Cherry Hills Country Club

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Cherry Hills Country Club

Location:	Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, United States
Established:	1922
Type:	private
Total holes:	27
Tournaments hosted:	2005 U.S. Women's Open 1990 U.S. Amateur 1938 U.S. Open 1960 U.S. Open 1978 U.S. Open
Website:	chcc.com
Golf Course
Designed by:	William Flynn
Par:	72
Length:	7,157 yards

Cherry Hills Country Club is a private country club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, a suburb of Denver. The club was founded in 1922 and designed by William Flynn.^[1] The club features an eighteen hole golf course, a nine hole par three course, eight tennis courts, and a lap pool. The nine hole course is called the Rip Arnold Course, named for the man who was the club's head golf professional from 1939 to 1962. The club hosts a Pro-Member Invitational every September named for Warren Smith (golfer), head professional at Cherry Hills from 1963 to 1991. A bas relief of Smith, who was honored as the PGA of America's Golf Professional of the Year in 1973, now sits near the 1st tee at the course. The championship eighteen hole golf course measures 7,160 yards and is a par 72. However, the course plays much shorter because golf balls travel farther in high altitudes. In 2005 Cherry Hills completed a $12 million dollar renovation on the club house facilities.^{[citation needed]} As of 2006, the membership fee is $95,000.^{[citation needed]} The club's signature colors are cherry red and white.

1 USGA championships
2 Arnold Palmer iced tea drink
3 References
4 External links

[edit] USGA championships

Cherry Hills has hosted seven United States Golf Association championships, including United States Open competitions in 1938, 1960, and 1978. It hosted the United States Men's Amateur Golf Championship in 1990, won by Phil Mickelson.^[2] The 1993 United States Senior Open was contested at Cherry Hills, with Jack Nicklaus winning. Most recently, Birdie Kim won the 2005 United States Women's Open which was contested at Cherry Hills.

There have been two PGA Championships held at Cherry Hills. The first, which was held in 1941 (when the PGA Championship was conducted in a match play format), was won by Vic Ghezzi with a score of "one-up" over Byron Nelson. In 1985, Hubert Green won the PGA Championship with a score of ten under par 278.

Three United States Opens have been played at Cherry Hills. Ralph Guldahl won the first, in 1938. In 1960, Arnold Palmer won the Open with a score of four under par. Palmer drove the green on the 404-yard par four first hole during the tournament on his way to victory.^[3] The final U.S. Open at Cherry Hills was in 1978. Andy North won with a score of one over par. Until 2006, that was the most recent U.S. Open with a final score over par.

[edit] Arnold Palmer iced tea drink

According to common stories amongst members, the classic Arnold Palmer iced tea drink is reported to have been started at the club. Allegedly, Palmer grew angry at the bartender because the bartender refused to mix lemonade in his iced tea.^{[citation needed]}