Olympia Fields Country Club
Club information | |
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Location in theUnited States Location inIllinois | |
Location | Olympia Fields, Illinois |
Established | 1915, 109 years ago |
Type | Private |
Total holes | 36 |
Events hosted | U.S Open(1928,2003) PGA Championship (1925,1961) U.S. Senior Open(1997) U.S. Amateur(2015) Women's PGA(2017) Western Open(5) BMW Championship(2020, 2023) |
Website | ofcc.info |
North Course | |
Designed by | Willie Park Jnr. |
Par | 70 |
Length | 7,343 yards (6,714 m)[1] |
Course rating | 76.6 |
Slope rating | 150[2] |
South Course | |
Designed by | Tom Bendelow |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,106 yards (6,498 m)[3] |
Course rating | 75.0 |
Slope rating | 146[3] |
Olympia Fields Country Club | |
Nearest city | Olympia Fields, Illinois |
Built | 1915 |
Architect | Bendelow, Thomas M.; Nimmons, George Croll, et al. |
Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
NRHP referenceNo. | 01000082[4] |
Added to NRHP | February 9, 2001 |
Olympia Fields Country Clubis a private golf club in thecentralUnited States,located inOlympia Fields, Illinois,a suburb ofChicago,about 25 miles (40 km) south ofThe Loop.It contains two eighteen-hole courses, North and 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.[5]The South Course is regularly ranked in the top ten inIllinois.Olympia Fields is one of the few private clubs in the U.S. with multiple courses ranked, and it is on theNational Register of Historic Places.
History[edit]
The club was founded 109 years ago in 1915. The first Club President wasAmos Alonzo Stagg,the famouscollege footballhead coach and athletic director at nearbyUniversity of Chicago.[6]The main dining room of the club is named in his honor.[citation needed]The North Course was designed by two-timeBritish OpenchampionWillie Park, Jnr,and was lengthened prior to hosting theU.S. Openin2003.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 duringWorld War II,it was forced to sell off half of its land. Course No. 4 became the North Course, and the remaining holes from the other three courses were reconfigured to make the South Course.[6][7]
Olympia Fields has hosted fourmajor championships:twoU.S. Opens(1928,2003) and twoPGA Championships(1925,1961). It has also been the site of theU.S. Senior Open(1997) theU.S. Amateur(2015), and the2017 KPMG Women's PGA Championship.In addition, theWestern Openon thePGA Tourwas played at the clubfive times.[8]
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 EnglishTudor-stylebuilding with an 80-foot-high (24 m), four-faced clock tower that has become the trademark of the club. The western boundary of the property is bordered by acommuter railline,Metra Electric District,and itsOlympia Fields stationis just west of the clubhouse; the line was previously theIllinois Central Railroad.[7]
In 2005, the club began a $9.5 million renovation project to improve the practice facilities, revamp some of the bunkers, and make other improvements.
Tournaments hosted[edit]
Major championships[edit]
Includes amateur and professional major championships
Year | Tournament | Champion | Winning score |
Winner's share ($) |
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1925 | PGA Championship | Walter Hagen | 6 & 5 | 500 |
1928 | U.S. Open | Johnny Farrell[nb 1] | 294 (+10) | 500 |
1961 | PGA Championship | Jerry Barber[nb 2] | 277 (–3) | 11,000 |
1997 | U.S. Senior Open | Graham Marsh | 280 (E) | 232,500 |
2003 | U.S. Open | Jim Furyk | 272 (–8) | 1,080,000 |
2015 | U.S. Amateur | Bryson DeChambeau | 7 & 6 | n/a |
2017 | Women's PGA Championship | Danielle Kang | 271 (–13) | 525,000 |
- Bolded yearsaremajor championshipson thePGA Tour.
- The PGA Championship wasmatch playuntil1958
- ^36 hole playoff withBobby Jones
- ^18 hole playoff withDon January
Other tournaments[edit]
The Western Open was historically an important event in golf, a near-major.[8]
Year | Tournament | Winner | Winning score |
Winner's share ($) |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1920 | Western Open | Jock Hutchison | 296 | [9] | |
1927 | Western Open | Walter Hagen | 281 | [10][11] | |
1933 | Western Open | Macdonald Smith | 282 | 500 | [12][13] |
1968 | Western Open | Jack Nicklaus | 273 (–11) | 26,000 | [14][15] |
1971 | Western Open | Bruce Crampton | 279 (–5) | 30,000 | [16][17][18] |
2020 | BMW Championship | Jon Rahm | 276 (-4) | 1,710,000 | [19] |
2023 | BMW Championship | Viktor Hovland | 263 (-17) | 3,600,000 | [20] |
Scorecards[edit]
Tee | Rating/Slope | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tournament | 626 | 471 | 461 | 400 | 417 | 187 | 430 | 247 | 445 | 3684 | 444 | 402 | 389 | 168 | 444 | 576 | 215 | 455 | 496 | 3589 | 7273 | |
Championship | 560 | 446 | 439 | 392 | 387 | 178 | 430 | 226 | 445 | 3503 | 429 | 397 | 389 | 168 | 438 | 567 | 196 | 413 | 468 | 3465 | 6968 | |
Regular | 542 | 430 | 409 | 365 | 347 | 164 | 400 | 197 | 433 | 3287 | 417 | 375 | 377 | 150 | 420 | 550 | 175 | 369 | 485 | 3318 | 6605 | |
Forward | 518 | 395 | 391 | 327 | 326 | 156 | 390 | 175 | 372 | 3050 | 402 | 356 | 367 | 130 | 410 | 523 | 145 | 350 | 455 | 3138 | 6188 | |
Par | Men's | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 70 |
SI | Men's | 5 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 6 | |||
Regular | 486 | 340 | 327 | 311 | 238 | 136 | 377 | 140 | 412 | 2767 | 347 | 298 | 282 | 122 | 322 | 453 | 130 | 292 | 395 | 2641 | 5408 | |
Par | Ladies' | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
SI | Ladies' | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 |
Tee | Rating/Slope | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Black | 75.0 / 146 | 459 | 482 | 182 | 543 | 243 | 375 | 566 | 409 | 440 | 3699 | 500 | 345 | 212 | 415 | 150 | 430 | 365 | 460 | 530 | 3407 | 7106 |
Blue | 73.8 / 144 | 433 | 420 | 171 | 524 | 210 | 361 | 566 | 409 | 440 | 3534 | 500 | 331 | 200 | 395 | 150 | 430 | 365 | 440 | 530 | 3341 | 6875 |
White | 72.0 / 139 | 396 | 403 | 152 | 517 | 183 | 337 | 540 | 390 | 400 | 3318 | 478 | 331 | 170 | 380 | 135 | 382 | 342 | 411 | 503 | 3132 | 6450 |
Green | 70.0 / 134 | 375 | 380 | 139 | 488 | 158 | 310 | 517 | 379 | 371 | 3117 | 448 | 288 | 150 | 348 | 135 | 342 | 307 | 402 | 470 | 2890 | 6007 |
Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4/5 | 5 | 36/37 | 72/73 | |
SI | Men's | 7 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 6 | |||
Green/Gold | 353 | 380 | 125 | 458 | 158 | 310 | 420 | 365 | 334 | 2903 | 448 | 260 | 150 | 348 | 100 | 342 | 275 | 360 | 470 | 2753 | 5656 | |
Gold | 353 | 285 | 125 | 458 | 158 | 310 | 420 | 365 | 334 | 2808 | 410 | 260 | 121 | 318 | 100 | 342 | 275 | 360 | 430 | 2616 | 5424 | |
SI | Ladies' | 9 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 166 | 8 | 2 |
References[edit]
- ^ab"Scorecard: North Course".Olympia Fields Country Club.RetrievedMay 11,2013.
- ^ab"Olympia Fields Country Club, North".USGA. Course Rating and Slope Database™.RetrievedFebruary 23,2017.
- ^abc"Olympia Fields Country Club, South".USGA. Course Rating and Slope Database™.RetrievedFebruary 23,2017.
- ^"National Register Information System".National Register of Historic Places.National Park Service.January 23, 2007.
- ^"Olympia Fields Country Club (North)".Golf Digest.January 4, 2017.RetrievedFebruary 23,2017.
- ^abMcAllister, Mike (August 23, 2020)."Nine things to know: Olympia Fields".PGA Tour.RetrievedAugust 23,2020.
- ^abChase, Al (June 23, 1946)."Olympia Fields acres expected to be homesites".Chicago Daily Tribune.p. B, part 3.
- ^abHusar, John (July 14, 1971)."Western Open just another golf tournament".Chicago Tribune.p. 1, sec. 3.
- ^Davis, Joe (August 6, 1920)."Hutchinson wins Western title by one stroke".Chicago Daily Tribune.p. 10.
- ^Rohm, Harland (September 11, 1927)."Hagen scores 281 to capture Western Open".Chicago Sunday Tribune.p. 1, sec. 2.
- ^"Hagen again wins Western Open championship".St. Petersburg Times.(Florida). Associated Press. September 11, 1927. p. 25.
- ^Bartlett, Charles (August 28, 1933)."Mac Smith wins Western Open by 6 strokes".Chicago Daily Tribune.p. 21.
- ^"Western Crown for Mac Smith".Spokesman-Review.(Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. August 28, 1933. p. 7.
- ^Husar, John (August 5, 1968)."Nicklaus 273 takes Western Open".Chicago Tribune.p. 1, sec. 3.
- ^"Golden Bear ends drought".Eugene Register-Guard.(Oregon). Associated Press. August 5, 1968. p. 3B.
- ^Husar, John (July 19, 1971)."'Can't Lose' Crampton wins Western ".Chicago Tribune.p. 1, sec. 3.
- ^"Bruce Crampton captures Western Open golf crown".Spokesman-Review.(Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 19, 1971. p. 11.
- ^"Golf: Western Open".Eugene Register-Guard.(Oregon). Associated Press. July 19, 1971. p. 5B.
- ^"Rahm wins BMW Championship in thrilling playoff".PGATour.Associated Press. 30 August 2020.Retrieved30 August2020.
- ^McDonald, Patrick (20 August 2023)."2023 BMW Championship leaderboard: Viktor Hovland breaks course record, surges past Scottie Scheffler for win".CBSSports.Retrieved20 August2023.
- ^"Scorecard: South Course".Olympia Fields Country Club.RetrievedMay 11,2013.
External links[edit]
- U.S. Open (golf) venues
- Sports venues in Cook County, Illinois
- Golf clubs and courses in Illinois
- National Register of Historic Places in Cook County, Illinois
- 1915 establishments in Illinois
- Sports venues on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
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