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Chicago Golf Course Connections to the Masters

March 28, 2021 by Walter Lis

Augusta National Golf Club

When Augusta National Golf Club opened for play in January of 1933, there were over 150 golf courses already in operation in the Chicagoland area. Among those Chicago golf courses was the first 18-hole golf course in the United States, Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton. By 1933, six Chicago golf courses had already hosted the […]

Filed Under: Chicago Golf History, Featured, The Masters Tagged With: Alister MacKenzie, Augusta National Golf Club, Bobby Jones, Chicago Golf Club, Chicago Golf History, Glen View Club, Midlothian Country Club, North Shore Country Club, Olympia Fields Country Club, Onwentsia Club, Skokie, The Masters, Wheaton Golf, Wheaton Golf Course

Western Open Golf Tournament

September 6, 2011 by Walter Lis

WESTERN OPEN GOLF

For over 100 years, the Western Open was considered Chicago’s professional golf tournament. First played in 1899 at The Glen View Club, the Western Open in 2006 was the 3rd oldest active PGA Tour tournament, after the British Open (began 1860) and U.S. Open (began 1895). Beginning in 2007, the Western Open was renamed the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Featured Events, Most Popular Tagged With: BMW Championship, Cog Hill, Glen View Club, Western Open

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