Plainfield Country Club

Plainfield Country Club
Club information
Coordinates	40°35′40″N 74°23′22″W / 40.59444°N 74.38944°W
Location	Edison, New Jersey; United States
Established	1890
Type	Parkland (private)
Total holes	18
Events hosted	The Barclays; 1978 U.S. Amateur; 1987 U.S. Women's Open
Website	www.plainfieldcc.com/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&PageId=277563&ssid=151190&vnf=1
Designed by	Donald Ross
Par	70 (for the 2015 Barclays), 72 normally
Length	7,091 yd (6,484 m)
Course rating	75.3
Slope rating	146

Plainfield Country Club is a private country club and golf course located in Edison in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It was founded in 1890 as the Hillside Tennis Club. Its golf course was designed in 1916 by golf course designer Donald Ross, and opened BC for play in 1921.^[1]

The clubhouse, as shown on a postcard, of Plainfield Country Club in 1909.

Handicap system

In 1904, Leighton Calkins—who served as the mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey, from 1915 through 1920—created the handicap system currently used in golf today. In honor of Calkins, a set of tees at the Plainfield Country Club bears his name.^[2]

Later history

Plainfield Country Club has been home to the 1978 U.S. Amateur,^[3] the 1987 U.S. Women's Open,^[4] several state and regional championships, and has been ranked among the best in the country.^[5] In 2011, it was home to The Barclays golf tournament, the first PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoff event. In August 2015, Plainfield Country Club again hosted the Barclays PGA golf tournament.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "The Barclays - The 2011 Course". Archived from the original on 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
^ "Historical Society of Plainfield to Celebrate Golf History During Barclays". oceanmuseum.org. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
^ 1978 U.S. Amateur
^ 1987 U.S. Women's Open
^ Golfweek's National Panel Of Raters Announce 2008 U.S. Course Rankings

External links

Official website

[barclays-1] "The Barclays - The 2011 Course". Archived from the original on 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2010-10-19.

[Ocean_Museum-2] "Historical Society of Plainfield to Celebrate Golf History During Barclays". oceanmuseum.org. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.

[3] 1978 U.S. Amateur

[4] 1987 U.S. Women's Open

[5] Golfweek's National Panel Of Raters Announce 2008 U.S. Course Rankings

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

v t e Edison, New Jersey
Sections	List of neighborhoods
Education	Edison Township Public Schools Edison High School J. P. Stevens High School Huaxia Edison Chinese School Middlesex County Magnet Schools Edison Academy Magnet School Middlesex County Academy Middlesex County College Wardlaw-Hartridge School Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva Rabbi Jacob Joseph School Edison branch St. Thomas Aquinas High School
Parks, recreation and entertainment	BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir Dismal Swamp Edison Wetlands Association Edison State Park Exxxotica Expo Middlesex Greenway Oak Ridge Park Plainfield Country Club Plays-in-the-Park Roosevelt Park Rutgers Ecological Preserve
Economy	Bare Necessities Crazy Eddie Gund Hackensack Meridian Health FedEx Ground Kam Man Food JFK Medical Center Menlo Park Mall News 12 New Jersey Oak Tree Road OrbitBeyond Raritan Center Zylog Systems
NRHP	Homestead Farm at Oak Ridge Laing House of Plainfield Plantation Roosevelt Hospital Benjamin Shotwell House Short Hills Battlefield Historic District Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum
History	Stelton Baptist Church Camp Kilmer Durham Woods explosion Edison Assembly Kin-Buc Landfill Mayor of Edison 1924 Nixon Nitration Works disaster Piscatawaytown Edison divorce torture plot People
Public transportation	Edison station Metropark Metuchen station NJT 800 buses
Roads and bridges	Raritan River bridges Interstate 287 New Jersey Turnpike U.S. Route 1 Route 27 Route 440 County Routes
This list is incomplete.