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Westchester Country Club is a private country club located in Harrison, New York. Designed by Walter J. Travis in 1922 as a test for champion golfers, the West Course is an 18-hole, par 72 layout measuring approximately 6,750 yards. The West Course is hilly and heavily wooded, rolling through thick stands of pine, oak, and maple and features many blind spots which add to the complexity and difficulty of the course. Four holes—Nos. 2, 3, 6, and 17—rated among the toughest on the PGA Tour during the course's long tenure as a host on golf's top professional circuit.

Originally designed by Walter Travis, who was known for tiny greens and ferocious bunkering, the course has been revised by notable architects including Perry Maxwell in 1939, Rees Jones in 1982, Ken Dye in 2000 and, most recently, Tom Fazio. The memorability of the course resides in its undulating fairways and incredible green complexes. The Thunderbird Classic came to Westchester in 1963, with Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus winning two of the first three years. The Thunderbird continued annually until 1967 when it became the Westchester Classic. The PGA returned to Westchester Country Club in August 2011 with the final Senior Major of the year, the Senior Players Championship, as well as in 2015 for the KPMG Women's PGA Championship.