The Atlantic City Country Club is a golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

 club located in Northfield, New Jersey

Northfield, New Jersey

Northfield is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 8,624.Northfield was incorporated as a city by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 21, 1905, from portions of Egg Harbor Township...

, 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Atlantic City

Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast...

. In addition to a golf course

Golf course

A golf course comprises a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, fairway, rough and other hazards, and a green with a flagstick and cup, all designed for the game of golf. A standard round of golf consists of playing 18 holes, thus most golf courses have this number of holes...

, the club offers banquet

Banquet

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 and dining

Restaurant

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 facilities. The course resides on 170 acre (0.6879662 km²) in a coast

Coast

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al setting with skyline views of Atlantic City.

History

The club was established in 1897 and purchased by Hilton Hotels in 1998 and was a private course. It is presently owned by Harrah's Entertainment and is a public course now.

The term "birdie", which means one stroke under par

Par (score)

The word "par" is a term in the game of golf used to denote the pre-determined number of strokes that a scratch golfer should require to complete a hole, a round , or a tournament...

, was coined at the club in 1903.

National championships

The club has hosted seven national championships:

Year	Championship	Winner	Score	Runner(s)-up	Notes
1997	U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur The U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur is one of thirteen United States Golf Association national championships. First played in 1987, it provides amateur women over the age of 25 an opportunity to compete for a national championship. Entrants must have a handicap index of 9.4 or lower.The major amateur...	Carol Semple Thompson Carol Semple Carol Semple is an American amateur golfer.Semple was born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. She is from a prominent golfing family; her father served as president of the United States Golf Association in 1974 and 1975. Her mother played competitive golf and served on various USGA committees for many...	2 & 1	Leslie Shannon
1980	Atlantic City Senior International Atlantic City Senior International The Atlantic City Senior International was a golf tournament on the Senior PGA Tour played only in 1980. It was played in Northfield, New Jersey at the Atlantic City Country Club. It was the very first event on the Senior PGA Tour....	Don January Don January Donald Ray January is an American professional golfer.January was born in Plainview, Texas, and graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas...		|  Mike Souchak Mike Souchak Michael Souchak was an American professional golfer who won 15 times on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s, and played for the 1959 and 1961 Ryder Cup teams.-Early years, college:...
1975 1975 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship The 1975 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was contested from July 17 to July 20 at Atlantic City Country Club. It was the 30th edition of the U.S. Women's Open....	U.S. Women's Open United States Women's Open Championship (golf) The United States Women's Open Golf Championship, one of thirteen national championships conducted by the United States Golf Association , is one of the LPGA's major championships along with the LPGA Championship, the Women's British Open, and the Kraft Nabisco Championship...	Sandra Palmer Sandra Palmer Sandra Palmer is an American professional golfer.Palmer was born in Fort Worth, Texas. She attended North Texas State University where she was a cheerleader and Homecoming Queen....	+7	Nancy Lopez Nancy Lopez Nancy Marie Lopez is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won 48 LPGA Tour events during her LPGA career, including three major championships.-Amateur career:...   JoAnne Carner JoAnne Carner JoAnne Gunderson Carner is a former American professional golfer. Her 43 victories on the LPGA Tour led to her induction in the World Golf Hall of Fame. She is the only woman to have won the U.S. Girls' Junior, U.S. Women's Amateur, and U.S. Women's Open titles, and was the first person ever to...   Sandra Post Sandra Post Sandra Post, CM is a Canadian professional golfer. She was the first Canadian to play on the LPGA Tour.-Early years, junior and amateur golf:...
1967	U.S. Senior Women's Amateur United States Senior Women's Amateur Golf Championship The United States Senior Women's Amateur Golf Championship was launched in 1962 as an annual tournament for female amateur golfing competitors at least 50 years of age. The format began as a 54-hole stroke play competition over three days until 1997 when it was changed to a match play event....	Marge Mason		|  Hulet P. Smith
1965 1965 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship The 1965 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was contested from June 30 to July 3 at Atlantic City Country Club. It was the 20th edition of the U.S. Women's Open.This event was won by Carol Mann.-Final leaderboard:-External links:**...	U.S. Women's Open United States Women's Open Championship (golf) The United States Women's Open Golf Championship, one of thirteen national championships conducted by the United States Golf Association , is one of the LPGA's major championships along with the LPGA Championship, the Women's British Open, and the Kraft Nabisco Championship...	Carol Mann Carol Mann Carol Mann is an American professional golfer.Mann was born in Buffalo, New York and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland After attending the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Mann joined the LPGA Tour in 1961. She won 38 tournaments on the tour, including two major championships, the 1964...	+2	Kathy Cornelius Kathy Cornelius Kathy Cornelius is an American golfer.Cornelius was born in Boston, Massachusetts and attended Florida Southern College, where she played on the men's golf team, as the school did not have a women's team at the time. She turned pro in 1953 and married golf pro Bill Cornelius the same year...
1948 1948 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship The 1948 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was contested from August 12 to 15 at Atlantic City Country Club. It was the third edition of the U.S. Women's Open.This event was won by Babe Zaharias.-Final leaderboard:-External links:****...	U.S. Women's Open United States Women's Open Championship (golf) The United States Women's Open Golf Championship, one of thirteen national championships conducted by the United States Golf Association , is one of the LPGA's major championships along with the LPGA Championship, the Women's British Open, and the Kraft Nabisco Championship...	Babe Zaharias Babe Zaharias Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias was an American athlete who achieved outstanding success in golf, basketball, and track and field...	E	Betty Hicks
1901	U.S. Amateur	Walter Travis Walter Travis Walter J. Travis was the most successful amateur golfer in the U.S. during the early 1900s, a noted golf journalist and publisher, an innovator in all aspects of golf, a teacher, and a respected golf course architect...	5 & 4	Walter E. Egan Walter Egan (golfer) Walter Eugene Egan was an American golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.In 1904 he was part of the American team which won the gold medal...

External links

• Official website