he voice of Inverness began as a mere whisper in the wee hours, relatively speaking, of the 20th Century when several of Toledo’s leading citizens financed the original land purchase, constructed the first clubhouse, and built a nine-hole golf course which was eventually expanded to eighteen holes, perhaps as early as 1915.

In the autumn of 1916, the Inverness Board of Directors hired famed Scottish golf course architect Donald Ross to design a championship course in Toledo. His blueprints were on display in the Club’s grillroom by the end of that year and course construction was accomplished, for the most part, over the next two years. 

A lot of golf courses claim to be Donald Ross designs. After all, the Scottish-born architect's signature is on some four hundred courses in the United States, Canada, and Cuba. Though he designed hundreds of courses, he discussed only seven of them in his book, Golf Has Never Failed Me.  Inverness is one of them.

Following the 1920 U.S. Open, the greens on 2, 13, 16 and 17 were raised and a number of holes were lengthened. In 1978, George and Tom Fazio further refined the architecture, creating new holes at 3, 5, 6, and 8.

In the fall of 1999, architect Arthur Hills again enhanced Inverness, lengthening the course to its current 7,255 yards. From its original construction in 1903 through its periodic refurbishing, Inverness has evolved and matured, becoming even more scenic, subtle, balanced, and demanding.