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Toledo, OH
Inverness Club
At the 1920 U.S. Open, Inverness welcomed competitors into its clubhouse. Its history describes this as a break with the exclusion of tournament professionals from private clubhouses.1

- Location
- Toledo, OH
- Course
- 18 holes · par 71
- Club website
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A clock for an open clubhouse
The players pooled money to give the members a cathedral clock in gratitude. Still displayed in the clubhouse lobby, the clock turns a change in hospitality into a physical object that the Club can point to more than a century later.1
The course
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Championships
- 1993 PGA ChampionshipInverness Club
- 1986 PGA ChampionshipInverness Club
- 1979 U.S. OpenInverness Club
- 1957 U.S. OpenInverness Club
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Results and dates 6 editions
U.S. Open
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Ted Ray
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Billy Burke
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Dick Mayer
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Hale Irwin
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PGA Championship
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Bob Tway
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Paul Azinger
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Sources and editorial notes6 references
Sources for this story
- 1920 U.S. Open Championship Inverness Club
Vardon/Ray finish and clubhouse clock.
Consulted 2026-09-21
Record sources
- Club mark source
- 2026 PGA Championship Media Guide The official Media Guide directly enumerates the 75th playing, champion, site, and its year-page date span. The recorded venue and champion preserve the official PGA Championship History entry’s published text.
- PGA Championship host record The 1993 PGA record names Inverness. The host Club is verified; the exact course and routing used for this edition have not been confirmed.
- 2026 USGA Championships Media Guide - U.S. Open The official 2026 USGA Championship Record Book directly enumerates the completed 1979 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.
- USGA championship host record Dated USGA host wording Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio is explicitly reconciled to Inverness Club in Toledo, OH. The dated register identifies the Club. A continuing physical Course identity is not inferred from a single stored Course or an unqualified venue name. Host and competition dates: www.usga.org