Olympia Fields Country Club

Olympia Fields Country Club
Clubhouse in 2015
Club information
Olympia Fields Country Club is located in the United States
Olympia Fields Country Club
Location in the United States
Olympia Fields Country Club is located in Illinois
Olympia Fields Country Club
Location in Illinois
LocationOlympia Fields, Illinois
Established1915, 109 years ago
TypePrivate
Total holes36
Events hostedU.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)
Websiteofcc.info
North Course
Designed byWillie Park Jnr.
Par70
Length7,343 yards (6,714 m)[1]
Course rating76.6
Slope rating150 [2]
South Course
Designed byTom Bendelow
Par72
Length7,106 yards (6,498 m)[3]
Course rating75.0
Slope rating146 [3]
Olympia Fields Country Club
Nearest cityOlympia Fields, Illinois
Built1915
ArchitectBendelow, Thomas M.; Nimmons, George Croll, et al.
Architectural styleTudor Revival
NRHP reference No.01000082[4]
Added to NRHPFebruary 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.[5] 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.

  1. ^ "Scorecard: North Course". Olympia Fields Country Club. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "Olympia Fields Country Club, North". USGA. Course Rating and Slope Database™. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Olympia Fields Country Club, South". USGA. Course Rating and Slope Database™. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  5. ^ "Olympia Fields Country Club (North)". Golf Digest. January 4, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.