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The Presidential Invitational at Congressional Country Club begins on Monday, March 2nd.
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Congressional opened in 1924 and its Blue Course has hosted three U.S. Opens and a PGA Championship. Founding life members include William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. It is currently an annual stop on the PGA Tour, with the AT&T National hosted by Tiger Woods. The Tournament is now known as the Quicken Loans National. Previously, Congressional hosted the Kemper Open until its move to nearby TPC at Avenel in 1987. While Avenel was under renovation in 2005, the tournament returned to Congressional, then known as the Booz Allen Classic. Congressional hosted its third U.S. Open in 2011. Tournament winners at Congressional have included Rory McIlroy, Ken Venturi, Ernie Els, Justin Rose and Tiger Woods, among many others.
The first major championship at Congressional was the U.S. Open in 1964, won by Ken Venturi in oppressive heat with a score of two under par in the last Open to finish with two rounds on Saturday. A dozen years later, the PGA Championship was held at Congressional in 1976. With the course playing as a par 70, 1970champion Dave Stockton sank a par-saving putt on the 72nd hole to win his second PGA Championship by one stroke at 281 (+1). The second U.S. Open at Congressional was played in 1997. Ernie Els, the 1994 champion, won his second U.S. Open with a score of four under par. The Blue Course hosted the U.S. Open in 2011, and 22-year-old Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland won his first major with a final score of 16 under par, a U.S. Open record, with a victory margin of 8 shots.
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Congressional Country Club is Capitol Club on Optishot. This is a Platinum course.
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||
| Green Speeds | Medium Fast | Fast | Fast | |||
| F/W Speeds | Medium Fast | Medium Fast | Fast | |||
| Light Rough | Easy | Moderate | Moderate | |||
| Rough | Moderate | Moderate | Demandng | |||
| Bunkers | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | |||
| Wind | Calm | Gentle | Light | |||
| Weather | Clear | Clear | Clear | |||
| Tees | Middle | Middle | Middle | |||
| Direction | West | South-West | South | |||
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| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 | ||
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| Group 6 | Group 7 | Group 8 | Group 9 | Group 10 | ||
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