FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CINCINNATI, OHIO, JUNE 18, 2019- During the Spring of 1919, the Board of the Hamilton County CC accepted the recommendation of member Tom Otterbein and hired Donald Ross of Pinehurst NC to redesign their course in suburban Cincinnati, OH.  1919 was a busy year for Mr. Ross as he prepared Inverness for the 1920 Open and on the rail line between Toledo and Cincinnati he worked on three other projects (Dayton CC, Miami Valley CC and Mohawk GC in Tiffin OH).  The Hamilton County CC had originally started as the golfing part of Avondale Athletic Club in 1897, moving its operation to Bond Hill and occupying Tom Bendelow’s new 6,000-yard course in 1910.  

Ross’s complete 1919 redesign and re-routing also started operation with a name change to Maketewah CC – the Shawnee name for the local Mill Creek that was Cincinnati’s main commercial artery to the north in the 1700’s.  Ross also returned in 1929 to redesign two new holes and completed the routing that is in place today.

Since that time, Maketewah CC has been a key part of Cincinnati’s golf history.  It has been one of the USGA’s longest tenured US Open Qualifying sites, first operated in 1931 and now continuously running since 1976 except for one year.  Site Qualifiers include amateur Jack Nicklaus in 1958 and numerous PGA Touring Professionals. The club has also hosted the first Ohio Open (in 1917) as well as two other Ohio Opens and two Ohio Amateurs. 

It was also the home course for amateurs such as Maurice McCarthy, Marion Miley and Tony Blom. And it has been the course used most for the city’s amateur championship (the Met) – fifteen times – while having the most individual members to have won the championship (ten).  These include 2017 winner Alex Rodger and 2018 winner, Palmer Cup player, and two-time US Open player Will Grimmer.

The course is unique as the only Ross course with Holes #9 and #18 as par 3’s.  Known for its challenging greens, Ross characteristics that feature risks and rewards and the requirement to use all of the clubs in the bag, its layout of less than 7,000 yards typically will defend Par of 71, even during the Open Qualifiers.

The club also shares practice facilities with Xavier University that include a new indoor facility that includes a 5,000-foot putting green, four hitting bays and an indoor video room.  It has been voted one of the nation’s fifty best practice facilities by Golf Range Association of America.

Maketewah Country Club is ranked among Ohio’s finest courses and is honored to celebrate 100 years as a masterful Donald Ross design. 

If you would like more information, please contact: Gerry Lanham at glanham560@aol.com.

Maketewah CC Home Page

Ravisloe Country Club and Calumet Country Club are hosting a new amateur event on June 22-23, 2019.  All are welcome.

Press Release April 26, 2019

MOHAWK GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB

Mohawk Golf and Country Club, located at 4399 South State Route 231 Tiffin, OH, is celebrating its 100th anniversary on Saturday, May 11th.  A tournament will be held starting at 11 AM, followed by a dinner for members and their guests at 5 PM. Historical exhibits will be on display and a brief summary of the history will be presented at the dinner.

Mohawk Golf Club was incorporated at the Shawhan Hotel in Tiffin on May 10th, 1919. After visits to the site, Donald J. Ross, golf architect, designed the nine hole course. The course was opened for play in 1921 with the clubhouse located across from the ninth green.

An additional nine by architect Fred Garbin, as well as a new clubhouse and swimming pool, were completed for opening in April, 1970. The club name was changed from Mohawk Golf Club to Mohawk Golf & Country Club in 2004. In 2013 the club hired golf course architect Brian Huntley for a restoration plan that included bringing the course back toward the style of Donald Ross.

For additional information contact:

Dr. Roy Zinn at rzinn001@woh.rr.com, 419-937-6501 or Golf Professional Nick Dendinger at nick.dendinger@mohawkgolf.com, 419-447-5951.

Mohawk G&CC website

PGA Tour Plays Another Ross!

The PGA Tour will be playing the Rocket Mortgage Classic on June 27-30, 2019 at the Detroit Golf Club. The Club has two 18 hole courses, the North and the South, designed by Donald Ross in 1914. The Ross connection to the Detroit Golf Club is especially strong considering that Alec Ross, the brother of Donald Ross, was the club professional there for 31 years prior to his retirement in 1945. 

Link to Detroit Golf Club

Link to Tournament Website

This Saturday, 128 of the best women amateur golfers will start play in the USGA Women’s Amateur Four Ball at Timuquana CC, a 1923 Donald Ross design.

Championship Fast Facts

Donald Ross Society member Vaughn Halyard and Jeff Mingay look at the career of Ron Prichard in Golf Course Architecture Magazine.

Click here to read the article

Golf Heritage Society Event – Thursday May 23rd
Tumblebrook GC – Coopersburg, Pa.

The Golf Heritage Society would like to extend an invitation to any Donald Ross Society member or Hickory player to a 9-hole hickory event on this Donald Ross Course just outside of Philadelphia. Tee off around 11 a.m. followed by lunch and a Show-n-Tell of your favorite collectible. Bob Gettis, former president of the now Golf Heritage Society will host. 

You will need to email Bob directly at rbgettis@comcast.net to sign-up and for further details.

(This is NOT a Donald Ross Society run event, and ALL sign-ups/details will be handled by the Golf Heritage Society).

Price for walkers is just $12 and carters $22. Lunch will be available after golf.

He will have some hickory sets available at no charge for those that may not have a set and want to give hickory a try. You can walk or ride. Consider bringing a friend!

For information on the course, please see:  https://tumblebrookgolf.com/

For information on the Golf Heritage Society, please see: https://www.golfheritage.org/events/

Donald Ross Society Featured Club

Architect Kris Spence has just completed this restoration.

Sara Bay Article October 2018

Read Jason Way's article (FriedEgg.com) about the restoration efforts at Cedar Rapids Country Club. Vaughn Halyard, one of our Ross Historians, led the charge.

Jason Way - Fried Egg Article