You and two guests will have the opportunity to play the historic Cherry Hills Country Club, located in Greenwood Village (Denver), CO!
Cherry Hills Country Club was founded in 1922 by a group of prominent members from Denver Country Club who wanted a golf club and nothing else. Initially, the original name of the Club was The Cherry Hills Club in recognition of a cherry orchard located on the Club's grounds. The founders of the Club had the wisdom and foresight to enlist William S. Flynn to design the course. Originally from Philadelphia, Flynn was considered to be one of the premier golf course architects of his time. He was paid the handsome sum of $4,500 to design Cherry Hills, which he described as a top-notch layout with few equals and no superior.
Throughout the years Cherry Hills has stood the test of time and is still considered one of the true classic golf courses in the landscape of American golf. Golf's greatest names have walked the fairways of Cherry Hills and the tradition of championship golf looks to continue for years to come at the Mile High gem. Thirty years after staging its first national championship, Cherry Hills hosted what many consider as the greatest tournament in championship golf history, the 1960 U.S. Open . Arnold Palmer, who had won the Masters that April, was seven shots behind the leader going into the final round. In the locker room before the final round, Palmer asked his friend and longtime Pittsburgh sportswriter Bob Drum what it might take to win the Open and what a 65 might do for this chances. Drum responded: "For you, nothing. You are too far back." The King drove the 346-yard par-4 first hole and proceeded to birdie the four holes and six of the first seven. Palmer's 65 and a 72-hole total of 280 (four under) was his first and only U.S. Open championship.
Meanwhile, Ben Hogan was gunning for a record fifth Open title, and saw his fate sealed at the par-5 17th hole when his third shot spun back into the water. He followed his bogey at 17 with a triple bogey at 18 to finish four shots back. Playing with Hogan, the 20-year old amateur Jack Nicklaus bogeyed the final hole and finished second, two stokes behind Palmer. His second place finish was the best by an amateur since 1933 and has not been achieved since. In 1978, the U.S. Open returned to Cherry Hills with Andy North winning his first of two U.S. Opens with a 1 over par score of 285. North defeated the likes of Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and the 1960 Champion, Palmer. The PGA Championship returned to Cherry Hills in 1985, after a 44 year hiatus, with Hubert Green winning his second major title in a duel with Lee Trevino.
Cherry Hills has hosted many additional major tournament championships over the years, including the US Amateur, Women's US Open, US Senior Open, US Mid-Amateur, US Senior Amateur, BMW Championship and the Women's Western Open. Cherry Hills is currently ranked 72nd on Golf Digest's 2019 list of America's greatest courses
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