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The Golf Club is an 18-hole course in New Albany, Ohio featuring 7,268 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72, designed by Pete Dye and opened in 1967. The course rating is 75.3 with a slope rating of 140. This rural retreat in suburban Columbus is where Jack Nicklaus first learned about design, as an unpaid consultant. Built in 1966, The Golf Club is one of Pete Dye's transition period designs, when he began bucking convention with lay-of-the-land layouts inspired by his 1963 tour of Scotland, reintroducing deception, misdirection and railroad ties into American golf architecture.

The course features bunkers and water hazards framed by railroad ties and tall native grasses scattered throughout. The signature hole is the 3rd, a 220-yard par 3 featuring railroad ties and a diabolical design. The 16th is a 200-yard, par 3. The course is consistently ranked in the top 50 courses in the United States by major golf publications. It holds a 2025-'26 ranking of 46th in Golf Digest's 100 Greatest and has been ranked in the top 5 in Ohio since 1977. Pete Dye returned in 2014 to rebuild holes, modestly adjusting green contours and relocating the fifth green with a contorted putting surface reminiscent of his later designs.