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Sherwood Country Club is a private, member owned golf and country club in Lake Sherwood, California set at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains just south of city of Thousand Oaks. Sherwood is home to a championship 18-hole Jack Nicklaus signature golf course, driving range and Georgian architecture golf clubhouse. Adjacent to the golf club is the tennis clubhouse, swimming pool, gymnasium, fitness facility and spa. There are a total of 12 tennis courts, including 8 hard courts (one with stadium seating), two clay courts and two grass courts. The courts are lit for night play. Sherwood was the host of the World Challenge, an off-season, PGA Tour-recognized golf tournament hosted by Tiger Woods each December, from 2000 to 2013. Sherwood was also the site of the Showdown at Sherwood, the first ever prime-time live golf match,〔(Prime-Time Golf Shootout Is a Ratings Success ), Associated Press via Los Angeles Times, August 4, 1999.〕 which was played between Tiger Woods and David Duval in 1999. ==History== Lake Sherwood, originally Potrero Lake, is the oldest man-made lake in California. It was built in 1904 and is approximately . It was changed to Lake Sherwood when the surrounding areas, used for the filming of "Robin Hood" starring Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., in 1921, became known as "Sherwood Forest" and "Maid Marian Park." The golf course was formally opened on October 30, 1989. Centuries prior to the country club were the Chumash Indians. Sherwood Country Club Presidents: *1989-2007 David H. Murdock (developer) *2007-2008 Peter Wagner *2008-2009 Stephen Smith *2009-2010 James Jackoway *2010-2011 Daniel Selleck *2011-2012 George Carney, Jr. *2012-2013 Hal Katersky *2013-2014 Matthew P. Stapleton 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「Sherwood Country Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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