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Inverness Club
Inverness Club is a private golf club in Toledo, Ohio.
Opened in 1903, the club has as of now hosted four U.S. Opens, two PGA Championships, two NCAA Men's Championships, and the Solheim Cup. Inverness is the only club to have hosted the U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur, U.S. Senior Open, and U.S. Junior Amateur. From 1935 to 1954, it also hosted the Inverness Invitational Four-Ball. It is slated to host the 2027 U.S. Women's Open and the 2029 U.S. Amateur. On February 28, 2026 the USGA announced the course would host 2033 U.S. Girls' Junior, 2036 U.S. Girls' Junior, and 2045 U.S. Open
Byron Nelson, who served as the club's head golf professional from 1940 to 1944, considered it his "home course." S.P. Jermain, the club's founder and first Board President, conceived the Ryder Cup. The championship course was designed by architect Donald Ross.
Inverness was founded in 1903, when many of Toledo's wealthiest citizens purchased a parcel of land and built a nine-hole golf course. The course was eventually expanded to 18 holes. In 1916, the club hired Donald Ross to construct a championship-caliber golf course, in which was finished by the end of 1918. In his unpublished book, Golf Has Never Failed Me, Ross discussed the design of Inverness and only six other courses, out of the hundreds he designed.[citation needed]
Before 1920 in the United States, golf professionals were prohibited from entering country clubs' clubhouses, because they were seen as little more than servants to the club members. As the professional golf tournaments began to appear in the early part of the 20th century, the visiting pros were treated the same as the home pros.
By 1920, attitudes had begun to change. Sylvanus Pierre Jermain, "the father of public golf in Toledo", lobbied the USGA and the members of Inverness to allow all players, including pros, into the clubhouse at the upcoming 1920 U.S. Open. Both parties agreed, and Inverness thus became the first golf club in the U.S. to allow pros in the clubhouse.
When the U.S. Open returned to Inverness in 1931, Walter Hagen gathered other professional golfers to purchase a gift for the club in gratitude for its pioneering stance. They bought a grandfather clock that still stands in the clubhouse, with a brass plate inscribed:
God measures men by what they are
Not by what they in wealth possess
This vibrant message chimes afar
The voice of Inverness
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Inverness Club
Inverness Club is a private golf club in Toledo, Ohio.
Opened in 1903, the club has as of now hosted four U.S. Opens, two PGA Championships, two NCAA Men's Championships, and the Solheim Cup. Inverness is the only club to have hosted the U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur, U.S. Senior Open, and U.S. Junior Amateur. From 1935 to 1954, it also hosted the Inverness Invitational Four-Ball. It is slated to host the 2027 U.S. Women's Open and the 2029 U.S. Amateur. On February 28, 2026 the USGA announced the course would host 2033 U.S. Girls' Junior, 2036 U.S. Girls' Junior, and 2045 U.S. Open
Byron Nelson, who served as the club's head golf professional from 1940 to 1944, considered it his "home course." S.P. Jermain, the club's founder and first Board President, conceived the Ryder Cup. The championship course was designed by architect Donald Ross.
Inverness was founded in 1903, when many of Toledo's wealthiest citizens purchased a parcel of land and built a nine-hole golf course. The course was eventually expanded to 18 holes. In 1916, the club hired Donald Ross to construct a championship-caliber golf course, in which was finished by the end of 1918. In his unpublished book, Golf Has Never Failed Me, Ross discussed the design of Inverness and only six other courses, out of the hundreds he designed.[citation needed]
Before 1920 in the United States, golf professionals were prohibited from entering country clubs' clubhouses, because they were seen as little more than servants to the club members. As the professional golf tournaments began to appear in the early part of the 20th century, the visiting pros were treated the same as the home pros.
By 1920, attitudes had begun to change. Sylvanus Pierre Jermain, "the father of public golf in Toledo", lobbied the USGA and the members of Inverness to allow all players, including pros, into the clubhouse at the upcoming 1920 U.S. Open. Both parties agreed, and Inverness thus became the first golf club in the U.S. to allow pros in the clubhouse.
When the U.S. Open returned to Inverness in 1931, Walter Hagen gathered other professional golfers to purchase a gift for the club in gratitude for its pioneering stance. They bought a grandfather clock that still stands in the clubhouse, with a brass plate inscribed:
God measures men by what they are
Not by what they in wealth possess
This vibrant message chimes afar
The voice of Inverness