Avalon at Squaw Creek

Squaw Creek at Avalon Golf & Country Club, a tree-lined parkland course and one of the oldest championship layouts in the Midwest. DB field crediting Tom Weiskopf & Jay Morrish (1998) is stale; multiple current sources attribute the course to Canadian architect Stanley Thompson (150+ course designs). Weiskopf/Morrish may have worked on a later renovation; the original Thompson routing is what you play today. The 5-tee setup spans 4,990 to 7,372 yards, making it flexible for every skill level. The signature is the short par-4 12th: a dogleg left that demands precision off the tee and a feather-touch approach on and around a small contoured green. Mature tree-lined fairways frame the routing throughout, with several classic-era design features still visible despite decades of upgrades. A reliable companion round to Avalon Lakes on the Penn-Ohio Trail. The older, more classical sibling to Avalon Lakes' Pete Dye theatrics, worth the pair for a two-course Youngstown/Warren weekend.