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Course Description:
The Baltusrol Golf Club is a 36-hole country club located in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey. Baltusrol is the site of the 87th PGA Championship. The course architect is A. W. Tillinghast, though the original course (which no longer exists) was designed by Louis Keller.
Normally, the course is a par 72, but for major championships, it plays to par 70.

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Lower Course
The course that has hosted the 16 professional tournaments, the Lower Course normally measures 7,015 yards from the blue tees and is a par 72 with a course rating of 74.5 and a slope rating of 140. For the 2005 PGA Championship, the course measured 7,392 yards and was par 70. From the white tees, the course measures 6,652 yards with a course rating of 72.7 and a slope rating of 139. From the gold tees, the course measures 6,325 yards with a course rating of 71.3 and a slope rating of 137. From the ladies' tees, the course measures 5,981 yards with a course rating of 76.1 and a slope rating of 135. In its listing of the "Top 100 Courses in the U.S.", GOLF Magazine selected the Lower Course as 22nd in 1995, 1997, and 1999.
Three signature holes include the fourth, a par three of 199 yards where the player must hit his or her ball over the pond to a two-tiered green, the seventeenth, a par five of 647 yards where John Daly is the only player to ever reach the green in two, and the eighteenth, a par five of 533 yards famous for spectacular performances by Furgol and Nicklaus.
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Upper Course
From the blue tees, the Upper Course is a par 72 and measures 6866 yards with a course rating of 72.9 and a slope rating of 131. From the white tees, the course measures 6,449 yards, with a course rating of 71.0 and a slope rating of 128. From the red tees, the course measures 5,895 yards, with a course rating of 74.8 and a slope rating of 133. Of the two courses, the Upper Course has the narrower fairways and greens, as it is built on the side of a hill. GOLF Magazine's "Top 100 Courses in the U.S." selected the Upper Course 89th in 1997 and 74th in 1999.