b'The course has already developed a reputation of hosting significant local and regional events. It was the site of the 2023 Montana State Amateur, as well as that years Mens Senior and Super Senior Amateurs. In August of this year, Old Works hosted the Montana Cup Matches, a Ryder Cup-style competition between the states best amateurs and the PGA professionals of the Yellowstone Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Section PGA. The club has also hosted several collegiate events. First held in 1965, past champions of the PNGA Senior Mens Amateur include a stable of Pacific Northwest Golf Hall of Fame inductees, such as Tom Brandes, Pat ODonnell, Chris Maletis, Kent Myers, Ken Forster, Dr. Jack Lamey, Dr. John Harbottle, George Holland, Erv Parent, and Carl Jonson. The PNGA Super Senior Mens Amateur has been conducted since 2010.Although the MSGA became one of the PNGAs member associations on January 1, 2024, the state had already played a role in the PNGAs long history. Opened in 1899, Butte (Mont.) Country Club was one of a handful of established clubs in the region during that era. The club was invited to attend the PNGAs founding meeting on Feb 4, 1899, but they did not send a delegate, so is not considered one of the PNGAs six founding clubs, but the club would host several PNGA events during the first part of the 20th century. Designed by Jack Nicklaus, the site on which Old Works Golf The annual yearbooks published by the PNGA in theClub was built had been a large-scale copper smelting operation early 1900s regularly included Montana as having clubsthat began in 1884. Capable of processing 3,000 tons of ore as members of the PNGA. daily, it eventually closed and lay idle until 1983 when it became Old Works, which last year completed a remodel ofa Superfund cleanup site. In 1989, Anaconda citizens formed a its clubhouse and now includes a new restaurant andgroup to promote the construction of a world class golf course renovated pro shop, is a championship golf courseon the site. Through cooperation between the community, ARCO, that has earned recognition in Golf Digest on multiplestate and federal agencies along with Nicklaus, ground was occasions as one of the 100 greatest public courses inbroken on May 26, 1994, and the course opened in 1997.the U.S., as well as consistently being ranked as oneAs one of the largest Superfund waste areas in the U.S., the of the 10 best courses in Montana. On top of being asite was also one of the most challenging true destination for players from all over the Northwest,to design. Nicklaus first signature design its an ideal fit for a PNGA Senior and Super Senior Mensin Montana incorporated many historic Amateur, as it provides the ability to test players in allrelics of the copper smelter, from the flue facets of the game and offers great flexibility in yardageand oven remains, to fairways that border with multiple teeing options. and wind their way between black slag. The I think players will be excited to travel to aslag, a by-product of the copper smelting new venue, said Nate Schroeder, PNGA director ofprocess, is also featured in all the bunkers on championship. It will be a great opportunity to competethe course, providing a stunning contrast to at a golf course that most have heard about but haventwhite bunker sand found on other courses. had an opportunity to visit until now.The courses par-5 sixth hole was featured as one of the Great Holes of the Northwest in the March 2024The Macan Cup still bears the Butte issue of Pacific Northwest Golfer magazine.Country Club logo from 1913. SEPT 2024|PACIFIC NORTHWEST GOLFER25'