Old Warson Country Club
Old Warson Country Club is a country club located in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1953, it hosted the 1971 Ryder Cup and the 2009 U.S. [Women's Amateur]. The golf course was designed by Robert Trent Jones.
Hale Irwin, the winner of three U.S. Opens, joined the club in 1974 as a junior member; since 1977 he has been an active member.
Until 1991, Old Warson Country Club banned Black and Jewish people from joining. That year, it cancelled plans to host a PGA [Tour Champions|PGA Senior Tour] event rather than change its discriminatory rules. Several months later, the club admitted its first Black member: Frederick S. Wood, a retired executive vice president at General Dynamics.
The initiation fee was $45,000 in 1996 and $80,000 in 2006.
Major tournaments
| Year | Tournament | Winner |
| 1957 | Western Amateur | Ed Updegraff |
| 1962 | Trans-Mississippi Amateur | Bob Ryan |
| 1971 | Ryder Cup | List of American [Ryder Cup golfers|Team USA] |
| 1999 | U.S. Mid-Amateur | Danny Green |
| 2009 | U.S. Women's Amateur | Jennifer Song |
| 2016 | U.S. Senior Amateur | Dave Ryan |