Broadmoor Golf Club, Seattle
A.V. Macan | |
Par | 70 |
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Length | 6,427 yards (5,877 m) |
Course rating | 72.3 |
Slope rating | 127 [1] |
Course record | 59 - Fred Couples (August 18, 2015)[2] |
Broadmoor Golf Club is a private golf club in the northwest United States in Seattle, Washington, founded in 1924 and opened for play in April 1927. It is located in the Broadmoor neighborhood of Seattle, just south of the University of Washington and west of Lake Washington.
Broadmoor is a tribute to designer/builder
Golf history hosted at Broadmoor over the years includes the $10,000 Seattle Open in 1945 with Byron Nelson, Jug McSpaden, Ben Hogan, and Sam Snead. Nelson took the tournament with a new world's record of 259 for 72 holes, 21 under par, and a victory margin of thirteen strokes.[3][4] He won a record eighteen tournaments in 1945, including eleven consecutive.
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More recently, Broadmoor hosted the Pac-10 championship in 1989 and 1999, when Paul Casey of Arizona State lowered the course record to 60 (–10).[12] The current record was set sixteen years later in 2015 by Seattle native Fred Couples, with a round of 59 (–11) in August.[2]
Years | Tournament |
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1945, 1961, 1962, 1964 | Seattle Open
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1961 | US Junior Girls' Championship |
1974, 1984 | US Women's Amateur |
1994 | US Senior Women's Amateur |
1950, 1995, 2015 | Hudson Cup |
1952 | Women's Weathervane Open |
1954 | Western Amateur |
1940, 1967 | PNGA Men's Amateur |
1935, 1949 | PNGA Women's Amateur |
1960 | PNGA Junior Boys' Championship |
1961 | PNGA Junior Girls' Championship |
1979, 1989, 1999 | Pac-10 Men's Championship |
2007 | Pac-10 Women's Championship |
References
- ^ "Course Rating and Slope Database™: Broadmoor Golf Club". USGA. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
- ^ a b Hanson, Scott (August 20, 2015). "After shooting 59 at Broadmoor, Fred Couples says game is in good shape for Boeing Classic". Seattle Times. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
- ^ "Nelson posts world's record in winning Seattle Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. October 15, 1961. p. 2.
- ^ "Nelson's 259 at Seattle breaks world record". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. October 15, 1945. p. 22.
- ^ "Marr victor in golf playoff". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 18, 1961. p. 3B.
- ^ "J. Nicklaus golf victor". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. September 17, 1962. p. 18.
- ^ "Nicklaus wins Seattle Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 17, 1962. p. 3B.
- ^ "Nicklaus wins Seattle Open by 2 strokes". Chicago Daily Tribune. UPI. September 17, 1962. p. 4, sec. 4.
- ^ "World Series won by Jack". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 10, 1962. p. 3B.
- ^ "Nicklaus wins $75,000 exhibition; Palmer fades". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. September 10, 1962. p. 1, sec. 4.
- ^ "Open won in Portland by Nicklaus". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. September 24, 1961. p. 2B.
- ^ "Casey carries ASU to crown; UO third". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. April 29, 1999. p. 1D.
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- Gastineau, Mike; Thiel, Art; Rudman, Steve (2009). The Great Book of Seattle Sports Lists. Running Press. )
- "U.S. Girls' Junior History". USGA. Retrieved 2016-07-02.