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33-642: Theodore Havemeyer , a wealthy sportsman whose family owned the American Sugar Company , played the game of golf on a trip to Pau in the south of France in 1889 and returned to his summer home in Newport excited about its future. In 1890, he and his friends rented some property on the old Castle Hill Farm and played golf on a primitive course. He convinced a few pals from the summer colony's social elite, men such as John Jacob Astor IV , Perry Belmont , and Cornelius Vanderbilt II - to purchase

66-534: A course designer. Baltusrol Golf Club was named after Baltus Roll (1769–1831), who farmed the land on which the club resides today. In 1831, he was murdered at age 61 on February 22 by two thieves who believed that he had hidden a small treasure in his farmhouse on Baltusrol mountain. Two men, Peter B. Davis and Lycidias Baldwin were suspected of the murder. Baldwin fled to a tavern in Morristown where he killed himself with an apparent overdose of narcotics. Davis

99-601: A recent discovery (2013) of an original scorecard (1899) refuted this. This information is in the recently written club history. A. W. Tillinghast , famous for such designs as Winged Foot , Baltusrol , Bethpage Black , and the San Francisco Golf Club , was hired in 1923 to remodel the course layout. Since 1995, restoration on some of the course has been completed by Ron Forse. Source Notable former members include: Theodore Havemeyer Theodore Augustus Havemeyer (May 17, 1839 – April 26, 1897)

132-413: Is a par 72, but for the 2005 PGA Championship, the course measured 7,392 yards (6,759 m) and was par 70. From the blue tees, the course measures 7,015 yards (6,415 m) and is par 72. From the green tees, the course measures 6,652 yards and is par 72. From the white tees, the course measures 6,325 yards (5,784 m) and is par 72. From the red tees, the course measures 5,539 yards (5,065 m) and

165-635: Is currently named in his honor. His portrait was painted by the Swiss-born American artist Adolfo Müller-Ury , one is now in the New York State Museum at Albany; Müller-Ury also painted in 1891 a huge portrait of his wife Emilie de Loosey Havemeyer ( Preservation Society of Newport County, Rhode Island (at Rosecliff ). The family owned many estates including, a town house in New York City at 244 Madison Avenue (on

198-458: Is not permitted on the course or on club grounds except in one's car. The course is open year-round. Players are required to use a caddy between the hours of 7 am and 2 pm. The fairways and greens are poa annua and bent grass . The greens are aerated in late March to early April, late August, and November after the season ends, and there is overseeding of Penn A4 Bentgrass. The rough is Kentucky Bluegrass. Audubon International has designated

231-483: Is par 73. In its listing of the "Top 100 Courses in the U.S.", GOLF Magazine selected the Lower Course as 22nd in 1995, 1997, and 1999. The three signature holes of the Lower Course are the fourth, a par three of 194 yards (177 m) where the player must hit his or her ball over the pond to a two-tiered green; the seventeenth, a par five of 650 yards (590 m) where John Daly is the only player to ever reach

264-700: The Chicago Golf Club . These clubs agreed to form the Amateur Golf Association, the forerunner of the United States Golf Association (USGA). In October 1895, Newport Country Club hosted both the first U.S. Amateur and the first U.S. Open . To this day, the U.S. Amateur champion is awarded the Havemeyer Trophy. In celebration of the centennial of those first two USGA events, the club hosted

297-425: The U.S. Open seven times, in 1903, 1915, 1936, 1954, 1967, 1980, and 1993. It has hosted the U.S. Amateur four times, in 1904, 1926, 1946, and 2000. It has hosted the U.S. Women's Open twice, in 1961 and 1985, and the U.S. Women's Amateur twice, in 1901 and 1911. The 2005 PGA Championship was Baltusrol's first time hosting a PGA Championship, and it returned in 2016. The 79th Women's PGA Championship for 2023 and

330-486: The 111th PGA Championship for 2029 were awarded to Baltusrol in a joint deal. Source: Bolded years are major championships on the PGA Tour The Upper and Lower courses are very different, being built on two distinct geological formations . Tillinghast designed them as "Dual Courses" which were to be "equally sought after as a matter of preference." The Lower is spread out over rolling parkland,

363-525: The 140-acre (0.57 km) Rocky Farm property for $ 80,000 and establish the golf club in 1893. At the time of the club's founding, Newport was at the peak of its prestige as the favorite summer colony of America's wealthy elite. The city had thus established one of America's earliest golf clubs since the sport was played almost exclusively by the rich when it was first introduced to the United States. The primitive course that they played upon in 1890

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396-477: The 4th hole and the 18th hole have ponds, and on the Upper Course, the 9th and the 13th holes have ponds. The 10th, 13th, and 15th holes have creeks in play. As of 2010, Baltusrol Golf Club holds the distinction of being the only two-course club to ever host both the U.S. Men's and Women's Open Championships on both of its courses. The Lower course from the black tees measures 7,400 yards (6,767 m) and

429-657: The Baltusrol Golf Club would open. The club's original 9-hole course was designed by George Hunter in 1895 and expanded to 18 holes in 1898. This course, which is called the Old Course, was further modified by George Low and no longer exists. Keller hired A. W. Tillinghast to build a second golf course to complement the Old Course. However, Tillinghast recommended that the Old Course be plowed over and he would design and build two new courses. The club approved his design recommendation and commenced construction of

462-531: The Lower was the 1926 U.S. Amateur. The first national championship on the Upper was the U.S. Open in 1936. Tillinghast served as the club's architect until his death in 1942. In 1948, Robert Trent Jones was retained to update and lengthen the Lower course for tournament play. The Lower course was lengthened again by his son Rees Jones in 1992 in preparation for the U.S. Open in 1993 . He also updated and lengthened

495-559: The U.S. Amateur in 1995, won by defending champion Tiger Woods . Eleven years later, it was the site of the U.S. Women's Open in 2006 , won by Annika Sörenstam in an 18-hole playoff. Newport was set to host the 41st U.S. Senior Open in June 2020 , but the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled all age-specific tournaments on the USGA calendar. The event was deferred to 2024 , and weather during

528-507: The United States in 1802 and started a sugar refining company with his brother and Theodore's father started his own firm, Havemeyer & Elder. Theodore became an apprentice in his father's firm and later was made a partner working with his brother Henry Osborne Havemeyer . After traveling to Germany and England, in search of new advances in the sugar refining trade, Theodore constructed the Domino Sugar Refinery , "one of

561-728: The Upper and Lower courses in 1918. In August 1919, Golf Illustrated declared that "what they are planning at Baltusrol is on a vaster scale than anything that has ever been attempted in American Golf for the opening of the Dual Courses." The Dual Courses, or Upper and Lower, were the first contiguous 36-hole design built in America. Both courses officially opened for play in June 1922. In the years following their opening, refinements were made to prepare these courses for National Championship play. The first national championship held on

594-484: The Upper course in advance of the 2000 U.S. Amateur. On both the Lower and Upper courses, Jones and his senior designer Steve Weisser reinstated and restored various Tillinghast design features which had been lost over the years. Some famous golfers to win tournaments at Baltusrol include Ed Furgol , Mickey Wright , Jack Nicklaus , Lee Janzen , and Phil Mickelson . In 1995, Golf Magazine recognized Baltusrol as one of "The First 100 Clubs in America." In March 1909,

627-472: The club's national championship including the 1936 U.S. Open. GOLF Magazine's "Top 100 Courses in the U.S." selected the Upper Course 89th in 1997 and 74th in 1999. The pro shop is open from 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. The course is not open to the public. Guests are permitted to play with a member. The dress code states that denim is not allowed and that a collared shirt is required. Metal spiked shoes and fivesomes are not allowed. Moreover, cellphone use

660-647: The estate, currently stands as the Administration Building for the college. In 1862, Havemeyer married Emily de Loosey (1840–1914), daughter of Chevalier Charles F. de Loosey, the Austrian Consul General to New York. Together, they were the parents of nine children, five daughters and four sons, including: Havemeyer died intestate at his home, 244 Madison Avenue in New York City , on April 26, 1897. His funeral service

693-417: The final round postponed the conclusion until Monday, extended with a playoff between Richard Bland and Hiroyuki Fujita , won by Bland on the fourth extra hole. Whitney Warren designed the classic, Beaux Arts style clubhouse on a largely barren farm overlooking Brenton Point in 1895. It went under extensive renovation by Kirby Perkins Construction in 2005. Warren's only other major Newport project at

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726-517: The first club to have hosted both the U.S. Open and Women's U.S. Open on two different courses. Both courses were originally designed by A. W. Tillinghast in 1918. The club has been the site of seven U.S. Opens and two PGA Championships . In 2005, the club was listed on the National Register of Historic Places . In 2014, it was further designated a National Historic Landmark in recognition of its importance to Tillinghast's career as

759-612: The green in two strokes (later, Tiger Woods fired his second shot over the green in two shots at the 2005 PGA Championship); and the eighteenth, a par five of 533 yards (487 m) famous for spectacular performances by Furgol, Nicklaus, Mickelson and Jason Day. From the black tees the Upper course is a par 72, 7,348 yards (6,719 m), blue tees par 72, 7,002 yards (6,403 m), green tees par 72, 6,558 yards (5,997 m), white tees par 72, 6,232 yards (5,699 m), red tees par 73, 5,819 yards (5,321 m), gold tees par 73, 5,540 yards (5,070 m). The Upper Course has hosted three of

792-706: The most modern sugar refineries in the world." Theodore Havemeyer was also the Austro-Hungarian Consul-General in New York City for twenty-five years, up until 1895. He became president of the New York Golf Club and the first president United States Golf Association, as well. Havemeyer co-founded the Newport Country Club, U.S. Amateur Championship and U.S. Open. The U.S. Amateur trophy, the Havemeyer Cup,

825-437: The original clubhouse burned down. That same year, a new clubhouse was quickly designed by Chester Hugh Kirk, a member of the golf club, in a Tudor revival style and construction begun in June. In 1912, it became the first clubhouse to host a President of the United States , William Howard Taft . In its history, Baltusrol has hosted 15 USGA -sponsored championships and three PGA -sponsored Championships. It has hosted

858-476: The remains of a terminal moraine deposited during the last glaciation about 18,000 years ago. The Upper runs along a ridgeline known as Baltusrol Mountain, the east side of the First Watchung Mountain (Orange Mountain) that was formed from vast lava flows about 200 million years ago. Both courses have ponds and other man-made and natural hazards that come into play. On the Lower Course,

891-641: The southwest corner of 38th Street ), a "cottage" on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island , and 500 acres in Mahwah, New Jersey , called Mountain Side Farm. 300 acres of the Mahwah estate is currently the campus of Ramapo College of New Jersey . The house that Havemeyer and his family lived in is now the home to the college's President and the house that Havemeyer had built for his daughter Lillie, as part of

924-429: The time was a home for his sister, Edith, High Tide. This mansion, which overlooks Bailey's Beach and completed in 1900, hosted Michelle Wie for the week of the 2006 U.S. Women's Open. The original nine-hole course was designed in 1894 by William "Willie" Davis , the club's first professional, and later expanded to 18 holes in 1899, again by Davis. This second nine was long thought to be designed by Donald Ross , but

957-518: Was an American businessman who was the first president of the U.S. Golf Association and co-founder of the Newport Country Club , host to both the first U.S. Amateur and the first U.S. Open in 1895. Havemeyer was born in New York City on May 17, 1839. He was the eldest son of three children born to Frederick Christian Havemeyer Jr. (1807-1891), and Sarah Louise ( née Henderson) Havemeyer (1812-1851). His mother died in 1851 and he

990-795: Was apprehended and stood trial in Newark. Despite the overwhelming but circumstantial evidence, much of which the trial judge ruled as inadmissible, Davis was acquitted of murder. He was, however, convicted of forgery and sentenced to 24 years in prison, and later died in Trenton State Prison . The land was purchased in the 1890s by Louis Keller , who was the publisher of the New York Social Register . He owned 500 acres (2.0 km ) of land in Springfield Township. On October 19, 1895, Keller announced that

1023-704: Was bought roughly thirty years later and is now the site of seven holes (2–8) of the front nine. Anxious to host national competitions, Havemeyer invited the country's best amateurs to his new course for a championship in 1894. That December, Havemeyer held a meeting at New York City's Calumet Club with representatives from four other clubs: Saint Andrew's Golf Club in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY ; Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton on Long Island, New York ; The Country Club in Brookline, MA ; and

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1056-565: Was held at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York and he was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery . He left an estate valued at $ 4 million. Baltusrol Golf Club The Baltusrol Golf Club is a private 36- hole golf club in the eastern United States , located in Springfield , New Jersey , about twenty miles (30 km) west of New York City . It was founded 129 years ago in 1895 by Louis Keller . In 1985, Baltusrol became

1089-454: Was then raised with the help of his grandmothers, Mary Osborne Henderson and Catharine Billiger Havemeyer, and his oldest sister, Mary Havemeyer. The family lived in a house at 193 West 14th Street, in what was then the northern frontier of New York City. Theodore studied at Mr. Betts' School ( Betts Academy ) in Stamford, Connecticut . Theodore's grandfather, a German immigrant, came to

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