Olympia Fields Country Club

Olympia Fields Country Club

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Club information
Location	Olympia Fields, Illinois
Established	1915
Type	Private
Total holes	36
Tournaments hosted	U.S Open (1928, 2003) PGA Championship (1925, 1961)
Website	ofcc.info
North Course
Designed by	Willie Park, Jnr.
Par	70
Length	7,343 yards (6,714 m) (Black tees)
Course rating	75.9
Slope rating	147
South Course
Designed by	Tom Bendelow
Par	72
Length	6,594 yards (6,030 m)
Course rating	74.7
Slope rating	144
Olympia Fields Country Club
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Olympia Fields, Illinois
Built	1915
Architect	Bendelow, Thomas M.; Nimmons, George Croll, et al.
Architectural style	Tudor Revival
NRHP Reference #	01000082
Added to NRHP	February 9, 2001

Olympia Fields Country Club is a private golf club in Olympia Fields, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, about 25 miles (40 km) south of The Loop. It contains two eighteen-hole courses, the North and the South. The North Course is considered one of the top three courses in the Chicago area, and is generally ranked in the top 50 courses in the United States. The South Course is regularly ranked in the top ten in Illinois. Olympia Fields is one of the only private clubs to have 36 holes both ranked in the United States.

The club was founded in 1915. The North Course was designed by two-time British Open champion Willie Park, Jnr, and was lengthened prior to hosting the U.S. Open in 2003. It features some significant elevation changes, a meandering creek and hundreds of native oak trees. At one time it was one of four courses at the club, but after the club fell into financial difficulties during World War II, it was forced to sell off half of its land. The remaining holes from the other three courses were reconfigured to make the South Course. Olympia Fields has hosted four major championships in total, two U.S. Opens, 1928 and 2003, and two PGA Championships, 1925 and 1961. Other events held at Olympia Fields include five Western Opens, and the 1997 U.S. Senior Open.

Olympia Fields is famous for its enormous clubhouse, which was finished in 1925 at a cost of $1.3 million. It is a half-timbered English Tudor-style building with an 80-foot-high (24 m), four-faced clock tower that has become the trademark of the club. The club is served by a rail line, which has a station close by. In 2005, the club began a $9.5 million renovation project to improve the practice facilities, revamp some of the bunkers, and make other improvements. The club is on the National Register of Historic Places. The club hosted the U.S. Amateur in August 2015, and will host the KPMG Women's PGA Championship in June 2017.

Major championships hosted

Year	Tournament	Winner	Winning Score	Winner's share ($)
1925	Men's PGA Championship	Walter Hagen	6 & 5	500
1928	U.S. Open	Johnny Farrell	294 (+10)	500
1961	Men's PGA Championship	Jerry Barber	277 (-3)	11,000
2003	U.S. Open	Jim Furyk	272 (-8)	1,080,000
2017	Women's PGA Championship

The Men's PGA Championship was match play until 1958

Other Tournaments Hosted

Year	Tournament	Winner	Winning Score
1920	Western Open	Jock Hutchinson	296
1927	Western Open	Walter Hagen	281
1933	Western Open	Macdonald Smith	282
1968	Western Open	Jack Nicklaus	273 (-11)
1971	Western Open	Bruce Crampton	279 (-5)
1997	U.S. Senior Open	Graham Marsh	280 (E)
2015	U.S. Amateur	Bryson Dechambeau	7 & 6

External links

• Official site