The par-four fourth hole, part of an opening stretch on Baltusrol’s Upper course that flanks a hillside Photo: Evan Schiller 73 The reopening of the Upper course at Baltusrol marks the completion of Gil Hanse’s restoration of AW Tillinghast’s groundbreaking dual courses. Toby Ingleton reports. Only one club has hosted both the US Open and US Women’s Open on two courses. Just 30 minutes west of Manhattan, Baltusrol Golf Club has in fact hosted nine US Opens, plus three PGA Championships and six US Amateurs. Five of those were played between 1901 and 1915 on its original course, built on club founder Louis Keller’s land. In 1918, he hired AW Tillinghast to build a second course. The architect recommended a grander plan: plough over the original and embark on a golf construction project of a scale never seen before, the creation of ‘dual courses’ that would be equal in appeal and challenge, but with distinct characteristics. Opening in 1922, the Upper and Lower courses have since become a
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