Pittsburgh Field Club

Overview: Pittsburgh Field Club is a private course in Pittsburgh whose modern layout grew from several generations of architectural work. Alexander H. Findlay established the present-site design, while later changes by A.W. Tillinghast, Willie Park Jr., Robert Trent Jones, Arthur Hills and Keith Foster added new layers. The parkland routing uses wooded slopes, elevation and strategic green approaches in a compact but varied setting.

History: The club traces its roots to the Pittsburgh Cricket Club, chartered in 1882, but the current golf course was completed and opened for play at the present site on June 1, 1915. The property and course have since undergone numerous modifications, including documented work by Tillinghast and a 2012 renovation by Keith Foster.

Did You Know? Findlay’s original design included a 600-yard par-six leading to an island green, followed by a cliff-top par-three called Gibraltar. Those holes no longer survive in that form, but the story shows how radically the course’s early concepts used the site’s terrain.