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CBS News
18-07-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Edgewood Country Club's 8th hole features classic Donald Ross design
Edgewood Country Club is one of the few golf courses in the Pittsburgh area designed by Donald Ross and the 8th hole there is one of its highlights. The Par 5 hole is a beautiful hole that offers a stunning view and it comes with a difficult challenge, as well. "It's our signature hole," said Edgewood Country Club head golf professional Pete Micklewright. "We don't have any water hazards here, so we don't have the typical that most people have, the pond in front that makes it the scenic hole. What we have is the elevation change. We've got a beautiful clubhouse in the background right there, a 580-yard par 5. It's all you can handle with the bunkers, the slope, and the Donald Ross classic false front green." An ideal tee shot on the 8th hole at Edgewood is to play just inside the bunkers on the right side of the fairway, as the natural contours of the land will kick shots a bit back to the left. "If I can keep it just inside those bunkers, it's gonna roll down to that middle part of the left side of the fairway and be a really good place to play that second shot from," Micklewright said. Ideal shots from the fairway that aren't attempting to make it in two will leave a short wedge into the green, which features Donald Ross' signature false front, and will often kick shots short back into the fairway. For approach shots short of the green, putting up the slope is an option, instead of chipping or pitching from the fairway. The speedy greens at Edgewood make putting from anywhere on the 8th green a difficult challenge. Founded: 1898 Public or Private: Private Location: 100 Churchill Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15235 Phone Number: 412-823-7300 Website: Course Designer: Donald Ross Par: 71 Yardages, Course Rating, and Slope Rating:
USA Today
18-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Check the yardage book: TPC River Highlands for the PGA Tour's Travelers Championship
Check the yardage book: TPC River Highlands for the PGA Tour's Travelers Championship TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut – site of this week's Travelers Championship on the PGA Tour – most recently was renovated by Bobby Weed after many architects made changes over the past century. Founded as Middletown Golf Club in 1928, it became Edgewood Country Club in 1934. The PGA Tour took over the property in the 1980s, and Pete Dye redesigned a layout that reopened in 1982 as TPC of Connecticut. Weed redesigned it as TPC River Highlands in 1989, and he worked on the private course again in 2016 to remodel the bunkers and update strategic demands. Short by modern Tour standards, TPC River Highlands will play to 6,844 yards with a par of 70 this week. Thanks to yardage books provided by PuttView – the maker of detailed yardage books for thousands of courses around the world – we can see exactly the challenges the players face this week. Check out the maps of each hole in the photo gallery linked above.
