Founded in 1953,[3] it hosted the 1971 Ryder Cup and the 2009 U.S. Women's Amateur.

The golf course was designed by Robert Trent Jones.

[3][5] Until 1991, Old Warson Country Club banned Black and Jewish people from joining.

[6] That year, it cancelled plans to host a PGA Senior Tour event rather than change its discriminatory rules.

[7][8] Several months later, the club admitted its first Black member: Frederick S. Wood, a retired executive vice president at General Dynamics.