THE COURSE

Host to the 2025 Western Amateur, Skokie Country Club is a Midwest treasure with elite-level green complexes, a healthy dose of history, and a course layout that features great variety. The original 18-hole course was designed by Tom Bendelow in 1904 and 10 years later redesigned by Donald Ross to such a fine degree the Club hosted the 1922 U.S. Open in which Gene Sarazen beat runners-up John Black and Bobby Jones by one stroke – the first of his seven major championship wins.

In 1938, William Langford and Theodore Moreau substantially reworked the layout while respecting Ross’s intentions. In the early 2000s, Ron Prichard helped return
the course to its historic roots. The green complexes were expanded to restore Ross, Langford and Moreau’s original designs. The result is some of the finest putting surfaces and surrounding bunkers you will find anywhere in the Midwest.

Course Accolades:

• Golf Digest’s 2021-22 "Best Golf Courses in Illinois" ranks Skokie #9
• Golf Course Gurus 2023 "Best Golf Courses in Illinois" ranks Skokie #7
• Golfweek’s "Best 2022: "Best Private Courses in Illinois" ranks Skokie #9
• Golfweek’s "Best 2022: "Top Classic Courses" ranks Skokie #97 in U.S.
• GOLF Magazine’s 2022/2023 "Best Courses in Illinois" ranks Skokie #7
• Golfweek’s 2018 "Best of the Best: U.S. Open Courses" ranks Skokie #30