It was the first, and currently only one of three golf courses in the United States to host the men's and women's U.S. Open Championships and the Ryder Cup.

Worcester is one of a few private clubs in the United States that has a bowling alley in the men's locker room.

This was the championship in which Jones famously called a penalty on himself when his ball moved slightly in the rough after he touched the grass with his club on the 11th hole of the first round.

[1] After his arrival in the U.S. from Carnoustie, Scotland, Willie Ogg – who served as one of the early head professionals at the club – was instrumental in arranging for the first Ryder Cup matches to be held at his home course in 1927.

Ogg also laid out the Green Hill Golf Club in Worcester, and the course opened up for play on April 1, 1929.

Mickey Wright, the leader going into the final day and seeking her third consecutive Open championship, shot eighty-one to lose to Betsy Rawls.