Golf course
The Thunderbird Country Club is a country club in Rancho Mirage in California 's Coachella Valley . Its signature 18-hole golf course has hosted the Ryder Cup and the Palm Springs Golf Classic (now known as the American Express ). Opened in 1951, the country club has been a favorite of many celebrities, including Bing Crosby and Bob Hope ,[1] as well as US Presidents Gerald Ford and Barack Obama .[2] First known as the Thunderbird Ranch, it was purchased by Johnny Dawson , who established Coachella Valley's first 18-hole golf course here in 1951.[3] [4]
The golf cart is rumored to have been invented at Thunderbird Country Club.[5] [6] By its own account, the Ford Thunderbird is named for the club.[7] [8]
It’s golf course was designed by Lawrence Hughes, also responsible for the 9-hole course at the Tomahawk Lake Country Club in South Dakota.
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References [ edit ] [1]
^ Our History Thunderbird Country Club website, accessed March 28, 2015 ^ Obama's visit put spotlight back on Thunderbird by Dominique Fong The Desert Sun , June 21, 2014 ^ Mallette, Leo A. (2011). Rancho Mirage . Arcadia Publishing. Page 9. ISBN 9780738575018. ^ Niemann, Greg (2005). Palm Springs Legends: Creation of a Desert Oasis . Sunbelt Publications. Page 191. ISBN 9780932653741. ^ Mahler, Richard (2005). Hidden Picture-Perfect Escapes Palm Springs . Ulysses Press. Page 125. ISBN 9781569754313. ^ Mallette, Leo A. (2011). Rancho Mirage . Arcadia Publishing. Page 9. ISBN 9780738575018. ^ Mallette, Leo A. (2011). Rancho Mirage . Arcadia Publishing. Page 9. ISBN 9780738575018. ^ Riche, Melissa and Jim (2018). Mod Mirage: The Midcentury Architecture of Rancho Mirage . Gibbs Smith. Page 12. ISBN 9781423648765. External links [ edit ]
Ryder Cup venues
Worcester Country Club , Worcester, Massachusetts (1927) Moortown Golf Club , Leeds (1929) Scioto Country Club , Upper Arlington, Ohio (1931) Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club , Southport (1933, 1937) Ridgewood Country Club , Paramus, New Jersey (1935) Portland Golf Club , Raleigh Hills, Oregon (1947) Ganton Golf Club , Ganton , East Riding of Yorkshire (1949) Pinehurst Resort , Pinehurst, North Carolina (1951) Wentworth Club , Virginia Water , Surrey (1953) Thunderbird Country Club , Rancho Mirage, California (1955) Lindrick Golf Club , near Sheffield , West Riding of Yorkshire (1957) Eldorado Country Club, Indian Wells, California (1959) Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club , Lytham St Annes , Lancashire (1961, 1977) East Lake Golf Club , Atlanta , Georgia (1963) Royal Birkdale Golf Club , Southport , Merseyside (1965, 1969) Champions Golf Club , Houston, Texas (1967) Old Warson Country Club , St. Louis , Missouri (1971) Muirfield , Gullane , East Lothian (1973) Laurel Valley Golf Club , Ligonier, Pennsylvania (1975) The Greenbrier , White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia (1979) Walton Heath Golf Club , Walton-on-the-Hill , Surrey (1981) PGA National Golf Club , Palm Beach Gardens, Florida (1983) The Belfry , Wishaw, Warwickshire (1985, 1989, 1993, 2002) Muirfield Village , Dublin, Ohio (1987) Kiawah Island Golf Resort , Kiawah Island, South Carolina (1991) Oak Hill Country Club , Pittsford, New York (1995) Real Club Valderrama , Sotogrande , Andalusia (1997) The Country Club , Brookline, Massachusetts (1999) Oakland Hills Country Club , Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (2004) K Club , Straffan , County Kildare (2006) Valhalla Golf Club , Louisville, Kentucky (2008) Celtic Manor Resort , Newport, Wales (2010) Medinah Country Club , Medinah, Illinois (2012) Gleneagles , Auchterarder , Perth and Kinross (2014) Hazeltine National Golf Club , Chaska, Minnesota (2016, 2029) Le Golf National , Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines , Île-de-France (2018) Whistling Straits , Haven, Wisconsin (2021) Marco Simone Golf and Country Club , Guidonia , Rome (2023) Bethpage Black Course , Farmingdale, New York (2025) Adare Manor , Adare , County Limerick (2027) Olympic Club , San Francisco , California (2033) Congressional Country Club , Bethesda, Maryland (2037) versus
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