Inverness Club

Toledo, Ohio · Parkland

6 major championships hosted since 1920

U.S. Open ×4 PGA Championship ×2

Established

1903

Designer

Donald Ross (redesign)

Par

71

Championship Yardage

7,255 yds

About the Course

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.

Course Records

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

Major Hosting History

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

Notable Moments

Defining rounds and championship moments in the history of Inverness Club.

1920

Pros in the clubhouse

Inverness welcomed professionals into the clubhouse for the first time at a U.S. Open; the pros gave the club a commemorative chiming clock.

1931

Marathon finish

Billy Burke beat George Von Elm in a 72-hole double playoff, the longest in U.S. Open history.

1979

Irwin holds on

Hale Irwin won his second U.S. Open.

1986

Tway's bunker shot

Bob Tway holed out from a greenside bunker on the 72nd hole to beat Greg Norman at the PGA.

1993

Azinger's playoff

Paul Azinger won his only major in a playoff over Greg Norman.

Frequently Asked Questions

What makes Inverness historically significant?

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.

How did Bob Tway win the 1986 PGA?

He holed out from a greenside bunker on the 72nd hole to overtake Greg Norman.

Who designed Inverness?

Donald Ross redesigned the course in the early 20th century, giving it its enduring strategic character.

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