Sunset Country Club is a country club in Sunset Hills, Missouri, in south St. Louis County, Missouri.
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| Coordinates | 38°31′55″N 90°23′35″W / 38.532°N 90.393°W |
| Location | Sunset Hills, Missouri |
| Established | 1910 |
| Type | Private |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Events hosted | 1946 Western Open 1956 Carling Open |
| Website | sunsetcountryclub.org |
| Designed by | Robert and James Foulis |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,686 yards (6,110 m) |
| Course rating | 72.6 |
| Slope rating | 133 [1] |
The par-72 18-hole golf course designed by Robert and James Foulis was built in 1917. A master plan created by Dr. Michael Hurdzan has guided recent course renovations.
Tournaments hosted
edit| Year | Event | Winner | Total | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Trans-Mississippi Amateur |  Frank Stranahan |
6 & 5 | John Barnum
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| 1946 | Western Open | Ben Hogan |
271 | −17 | 4 strokes | Lloyd Mangrum
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| 1956 | Carling Open |  Dow Finsterwald |
274 | −14 | 3 strokes | Jack Burke Jr. Billy Casper Billy Maxwell
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Scorecard
edit| Tee | Rating/Slope | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 72.4 / 132 | 547 | 376 | 287 | 169 | 442 | 403 | 513 | 520 | 360 | 3617 | 495 | 400 | 450 | 157 | 335 | 222 | 337 | 215 | 400 | 3011 | 6628 |
| Blue | 70.5 / 127 | 503 | 345 | 268 | 150 | 434 | 368 | 500 | 502 | 305 | 3375 | 483 | 385 | 413 | 129 | 320 | 193 | 325 | 195 | 390 | 2833 | 6208 |
| Red | 68.6 / 121 | 470 | 297 | 260 | 136 | 322 | 350 | 481 | 475 | 284 | 3075 | 475 | 359 | 396 | 118 | 307 | 173 | 314 | 185 | 381 | 2708 | 5783 |
| SI | Men's | 13 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 8 | |||
| Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 72 | |
| SI | Ladies' | 9 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 6 | |||
| Yellow | 74.6 / 129 | 448 | 288 | 252 | 130 | 308 | 331 | 440 | 451 | 270 | 2918 | 470 | 346 | 377 | 105 | 292 | 158 | 297 | 139 | 350 | 2534 | 5452 |
| White | 69.1 / 123 | 408 | 252 | 250 | 130 | 294 | 308 | 399 | 405 | 211 | 2657 | 410 | 295 | 320 | 90 | 280 | 121 | 261 | 139 | 295 | 2211 | 4868 |
Source:[2]
References
edit- ^ "Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Sunset Country Club". USGA. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
- ^ "Sunset Country Club Scorecard". Sunset Country Club. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
- Healey, Jim (2010). Sunset Country Club : centennial celebration, 1910-2010. St. Louis: Sunset Country Club.
- Corrigan, Don (2019-06-17). "The Legends & The Lore Of Sunset Country Club". South County Times. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
- Healey, Jim. "Early Days of St. Louis Golf". St. Louis Golf History. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
External links
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