West Des Moines, IA
Des Moines Golf And Country Club
Des Moines Golf and Country Club began with a meeting in a sporting-goods store on September 28, 1897. Its subsequent history included several moves, a clubhouse fire in 1946 and rebuilding three years later.
- Courses
- 2 courses
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Courses
Earlier routings and other records (2)
Course design
Moving west to make room for golf
In 1958, members learned that an interstate highway was planned through the middle of their course. The Club moved west and commissioned Pete Dye to design thirty-six holes, creating the foundation of its present golf complex.
Championships
Results and dates 2 editions
Solheim Cup
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United States (Solheim Cup)
U.S. Senior Open
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Dave Eichelberger
In the archive
Sources and editorial notes7 references
Sources for this story
- About Us and Club History Des Moines Golf and Country Club
History and course description.
Consulted 2026-09-21
Record sources
- Iowa Golf Association: reviewed Des Moines rating configurations Championship Course is an alternate eighteen-hole routing of the existing North/South physical property, not an additional physical course. The owner selector names North/South, IGA lists all four rating configurations but only 36 holes, and first-person Club reporting distinguishes Championship and Member event uses. Retained par sequences reproduce the complementary North/South nines. Change only is_combo and provenance; retain all scorecards, names and parent IDs. Do not overwrite member par 72 with a competition setup or infer a full year-specific hole mapping. Source SHA-256 66f23f160d4d3c0b5517395f92bae6e20bebf8c3ed08bf977f2bc4d51c3741e2; retrieved 2026-11-05T19:19:39.051151+00:00.
- Club mark source
- Solheim Cup official history The official retrospective records the 2017 venue and outcome.
- LPGA: 2017 Solheim Cup Record Book LPGA official venue table PDF5 and results PDF2 establish Des Moines Golf and Country Club, West Des Moines, Iowa. Existing North, South, Member and Championship rows do not independently prove the exact2017routing. Keep club-only; assign no arbitrary physical course or combination.
- USGA and PGA Tour: U.S. Senior Open history PGA Tour 2015 Champions Media Guide, PDF page 213 / printed 212, identifies the completed year and champion. Host-club evidence: www.usga.org.
- USGA: 2026 U.S. Senior Open record book, page 6 Offline: archived primary source /Users/cwhitelam/Documents/AGA Research Archive/shared/usga-championship-records-20261024/26USSeniorOpen.pdf; SHA-256 9497ee6fbab4cc15e05dfabe7ea201db666e143434c0c56c20fb47a1e0c94acf. The official results row names Des Moines Golf and Country Club in West Des Moines and Dave Eichelberger, 281 (-7), July 8-11. The current owner history independently confirms the 1999 event at the current property. Publish the confirmed club only: mapping the four held course labels to the championship routing remains unproved. Do not guess North, South, Championship or Member course UUIDs. Supporting owner history: /Users/cwhitelam/Documents/AGA Research Archive/shared/usga-championship-records-20261024/des-moines-official-history.html; SHA-256 135e9f872619f9daf9070f4b62a955e448c61f9e29bd0a4d843ef77e3d90b6ac.