Toledo, Ohio · Parkland
6 major championships hosted since 1920
Established
1903
Designer
Donald Ross (redesign)
Par
71
Championship Yardage
7,255 yds
Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, redesigned by Donald Ross, is a strategic parkland course that helped change the game's social history: at the 1920 U.S. Open, professionals were for the first time welcomed into the clubhouse.
Inverness has hosted four U.S. Opens and two PGA Championships, the latter both decided in dramatic late fashion by Bob Tway and Paul Azinger.
Lowest scoring marks recorded in major championship competition at Inverness Club.
Course Record (round)
63
Major rounds
Lowest 72-Hole Total
276 (−8)
Major eras
First Major Hosted
1920
Total Majors Hosted
6
Every major championship staged at Inverness Club, by championship and year.
| Championship | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Open | 4 | 1920, 1931, 1957, 1979 |
| PGA Championship | 2 | 1986, 1993 |
Defining rounds and championship moments in the history of Inverness Club.
Inverness welcomed professionals into the clubhouse for the first time at a U.S. Open; the pros gave the club a commemorative chiming clock.
Billy Burke beat George Von Elm in a 72-hole double playoff, the longest in U.S. Open history.
Hale Irwin won his second U.S. Open.
Bob Tway holed out from a greenside bunker on the 72nd hole to beat Greg Norman at the PGA.
Paul Azinger won his only major in a playoff over Greg Norman.
At the 1920 U.S. Open it became the first major venue to admit professional golfers into the clubhouse, a milestone in the sport's social history.
He holed out from a greenside bunker on the 72nd hole to overtake Greg Norman.
Donald Ross redesigned the course in the early 20th century, giving it its enduring strategic character.