Old Warson Country Club

Old Warson Country Club took shape in the early 1950s when a group of St. Louis businessmen acquired farmland in the Ladue area and set out to build a course worthy of national attention. They hired Robert Trent Jones Sr., whose muscular, strategic style was then reshaping American championship golf, and the club opened in 1954. Jones routed a parkland course through rolling, tree-lined terrain, favoring long carries, contoured greens, and demanding par-4s. Old Warson earned its lasting place in golf history in September 1971, when it hosted the Ryder Cup. The United States turned back Great Britain and Ireland, in what proved to be the final Ryder Cup appearances together for Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Lee Trevino. The club has since remained a respected private venue and a regular host of regional amateur competition around Missouri.