Golf in Warson Woods

Warson Woods is a small St. Louis County municipality in the southwestern inner suburbs, home of Old Warson Country Club, which hosted the 1971 Ryder Cup in one of international golf's most celebrated matches of that era. The community's private club heritage and the historical significance of the Ryder Cup event create a connection to golf history unusual for such a small municipality. The southwestern St. Louis County corridor's affluent residential character sustains the private club tradition. The county seat's role as a commercial and governmental hub ensures that recreational infrastructure like golf courses receives the community investment appropriate to a center serving the surrounding rural population.