women's Open Champions and Championship Results The official champions table records the 1987 winner and site. Recorded site text follows that table; no canonical Club or Course identity is inferred. Explicit date span: www.usga.org
  3. Official Club history and USGA host and result records USGA host register places the 1987 Women's Open at Plainfield C.C., Edison, matching the canonical Club despite the champions table using Plainfield as locality.
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