St. Louis, MO
St. Louis Country Club
St. Louis Country Club began in 1892 as a polo institution. It moved to Clayton three years later and added nine-hole golf, then sought a farther-west property suited to eighteen holes.1
- Location
- St. Louis, MO
- Course
- 18 holes · par 71 · Opened 1914
- Original architect
- C.B. Macdonald
- Club website
- Visit website
From polo to a westward golfing move
Golf chairman George Herbert Walker commissioned Charles Blair Macdonald for the new course. The move established the Ladue property that later hosted national amateur championships for both men and women, as well as the U.S. Open.1
The course
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Championships
- 2014 Curtis CupSt. Louis Country Club
- 1972 U.S. Women’s AmateurSt. Louis Country Club
- 1960 U.S. AmateurSt. Louis Country Club
- 1947 U.S. OpenSt. Louis Country Club
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Results and dates 6 editions
U.S. Amateur
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Jesse P. Guilford
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Deane Beman
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U.S. Women's Amateur
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U.S. Women’s Amateur
Glenna Collett
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U.S. Women’s Amateur
Mary Budke
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Curtis Cup
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United States (Curtis Cup)
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U.S. Open
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Lew Worsham
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Sources and editorial notes6 references
Sources for this story
- Five Things to Know: St. Louis Country Club Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association
Main historical narrative and course descriptions; stale future-event language excluded.
Consulted 2026-09-21
Record sources
- Club mark source
- R&A official Curtis Cup match history The primary match-history entry records these dates: 2014 (June 6-8): USA 13, GB&I 7; St. Louis (Mo.) C.C. ( Final Results ) Dates corroborated against the retained official USGA 2026 Record Book. No participant, score or historical routing changes are selected.
- USGA: 2026 U.S. Women’s Amateur Record Book Printed/PDF page 9, 1972 result row. Retrospective completed-championship result and date range.
- USGA: 2024 U.S. Amateur Record Book Printed/PDF page 9, 1960 result row. Deane Beman d. Robert W. Gardner, 6 and 4. Match margins and extra-hole lengths are not stroke totals. Actual dates from the retrospective result table.
- 2026 USGA Championships Media Guide - U.S. Open The official 2026 USGA Championship Record Book directly enumerates the completed 1947 Championship, champion, explicit date span, and site in Championship Results: 1895 to 2025. The recorded champion and site preserve the higher-resolution register text. The current official U.S. Open Champions table independently confirms the year, champion, and site.