Plainfield Country Club

Plainfield Country Club occupies glacially heaved terrain in Edison, New Jersey, 25 miles southwest of Manhattan. It is a private club with a full clubhouse campus, robust racquets program (tennis, paddle, squash), pool complex, and expansive practice facilities; the golf side supports contemporary tournament conditioning while emphasizing walkability and fast, firm surfaces. The course today plays primarily as par 72 with back-tee yardages in the 7,000–7,100 yards range depending on set-up; during PGA TOUR visits it has been configured at par 70. The land undulates in ridges and swales, and the routing sends play repeatedly across these "gently flowing hills," producing sidehill stances, canted fairways, and approach shots into mid-size greens whose slopes and fall-offs are the primary defense. A late-1990s–2015 restoration program led by Gil Hanse opened corridors, recaptured green perimeters, and re-established Ross's fairway lines and bunkering schemes while removing later accretions (including certain 1960s ponds). Plainfield remains an active championship venue, most recently hosting the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball (2025) after earlier marquee events such as the 1978 U.S. Amateur and 1987 U.S. Women's Open, and two FedExCup Playoffs Barclays stops (2011, 2015).