Kenwood Country Club

Belonging to Kenwood Country Club is to be a part of a long heritage of tradition and excellence. The overall atmosphere is family oriented and offers a variety of activities and amenities that will be attractive to all family members. The camaraderie of the membership and friendliness of the many long time employees ensure that each visit to the club is a pleasant homecoming. During the summer of 1929, after a long decade of unparalleled stock market advances, a group of 11 members of the downtown Cincinnati Club eagerly decided to create a golfing country club. The committee considered several tracks of land and called in Mr. Donald Ross, an outstanding golf architect with a national reputation, to review and give a written report as to his first choice in location. The committee, lead by Edward J. Hoff, Kenwood’s first president, soon acquired 341 acres of farm land northeast of the city. Soon after the initial purchase an additional amount of land was added to the club’s present course, which totals 482 acres. One of the nation’s leading golf course architects of that era, Mr. William H. Diddel of Indianapolis, was soon engaged to lay out the original 36 holes. Mr. W. Taylor Boyd accompanied him to Cincinnati to supervise the work and stayed on to become one of only 3 golf course superintendents in our club’s history. There are over 4,400 country clubs in the United States. Kenwood Country Club is one of only 39 clubs that is over 75 years of age and has 36 holes. Kenwood is one of only 20 of that group that has hosted a major national tournament. In 1963, Kenwood Country Club hosted the U.S. Women’s Open Championship.