Background
Tillinghast was born in 1874 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Benjamin Collins Tillinghast, owner of a rubber goods company there.
Tillinghast was born in 1874 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Benjamin Collins Tillinghast, owner of a rubber goods company there.
Tillinghast was one of the most prolific architects in the history of golf. He worked on no fewer than 265 different courses. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2014 and was inducted in July 2015.
He died in 1942 in Toledo, Ohio.
Tillinghast-designed courses have hosted multiple professional golf major championships—the 1927 and 1949 Professional Golf Association Championships, contested at Cedar Crest Park, and Hermitage Country Club, respectively. The United States. Open in 2002 and 2009, contested at the Black Course of Bethpage State Park.
The 2005 Professional Golf Association Championship, contested at Baltusrol Golf Club, which has also been the host of seven United States. Opens. The 2006 United States. Open, contested at Winged Foot Golf Club.
And many others He also designed the course at the Ridgewood Country Club, used for the 1935 Ryder Cup and Scarboro Golf and Country Club in Toronto, host of the Canadian Open for four occasions.
In Westchester County (New York) alone, among the most noted of the sixteen courses that Tillinghast designed there are Fenway Golf Club, Scarsdale. Wykagyl Country Club, New Rochelle. Old Oaks Country Club, Purchase.
Quaker Ridge Golf Club, Scarsdale.
Scarsdale Golf Club, Hartsdale, where he designed the back nine. Briar Hall Golf & Country Club (now Trump National Golf Club) and Sleepy Hollow Country Club in Briarcliff Manor.
And Winged Foot Golf Club (East & West), Mamaroneck. Tillinghast was also the uncredited co-designer of several green complexes at Century Country Club in Purchase.
The Wissahickon Course at the Philadelphia Cricket Club is dedicated to Tillinghast, who designed the course in 1920.
DNP = Did not play
World Development = Withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion
R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, San Francisco = Round in which player lost in match play
Yellow background for top-10
Source for United States. Open and United States. Amateur: United States Golf Association Championship Database.