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Baltimore Country Club
Baltimore Country Club began at Roland Park in 1898 and hosted the U.S. Open the following year. Willie Smith won that championship before the Club’s later expansion to Five Farms north of the city.
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Earlier routings and other records (1)
Course design
Baltimore Country Club history
Two fires, in October 1930 and January 1931, devastated the Roland Park clubhouse. Its replacement opened in April 1932 with duckpin bowling lanes. The Club retained this urban home after Roland Park’s golf course closed in 1962.
Championships
- 2026 U.S. Senior AmateurFive Farms East Course
- 1988 U.S. Women's OpenFive Farms East Course
- 1965 Walker CupBaltimore Country Club
- 1932 U.S. AmateurFive Farms East Course
View all 6 past editions
Results and dates 6 editions
PGA Championship
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Leo Diegel
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U.S. Amateur
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C. Ross Somerville
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U.S. Open
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Willie Smith
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U.S. Senior Amateur
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Mike Sposa
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U.S. Women's Open
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Liselotte Neumann
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Walker Cup
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Tied
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In the archive
Sources and editorial notes13 references
Sources for this story
- Baltimore Country Club | About Baltimore Country Club
Institutional history and course description.
Consulted 2026-09-21
Record sources12 references
- About Baltimore Country Club Club founding at Roland Park on January 13, 1898; paragraph on the Roland Park course closing in 1962, the Falls Road property sale, and the West Course opening that year.
- U.S. Open Results: 1895 to Present 1899 result row: September 14–15; Willie Smith 315; George Low, Val Fitzjohn and W.H. Way 326; Baltimore (Md.) C.C. (Roland Park Course); 81 entries.
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- Baltimore Country Club
- USGA: 2026 U.S. Senior Amateur final recap The final recap confirms the completed championship, its ordinal, host and winner. Exact championship dates are printed in the USGA championship header and corroborated by the saved fast-facts sheet: 2026-08-29 through 2026-09-03. The final recap explicitly reports Sposa defeating Todd White, 3 and 2, in the 18-hole final.
- USGA Women's Open Champions and Championship Results The official champions table records the 1988 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 Official host register identifies Baltimore C.C. and 1988. Detailed results specify Five Farms East. Loyola's official directions identify Baltimore Country Club at Five Farms in Timonium, matching the canonical Club and Course; the USGA host register uses Lutherville. www.usga.org Dated results explicitly identify Five Farms, East Course: www.usga.org
- R&A official Walker Cup match history The primary match-history entry records these dates: 1965 (Sept. 3-4): USA 11, GB&I 11; Baltimore (Md.) C.C. (Five Farms Old Course) Dates corroborated against the retained official USGA 2026 Record Book. No participant, score or historical routing changes are selected.
- USGA: 2024 U.S. Amateur Record Book Printed/PDF page 9, 1932 result row. C. Ross Somerville d. John Goodman, 2 and 1. Match margins and extra-hole lengths are not stroke totals. Actual dates from the retrospective result table.
- 2026 PGA Championship Media Guide The official Media Guide directly enumerates the 11th playing, champion, site, and its year-page date span. The recorded venue and champion preserve the official PGA Championship History entry’s published text. The champion-only winner field is intentionally separate from the official match-play result: 6&5 over Al Espinosa.
- PGA Championship host record The 1928 PGA record names Five Farms. The dated PGA account identifies Baltimore East. The current Course row is Five Farms East, distinct from Roland Park, the 1899 U.S. Open site. Host and competition dates: www.pgachampionship.com
- 2026 USGA Championships Media Guide - U.S. Open The official 2026 USGA Championship Record Book directly enumerates the completed 1899 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.