The Firestone Country Club is a private golf club located in Akron, Ohio, United States.
The Club comprises three courses—those of the North, South, and West—each of which hosted a televised golf event, respectively the American Golf Classic, the CBS Golf Classic and the World Series of Golf, in 1973; no other club has hosted three televised golf events in the same calendar year.
One of three World Golf Championships constituent events, the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, directed by the International Federation of PGA Tours and sanctioned on the PGA and European Tours, is contested at the club, which serves also as a home course for the University of Akron Zips golf team.
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