Olympia Fields Country Club
Clubhouse in 2015
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| Club information | |
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| Location | Olympia Fields, Illinois |
| Established | 1915, 102 years ago |
| Type | Private |
| Total holes | 36 |
| Tournaments 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) |
| Website | ofcc.info |
| North Course | |
| Designed by | Willie Park, Jnr. |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,343 yards (6,714 m) |
| Course rating | 76.6 |
| Slope rating | 150 |
| South Course | |
| Designed by | Tom Bendelow |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,594 yards (6,030 m) |
| Course rating | 75.0 |
| Slope rating | 146 |
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Olympia Fields Country Club
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| 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 the central United States, located in Olympia Fields, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, about 25 miles (40 km) south of The 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. The South Course is regularly ranked in the top ten in Illinois. Olympia Fields is one of the few private clubs in the U.S. with multiple courses ranked, and it is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The club was founded 102 years ago 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. Course No. 4 became the North Course, and the remaining holes from the other three courses were reconfigured to make the South Course.
Olympia Fields has hosted four major championships: two U.S. Opens (1928, 2003) and two PGA Championships (1925, 1961). It has also been the site of the U.S. Senior Open (1997) and the U.S. Amateur (2015); the Women's PGA Championship is scheduled for mid-2017. In addition, the Western Open on the PGA Tour was played at the club five times.
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