St. Petersburg Country Club

St. Petersburg Country Club’s course opened for play in 1924. Its architect was Herbert Strong, a golf professional who had arrived in the US from his native England in 1905. Mr. Strong has more than 20 course designs to his credit, including Canterbury CC in Cleveland, Engineers on Long Island the original course at Saucon Valley in Pennsylvania. Other Florida designs include Vero Beach CC and the Ocean Course at the Ponte Vedra Beach Club. <br><br> The historic course hosted the St. Pete Open, a regular stop on the PGA tour, twelve times, the last in 1964. Its full length at that time, approximately 6600 yards, was about the norm for tour courses of the day. St. Pete Open winners on this course include Sam Snead, Cary Middlecoff and Raymond Floyd, who won for the first time here in 1963.<br><br>