Blythefield Country Club

Blythefield Country Club
Club information
Coordinates 43°03′58″N 85°34′52″W / 43.066°N 85.581°W / 43.066; -85.581Coordinates: 43°03′58″N 85°34′52″W / 43.066°N 85.581°W / 43.066; -85.581
Location Belmont, Michigan, U.S.
Elevation 680 feet (210 m)
Established 1928 (1928)
Type Private
Total holes 18
Tournaments hosted Meijer LPGA Classic
(2014–present)
Western Open (1961)
Greens Bentgrass
Fairways Bentgrass
Website blythefieldcc.org
Designed by William Langford,
Theoadore J. Moreau
Par 72
Length 6,859 yards (6,272 m)
Course rating 73.4
Slope rating 133 [1]

Blythefield Country Club is a private country club and golf course in the central United States, located in Belmont, Michigan, a suburb northeast of Grand Rapids. Founded 90 years ago in 1928, the par-72 golf course opened the following June and measures 6,859 yards (6,272 m) from the back tees.

Blythefield has hosted the Meijer LPGA Classic on the LPGA Tour since its debut in 2014,[2][3] and was the site of the Western Open on the PGA Tour in 1961, won by Arnold Palmer, two strokes ahead of Sam Snead.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Blythefield Country Club". USGA National Course Rating Database. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Mirim Lee wins on 2nd playoff hole". ESPN. Associated Press. August 10, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Brooke Henderson holds off Michelle Wie, Lexi Thompson to win Meijer LPGA Classic". ESPN. Associated Press. June 18, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Palmer wins Western title". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. June 26, 1961. p. 5, part 2.
  5. ↑ "Palmer Western Open victor". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. June 26, 1961. p. 21.
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