Inside the course: Ridgewood Country Club

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Aug. 18, 2008

The Barclays heads to Ridgewood Country Club for the first time in the tournament's history. Learn more about this new venue.

MORE: Ridgewood CC will host first event in PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup

Fast facts

Original Architect	A.W. Tillinghast (1929)
Course remodel	Gil Hanse (2007)
Course superintendent	Todd W. Raisch
Number of TOUR events as host venue	1 (including 2008)
Yardage History	7,304 (2008)
Grass	Perennial ryegrass; Poa annua (Tees)
	Creeping bentgrass; Poa annua; perennial ryegrass (Fairways)
	Poa annua (Greens)
	Kentucky bluegrass; perennial ryegrass; fine fescue (Rough)
Tournament Stimpmeter	11.5 feet
Sand bunkers	78
Water hazards	1
Course tour	Click here

Course origins

Ridgewood Country Club was ranked No. 81 by Golfweek in April 2007, as well as being ranked No. 87 by Golf magazine in September 2007. Hole No. 6 was ranked among the Top 500 Holes in the World Golf Magazine in 2000, while the club was ranked the No. 84 Most Prestigious Club in America in 2006 by Golf Connoisseur. -- Source: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America

The Barclays spent 40 years at historic Westchester Country Club and moved to Ridgewood Country Club for 2008. Next year, they'll be playing in the shadow of the New York City skyline at Liberty National.

The course has hosted many events, including the 2001 Senior PGA Championship (won by Tom Watson); the 1990 U.S. Senior Open (won by Lee Trevino); the 1981 Coca-Cola Open; the 1981 Coca-Cola Classic; the 1974 U.S. Amateur (won by Jerry Pate); the 1957 U.S. Senior Amateur; and the 1935 Ryder Cup. The 1935 Ryder Cup was won by the United States 9-3. The U.S. team members included Walter Hagen (competing in his final Ryder Cup), Gene Sarazen, Paul Runyan and Horton Smith, while the Great Britian team included the Whitcombe brothers (Charles, Ernest and Reg) and Percy Allis.

PGA TOUR Tournament course history

Course	Location	Years
Westchester CC	Harrison, N.Y.	1967-2007
Ridgewood CC	Paramus, N.J.	2008

Ridgewood Country Club in 2008

The signature hole at Ridgewood Country Club is the 291-yard, par-4 fifth hole, known as the "Five and Dime." In the old days the members called it the "five and dime" because most played it with a 5-iron off the tee and a 10-iron (now a wedge) into the green.