Portland Country Club history

The Massachusetts match was previously thought by the USGA to be the first international match in the United States. It was first played on May 1, 1897 between members of Waverley Country Club and their guests from Washington and Victoria, British Columbia.

Waverley’s rich history of supporting amateur golf began in 1900 when it hosting the second PNGA Championship, an event won by Waverley member Patrick B. Gifford.

1901 was also the year when Waverley hosted its 1st annual Caddy Tournament.

Frederick Warner won the 1903 Spring Meet Oregon State Amateur Championship at Waverley.

His brother George had come to America and to Waverley in 1904.

William Junor, head of a golfing family, came to America in 1905.

William Junor died February 17th, 1916. “A long line of horse drawn vehicles made up the funeral cortege of William Junor.

Columbia Edgewater was established in 1924 as Columbia Country Club.

Arthur Vernon ("A.V.") Macan was selected to design the course, which opened on July 11, 1925 and was the seventh 18 hole course in Portland.

The original clubhouse officially opened in June 1926 on the banks of the Columbia River.

About this time (late 1927) Mary's father had a chance to sell his farm for what was then a big price.

Waverley presented the first Blyth Champion's green jacket in 1930.

Augusta's green jacket dates back to 1937.

Some 32 years after the clubhouse was built, Thomas E. Young, President of the Waverley Board, ceremoniously burned the mortgage over a brass pot on July 22, 1945.

In 1949, Augusta members began the tradition of awarding the green jacket to the winner of the Masters Tournament.

July 27-31, 1993: Waverley Country Club hosts the 46th Annual United States Junior Amateur Championship.

The Sunday Oregonian – August 24, 2003

When the men’s locker room was being remodeled in 2007, the construction crews uncovered a previously unknown incident.