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Famed Scioto Country Club
Hosts U.S. Senior Open
This is the 100
th
anniversary
for famed Scioto Country
Club in Columbus and August
11-14, they are throwing a
huge birthday party. The best
senior golfers in the world
will descend on the boyhood
home of Jack Nicklaus for the
U.S. Senior Open.
It is only fitting the USGA
revisit Scioto, since Nicklaus
began playing golf there at
the age of 10, broke 70 on the
famed Donald Ross design at
13 and went on to become
a collegiate All-American at
nearby Ohio State University.
Nicklaus nearly won the 1960
U.S. Open, as an amateur,
won two U.S. Amateur
Championships, four U.S.
Open titles and the U.S.
Senior Open twice. He even
has his own room named for
him at USGA headquarters in
Far Hills, New Jersey.
Strolling through the halls
of Scioto Country Club is
like taking a walk though
golf history as numerous
pictures of course architect
Donald Ross adorn the walls.
Pictures also capture Bobby
Jones winning the 1926 U.S.
Open at Scioto, as well as,
an American win in the 1931
Ryder Cup match held there.
Scioto also hosted the 1950
PGA Championship, as well
as, the 1968 U.S. Amateur,
won by Bruce Fleisher. The
last time the USGA visited
Scioto, Dale Douglas won the
1986 U.S. Senior Open with
a score of nine-under-par.
Jeff Maggert will be the
defending champion for
the 36
th
U.S. Senior Open.
Maggert turned 50 in
February, 2014 and won
the Mississippi Gulf Resort
Classic in his rookie year.
In his second year on the
Champions Tour, he won the
Regions Tradition in May and
the U.S. Senior Open at Del
Paso Country Club in June.
He was always known as a
NWO Golf Links