Inverness Club

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Inverness Club is a famous golf club and course located in Toledo, Ohio. The course has hosted four U.S. Opens, a U.S. Amateur Championship, a U.S. Senior Open, and two PGA Championships.

Inverness Club was founded in 1903, when many of Toledo's wealthiest citizens purchased a parcel of land and built a nine-hole golf course. The course was eventually expanded to eighteen holes. In 1916, the club hired Donald Ross to construct a championship-caliber golf course, which was finished by the end of 1918. In his unpublished book, Golf Has Never Failed Me, Ross discussed Inverness's design, one of only seven of his hundreds of courses to be given a discussion.

The course has been refurbished three times: once after the 1920 Open by A.W. Tillinghast and Dick Wilson; then in 1978 by George and Tom Fazio; and finally in 1999 by Arthur Hills.

Winners of major tournaments held at Inverness Club include:

U.S. Open