Plainfield Country Club
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| name = Plainfield Country Club
| image = PlainfieldCC-logo.PNG
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| location = Edison, New Jersey
United States
| coordinates = {{coord|40|35|40|N|74|23|22|W|display=inline,title}}
| establishment = 1890
| type = Parkland (private)
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| holes = 18
| tournaments = The Barclays
1978 U.S. Amateur
1987 U.S. Women's Open
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| course1 =
| designer1 = Donald Ross (1921) Gil Hanse & Jim Wagner (1999 renovation)
| par1 = 70 (for the 2015 Barclays), 72 normally
| length1 = {{convert|7091|yd|abbr=on}}
| rating1 = 75.3
| slope1 = 146
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Plainfield Country Club is a private country club and golf course located in Edison in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It was founded in 1890 as the Hillside Tennis Club. Its golf course was designed in 1916 by golf course designer Donald Ross, and opened BC for play in 1921.{{Cite web |url=http://thebarclays.barclaysgolf.com/the-course/2011-the-course.html# |title=The Barclays - The 2011 Course |access-date=2010-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103012138/http://thebarclays.barclaysgolf.com/the-course/2011-the-course.html# |archive-date=2010-11-03 |url-status=dead }} The architect of the clubhouse was Roger Bullard.{{cite journal|url=https://usmodernist.org/AF/AF-1925-03.pdf|volume=March 1925|author=Roger H. Bullard|page=133|publisher=Rogers & Manson|journal=The Architectural Forum, golf and country club reference number|title=The Architecture of Country Clubs}}{{citation |url=https://plainfieldlibrarynj.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17109coll2/id/3070/|year=1922|title=Plainfield Country Club, Floor plans for Plainfield Country Club building; traced by Charles H. Detwiller, Jr.|first=Roger H|last=Bullard}}
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Handicap system
File:Leighton Calkins-1909.PNG
In 1904, Leighton Calkins—who served as the mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey, from 1915 through 1920—created the handicap system currently used in golf today. In honor of Calkins, a set of tees at the Plainfield Country Club bears his name.{{cite web|title=Historical Society of Plainfield to Celebrate Golf History During Barclays|url=http://www.oceanmuseum.org/HistoricHappeningsBlog.html?entry=union-county-plainfield-historical-society|website=oceanmuseum.org|date=12 August 2015|accessdate=29 August 2015}}
Later history
Plainfield Country Club has been home to the 1978 U.S. Amateur,[http://champsdatabase.usga.org/results_winner.asp?ID=387 1978 U.S. Amateur] the 1987 U.S. Women's Open,[http://champsdatabase.usga.org/results_winner.asp?ID=701 1987 U.S. Women's Open] several state and regional championships, and has been ranked among the best in the country.[http://www.golfbusinesswire.com/releases/127386/ Golfweek's National Panel Of Raters Announce 2008 U.S. Course Rankings] In 2011, it was home to The Barclays golf tournament, the first PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoff event. In August 2015, Plainfield Country Club again hosted the Barclays PGA golf tournament.
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External links
- {{official|http://www.plainfieldcc.com}}
{{Edison, New Jersey}}
Category:1890 establishments in New Jersey
Category:Golf clubs and courses designed by Donald Ross
Category:Golf clubs and courses in New Jersey
Category:Buildings and structures in Middlesex County, New Jersey