Pittsburgh Field Club

Set in Fox Chapel six miles northeast of downtown Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Field Club (PFC) occupies steep, wooded hillsides broken by benches of open turf that drop toward the Allegheny River valley. It is a private club with a full clubhouse complex, locker and dining facilities, seasonal racquets and pool, and a practice field with short-game areas; golf dominates the campus character. The course today plays in the low- to mid-6,800-yard range from the back markers, typically at par 71, with a first tee perched high beside the clubhouse and a celebrated elevator carrying players from the 17th green up the bluff to the 18th tee. Corridors are intimate, elevation changes are frequent, and approach play into sloped, mid-size targets determines scoring more than raw length. PFC’s competitive résumé is unusually deep for a city-side member club: it hosted the 1937 PGA Championship (match play), the 1959 Western Open, 36-hole U.S. Open qualifying in 1953 (paired with Oakmont), and stroke-play qualifying for the 2003 U.S. Amateur. Recent facility work has refreshed clubhouse spaces and, on the golf side, the club completed a 2012 course renovation under Keith Foster while continuing to present firm, tournament-credible conditions.