Known simply as The Field Club to Pittsburghers,
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Pittsburgh Field Club
Course-Used Pin Flag
Offered here is a hard to find course-used pin flag from the the Pittsburgh
Field Club, which is known as simply the "Field Club" in Pittsburgh. The Field
Club hosted the PGA Championship in 1937, where Denny Shute successfully
defended his match play title. The club also hosted the Western Open in 1959 as
part of Pittsburgh’s bicentennial celebration. Before he won the U.S. Open in
1953 at nearby Oakmont, Ben Hogan had to qualify for the national championship
at the Pittsburgh Field Club, even though he had won three of the previous five.