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Losantiville Country Club is a private Country Club, which operates an outstanding golf facility, tennis and platform tennis facilities, a swimming pool, & provides exceptional food, beverage and services.
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LCC was founded in 1913, and today offers its Members and their guests over a century of tradition and memories. LCC’s facilities include an 18-hole Championship Golf Course, a driving range, two practice greens and a short game practice facility, club, bag and walking cart storage facilities, a complete Golf Shop, men’s & women’s locker rooms, complete grounds and maintenance facilities, a swimming complex, six (6) Har-Tru clay tennis courts, platform tennis courts and a full-service Clubhouse which includes administrative offices.
Losantiville Country Club is a Private Club established & operated for the benefit of its Members & their guests only. Losantiville Country Club is governed by a Board of Directors elected from the Golfing Members.
Losantiville Country Club - A Brief History
The original lease for the Losantiville Club, named after the original name of Cincinnati, was signed in February, 1902 upon the site of the old Oakley race track. Part of the track’s grandstand was converted into our original Clubhouse with showers and a locker room. By 1905 the Membership had grown to 100 creating strong sentiment for upgraded facilities & amenities.
Founded as a Jewish club, in response to the unavailability of membership for Jews at established clubs of the time, LCC has not limited its memberships to Jews for decades; today's membership, although still reflecting the Club's tradition and history, is a cross-section of Cincinnati demographics and is skewing younger almost on a weekly basis, especially as some of the neighboring communities like Pleasant Ridge continue to gentrify.
The leading golf architect of the time was Tom Bendelow, the “Johnny Appleseed of American Golf”. Mr. Bendelow was engaged to design our course in Pleasant Ridge. Mr. Bendelow, using broom straws and the blueprint of the property, created a course that both fit within the boundaries of the blueprint and promised years of enjoyment. Thus, the final decision was made to move forward with acquisition of our present site.
The Club was then reorganized as the Losantiville Country Club and incorporated on March 23, 1906, with the official dedication of the new Clubhouse taking place in May, 1907. Over the intervening years there have been many changes and improvements to the Club, including the addition of a pool in 1935, most recently renovated in 1995. The golf course has been continuously improved. The number of tennis courts have increased and benefited from the installation of lights for night play. The Clubhouse has been remodeled throughout the years, always with the goal of improved Member experience as the goal. As of this writing, in early 2016, LCC is investing in new practice facilities designed to provide exceptional teaching opportunities for all of its Members and offer additional options for Members with limited windows of time to enjoy their Club.
In the spring of 2002 Losantiville CC and Crest Hills Country Club, established in 1939 and located nearby LCC in Amberly Village, voted to merge and become one. The decision was driven by the prescience of the leaders of these two Clubs as they adapted to demographic changes affecting golf in general and their mutual desire to provide the best possible current experience and most advantageous future for their respective Members. Emerging as a new entity, and uniting the history, amenities and communities of the two neighbors, this union was initially, and appropriately, christened The Ridge Club.
Recognizing that the Losantiville golf course’s unique character and tradition, resulting from the pairing of Mr. Bendelow’s naturalistic design with the benefits realized from over a century of evolution and continuous improvements, was enjoyable and challenging for all skill levels of golfers, the combined Membership again voted and chose to preserve the Losantiville course & facilities as the site of the new Ridge Club. These 18 holes of golf were considered the “gem” of The Ridge Club and, next to the committed & passionate Membership, the new Club’s most valuable asset.
In September 2009, the Clubhouse of The Ridge Club was totally remodeled, re-opening in May, 2010, with a renewed commitment, in response to the wishes of the Membership, to a family friendly and casual atmosphere throughout the Club. At this time, the then current Membership, in recognition of the importance of preserving the rich history & tradition of the Club, voted overwhelmingly to change the name from the “Ridge Club” back to the familiar and resonant “Losantiville Country Club”.
Proud of its rich history, first class service, and amenities including the heated modern swimming pool complex, lighted paddle tennis courts and clay tennis courts, superb golf practice facilities and 18 distinctive and rewarding holes of golf, LCC Members today truly enjoy the dining, recreational and social activities available to their families and guests. The unique experience provided by Losantiville Country Club is reserved for its Members and their guests.