Edgewood Country Club

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Edgewood Country Club

Club information
Location	Churchill, Pennsylvania
Established	1921
Type	Private
Total holes	18
Designed by	Donald Ross
Par	72
Length	6,418 yards

Edgewood Country Club, is a private golf, social, and tennis club located in Churchill, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Country Club was founded in 1898 in Edgewood, Pennsylvania and then moved in 1921 to Churchill where Donald Ross designed its new golf course while also working on the design of the well-known Pinehurst No. 2.^[1]

Golf[]

Edgewood Country Club was started as a golf and social club only minutes away from the Pittsburgh steel mills. The golf course was designed Donald Ross to promote fair and enjoyable play with a comfortable walking experience if chosen. The importance of a golf course providing enjoyment while still delivering a challenge may be summarized in one of Ross's famous statements, "Golf should be a pleasure, not a penance."^[2] The course has been a longtime member of the (WPGA) and has hosted several WPGA tournaments. The 18 hole course belongs to the United States Golf Association and provides golf handicap for all members using latest computer technologies. The golf course is designed, like many Western Pennsylvania courses, over rolling terrain, but Donald Ross designed the holes without sidehill lies like so many other Western Pennsylvania courses. Edgewood's greens are well known, like many of Ross's courses, for their fast speed. The greens are regularly found to run about 12 feet on the stimpmeter. The golf course does not rely on any creeks, lakes or other water bodies, preferring to use very difficult greens and dangerous sand bunkers to challenge the area's best golfers. Edgewood has a full size grass driving range where members and guests may hit balls without paying for each bucket like most courses, two putting greens, a chipping and putting green, and a full short game area complete with a practice fairway and sand bunkers. Edgewood provides many competitions for members and guests throughout the year such as member-guests, Stag events, holiday events, and many others including the club championship. In addition to competition within the club, Edgewood fields both junior and senior interclub teams.

A pro-shop is also located on site. The current head professional at Edgewood is Peter Micklewright Jr. who is in charge of giving golf lessons and running the golf shop. The current layout is played as Donald Ross designed it. The change back to the Donald Ross layout was made during the club's 100th anniversary. The course currently has blue championship tees, white men's/amateur women tees, red women's tees, and golden senior's tees. The yardage of holes as well as par:

Edgewood has been a longtime member of the WPGA, and due to its local and national prestige has been awarded many of the WPGA's annual championships. The following are champions of WPGA events contested at Edgewood Country Club:

WPGA Championships:

• The William Penn Open^[5]
  • 1954 - Tom Blaskovich
  • 1959 - Frank Kiraly
  • 2001 - Marshall Maraccini
  • 2006 - Josh "The Body" Wheless
• West Penn Amateur^[6]
  • 1939 - Jack C. Benson
  • 1946 - Frank Souchak
  • 1965 - Harry Toscano
  • 1969 - James Simons
  • 1976 - Tom McGinnis Jr.
• Tournament of Club Champions ^[7]
  • 1995 - Sherman Hostetter
• West Penn Senior Amateur Championship^[8]
  • 1998 - Phil Saylor
  • 2038 - Richie Walsh
• West Penn Women's Amateur^[9]
  • 2005 - Katie Trotter
• West Penn Junior Amateur Championship^[10]
  • 1937 - Kenneth J. Stear
  • 1950 - Jim McCarter

Tennis[]

In addition to the golf course, Edgewood Country Club also has a tennis facility.^[11] The Club's paddle tennis facilities include three heated courts located at the Violet H. Wright Center. Like the tennis program, Edgewood field men's and women's inter-club paddle tennis teams.^[12]

Swimming[]

A full swimming facility is also on the property.^[13]

References[]

Coordinates: 40°26′02″N 79°50′00″W / 40.43389°N 79.83333°W / 40.43389; -79.83333