Canterbury Golf Club is a private golf and country club located in the

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, US. The club was formerly the home of the DAP Championship, part of the Web.com Tour Finals. A member club of the

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, Canterbury has been recognized by

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as one of the top 100 courses in the United States. The club has hosted the U.S. Open and the

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, as well as the U.S. Senior Open, the Senior PGA Championship, and the

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History

Following its establishment on February 2, 1921, by a contingent of Cleveland's University Club, the club purchased a site in a sparsely developed suburban area located approximately southeast of

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. The property lays primarily in Beachwood and, at its northernmost tip, in

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. The site was chosen for its high elevation, rolling hills, brooks, and wooded areas. Designed by architect Herbert Strong, development of the course began in 1921. The first nine holes were opened on July 1, 1922. The second nine were completed shortly thereafter. The course was later enlarged and reconstructed, in 1928, by W. H. Way. The club is named for

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, the birthplace of Cleveland's founder,

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Moses Cleaveland. Female members were first admitted in 1923.

Yardage and ratings

Notable facts

*Canterbury is the second club to host all five of the men's rotating major championships, played within the United States: the U.S. Open, the U.S Senior Open, the PGA Championship, the Senior PGA Championship, and the U.S. Amateur. ( Oak Hill C.C. completed the set of five in 2008, one year before Canterbury did so.) *Canterbury was the site of

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' 12th major professional victory, the

1973 PGA Championship The 1973 PGA Championship was the 55th PGA Championship, played August 9–12 at Canterbury Golf Club in Beachwood, Ohio, a suburb east of Cleveland. Ohio native Jack Nicklaus won the third of his five PGA Championships, four strokes ahead of ...

. With this victory and his two

championships, Nicklaus surpassed Bobby Jones' career record of 13 professional/amateur majors. *The competitive course record is 66, held by six players: Al Geiberger,

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, Don Iverson, Denny Lyons, and Buddy Allin (all at the 1973 PGA Championship) and

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(at the 1979 U.S. Amateur). *In 2009 at Canterbury, Michael Allen became the second man, after

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, to debut on the Senior (champions) Tour by winning the Senior PGA Championship. *At 608 yards, Canterbury's sixteenth hole and the seventh at Brooklawn C.C. are the longest Par 5 holes ever played at a U.S. Senior Open *Canterbury hosted the first four

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s, 1983–86.

Major tournaments hosted

Canterbury has been the site of 13 major championships at the professional, senior professional, and amateur levels. Modern day majors of the

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are highlighted. *a – Unofficial major. *b – Guldahl defeated

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in a playoff. *c – Little defeated

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by 3 strokes in an 18-hole playoff. Ed Oliver was also tied with Little and Sarazen at the end of regulation play, but was disqualified from the playoff for having started the fourth round early so as to avoid a coming storm. *d – Mangrum remained tied with

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and

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after an 18-hole playoff, then defeated both by 1 stroke in a second 18-hole playoff. *u – Unknown.

References

External links

Canterbury Golf ClubProfessional Golfers Association of America (PGA of America)

The Encyclopedia of Cleveland HistoryUnited States Golf Association (USGA)
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