Manito Golf and Country Club

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| location = 5303 S. Hatch Road
{{nowrap|Spokane, Washington, U.S.}}

| coordinates = {{coord|47.609|-117.395|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| establishment = 1922, {{Time ago|1922}}
1917 (at Hart Field)

| type = Private

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| elevation = {{convert|2380|ft|round=5}}

| holes = 18

| tournaments = 1944 PGA Championship

| website = {{URL|http://www.manitocc.com/}}

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| designer1 = A.V. Macan

| par1 = 71

| length1 = {{convert|6470|yd|0|abbr=on}}

| rating1 = 70.8

| slope1 = 134{{cite web|url=https://ncrdb.usga.org/NCRDB/courseTeeInfo.aspx?CourseID=3907 |publisher=USGA |title=Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Manito Golf & Country Club|access-date=December 6, 2017}}

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Manito Golf and Country Club is a country club in the northwest United States, located in the Comstock neighborhood of Spokane, Washington. The club was founded in 1917 at Hart Field by a small group of dedicated golf enthusiasts and moved to its current location in the Comstock neighborhood in 1922. It was known as Manito Golf Club until 1935.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VtRXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_fQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5877%2C553955 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |title=Manito Golf Club changes its name |date=March 2, 1935 |page=12 }}

Its golf course hosted the PGA Championship in 1944, then match play, in which Bob Hamilton upset favored Byron Nelson in {{nowrap|the final.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2mkxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xU4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7161%2C5171807|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |location=Florida |agency=Associated Press|title=Hamilton faces Byron Nelson in PGA final|date=August 20, 1944|page=17}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QSlWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZuQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4303%2C1444750|newspaper=Spokesman-Review |title=Hamilton beats Nelson to win P.G.A.|last=Stark|first=Charles R. Jr.|date=August 21, 1944|page=1}}}} The course was designed by A.V. Macan,{{cite web|url=http://thepnga.org/wp-content/themes/abelltheme/halloffamemembers/arthurvernonmacan.html |publisher=Pacific Northwest Golf Association |agency=Hall of Fame |title=Arthur Vernon Macan |access-date=October 3, 2015}} and was set at {{convert|6330|yd|0}} in late 1921.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cwpWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=veEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4728%2C8733882 |work=Spokesman-Review |title=Sporty holes on Manito course |date=December 11, 1921 |page=3, sports}} The back tees are now at {{convert|6470|yd|0}} at par 71, with a course rating of 70.8 and a slope rating of 134.

The elevation at the clubhouse is approximately {{convert|2380|ft|round=5}} above sea level.

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