Four years later, it hosted the PGA Tour's Western Open, won by Dutch Harrison.

It was the fourth of Player's nine major titles and his only victory in the U.S. Open; he won with fiberglass-shafted golf clubs, and donated his winner's check to charity.

[4] Bellerive hosted the inaugural U.S. Mid-Amateur in 1981, won by Jim Holtgrieve, and its second major with the PGA Championship in 1992.

The U.S. Mid-Amateur was held at Old Warson Golf Club in 1999, and Bellerive was used in the 36-hole stroke play qualifying portion.

[8][9][10] The course hosted the BMW Championship (formerly the Western Open) in September 2008, the third of the four-part FedEx Cup playoffs.

[11] The top seventy players on the points list competed for the final thirty spots in The Tour Championship, and it was won by Camilo Villegas.

The longest of these is the 519-yard (475 m) tenth hole, which doglegs left around a bunker and then heads downhill across a creek that crosses the fairway about 30 yards (27 m) from the green.

Hole 2 used to be tight par 4 with a sharp dogleg left around a group of trees and small lake with a prominent bunker guarding the right side.

The creek on the right was lined with mature trees which sometimes knocked errant shots headed for doom back onto the fairway in prime position.

However, Jones added a deep, massive bunker on the inside (left) of the first dogleg to punish the greedy player.

All of the tee boxes have been moved up roughly 50 yards, creating a risk reward driveable par 4.