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The Firestone Country Club is a private golf club in the United States, located in Akron, Ohio. It is a regular stop on the PGA Tour and has hosted the PGA Championship three times. The club comprises three courses—those of the North, South, and West. In 1974 the club hosted three televised golf events: the American Golf Classic, the CBS Golf Classic and the World Series of Golf. No other club has hosted three televised golf events in the same calendar year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History – 80 years of renowned golf )〕 One of four World Golf Championships constituent events, the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, directed by the International Federation of PGA Tours and sanctioned on the PGA and European Tours, is contested at the club. The North and West courses also serve as the home course for the University of Akron Zips golf team.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=http://www.gozips.com/sports/mgolf/2012-13/2012-13MediaGuide )〕 ==History== Harvey Firestone commissioned the club in 1929 as a park for employees of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. Its first course, the South, was designed by Bert Way and opened on August 10, 1929, with Firestone driving the first ball. A major redesign by Robert Trent Jones in 1960 added over 50 bunkers, two ponds and brought the course up to at par 70. The course was redesigned by Golforce in 1985 and played at for the WGC event in 2013. The North course was designed by Jones and opened in 1969. Firestone's West was the last course to be added, opening in 1989. First conceived by Geoffrey Cornish and Brian Silva, it went through a redesign in 2002 by Tom Fazio. A driving range was added in 1994; it was the first area of the club open to the public. Finally, in 1995, a nine-hole course, the Raymond C. Firestone, was opened for public play. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Firestone Country Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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