Moraine Country Club

Moraine Country Club opened in 1930 on glacier-carved farmland south of Dayton in Kettering, Ohio, laid out by Scottish-born professional Alex Nipper Campbell, who had worked at storied clubs including The Country Club in Brookline. Campbell used the property's rolling ridges and natural movement to shape a strategic, walkable course. Moraine's signature moment arrived in July 1945, when it hosted the PGA Championship and Byron Nelson beat Sam Byrd 4 and 3 for the ninth win of his legendary eleven-in-a-row streak, the lone major of that run. In 2016 architect Keith Foster completed an extensive restoration, clearing hundreds of trees to reveal the land's contours and returning the greens to their original scale. Today the course again draws championship amateur events and admiration from architecture enthusiasts.