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.
- Course
- 18 holes · par 72 · Opened 1921
- Original architect
- Donald Ross
- Club website
- Visit website
The course
Course design
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.
Championships
Results and dates 4 editions
FedEx St. Jude Championship
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The Barclays
Dustin Johnson
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The Barclays
Jason Day
U.S. Amateur
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John Cook
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U.S. Women's Open
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Laura Davies
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In the archive
Sources and editorial notes8 references
Sources for this story
- About Us Plainfield Country Club
Our Rich Heritage; restoration and Barclays
Consulted 2026-09-17 - About West Nine Plainfield Country Club
Bendelow course and Ross replacement; West Nine separation
Consulted 2026-09-17
Record sources
- golfcoursegurus
- Hanse Golf Course Design restoration projects
- PGA TOUR 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship Media Guide PDF page 9 records this completed tournament. Historical competition dates are not inferred from event-week headings.
- 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
- 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.
- USGA: 2024 U.S. Amateur Record Book Printed/PDF page 10, 1978 result row. John Cook d. Scott Hoch, 5 and 4. Match margins and extra-hole lengths are not stroke totals. Actual dates from the retrospective result table.