Waverley Country Club

Waverley Country Club
Club information
Location Portland, Oregon
Established 1896
Type Private
Total holes 18
Website Waverley Country Club
Designed by Jack Moffat
Par 71
Length 6,668 yards
Course rating 72.0
Slope rating 134.0

The Waverley Country Club is a country club located in Portland, Oregon, United States. Chartered in 1896, the club was the second private golf club established west of the Mississippi River.

History

The club was established in April 1896, with its original golf course laid out several miles northeast, in the Richmond neighborhood, near the present-day corner of Southeast César E. Chávez Boulevard and Powell Boulevard.[1] Established two years after the Tacoma Country and Golf Club, Waverley was the second private golf club in the United States established west of the Mississippi River.[1][2][3]

A year later, in 1897, the club moved to its present location on the east bank of the Willamette River, just south of Sellwood. It was built on the site of an orchard owned by Oregon pioneers Henderson Luelling and Seth Lewelling, where Seth and his orchard foreman Ah Bing developed the Bing cherry.[4][5] A golf course was built at the current location in 1898 and was designed by Jack Moffat.[1] A restoration in 2012 by Gil Hanse reestablished many of Moffat's classic architectural features.[6]

The club, which was originally spelled Waverly after the Waverly-Richmond district in which it was first established, changed its name to Waverley in 1912, with some accounts blaming an engraving error for the change in spelling.[1]

Course

Waverley Country Club
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Par 44444345335 4345343553671
Handicap 1391131155717 16122161814104
Black 72.0/134 3334223624384631773856031303313 41116941351215336522453257633556668
Par 44445345336 4345343553672
Handicap 1179115133517 41021618128146
Blue 70.7/129 3263603413994531593715651213095 40514640449612635420150756232016296
White 68.4/128 3143423253934091363625361132930 37313437048911534018643149729355865
Handicap 1379511153117 12144218816106
Green 66.9/125 3143043253444091363094631132717 37313430948911529515543149727985515

Tournaments hosted

The Blyth Tournament, one of the oldest international golf matches in the United States, has been held at Waverley since 1897.[1] The first Oregon Amateur Golf Tournament was held at Waverley in 1904.[1]

Winners of major championship tournaments held at Waverley:

YearTournamentWinner
1952U.S. Women's AmateurJackie Pung
1964U.S. Senior AmateurWilliam D. Higgins
1970U.S. Amateur Lanny Wadkins
1981U.S. Women's AmateurJuli Inkster
1993U.S. Junior AmateurTiger Woods
2000U.S. Women's AmateurMarcy Newton

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Appreciating Waverley's History and Tradition". Waverley Country Club. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Tacoma Golf & Country Club". Tacoma Golf & Country Club. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  3. ↑ "PNGA Timeline". Pacific Northwest Golf Association. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  4. ↑ Reichen, Lydia (April 22, 1934). (Subscription required) "History of cherry rife with romance" Check |url= value (help). The Oregonian. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  5. ↑ Deane, Early (April 18, 1965). (Subscription required) "Pioneer apples forerunners of state industry" Check |url= value (help). The Oregonian. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Waverley CC Course Overview". Retrieved Dec 12, 2017.

Coordinates: 45°27′8.51″N 122°39′12.49″W / 45.4523639°N 122.6534694°W / 45.4523639; -122.6534694

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