Midlothian Country Club is a golf course

Golf course

A golf course comprises a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, fairway, rough and other hazards, and a green with a flagstick and cup, all designed for the game of golf. A standard round of golf consists of playing 18 holes, thus most golf courses have this number of holes...

 in Midlothian, Illinois

Midlothian, Illinois

Midlothian is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 14,315 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Midlothian is located at ....

. It is located eighteen miles southwest of Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

 and built on 208 acres (9,060,488 sq ft) of land. Designed by Herbert James (H.J.) Tweedie and opened in 1898. The course was updated by the Ken Killian and Richard P. Nugent design team. In 2003, 82 bunkers on the course were renovated by architect Bob Lohmann of Lohmann Golf Designs and its construction division, Golf Creations.

History

Early on, the club adopted a passenger train that traversed 3 miles (4.8 km) fourteen times a day, providing transportation for its members. Only St Andrews

Old Course at St Andrews

The Old Course at St Andrews is the oldest golf course in the world. The Old Course is a public course over common land in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland and is held in trust by The St Andrews Links Trust under an act of Parliament...

 in Scotland utilized a similar service.

Notable Chicagoans at Midlothian included John G. Shedd

John G. Shedd

John Graves Shedd was the second president and chairman of the board of Marshall Field & Company.Born on a New Hampshire farm, Shedd arrived in Chicago, Illinois in 1871 and began working as a stock clerk for Marshall Field. By 1901, he had worked his way up to a vice-presidency and took over as...

, R.H. Donnelly, and A.G. Spalding

Albert Spalding

Albert Goodwill Spalding was a professional baseball player, manager and co-founder of A.G. Spalding sporting goods company.-Biography:...

.

This country club was the official hosting site of the U.S. Open

U.S. Open (golf)

The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...

 in 1914. Walter Hagen

Walter Hagen

Walter Charles Hagen was a major figure in golf in the first half of the 20th century. His tally of eleven professional majors is third behind Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods . He won the U.S. Open twice, and in 1922 he became the first native-born American to win the British Open, which he went on...

 defeated Chick Evans

Chick Evans

Charles E. "Chick" Evans, Jr. was a leading amateur golfer of the 1910s and 1920s. Evans was the first amateur to win the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur in one year, a feat he achieved in 1916. Evans went on to win the U.S. Amateur in 1920, while finishing runner-up three times...

 to win the first of his eleven major championships.

Major tournaments

• Western Open
  Western Open
  The Western Open, a professional golf tournament, was first played in 1899. At the time of its 2006 playing, the Western Open was the 3rd oldest active PGA Tour tournament, after the British Open and U.S. Open...
  
  
  • 1901 Laurie Auchterlonie
    Laurie Auchterlonie
    Lawrence "Laurie" Auchterlonie was a Scottish professional golfer. He was a native of St Andrews, the "Home of Golf". In 1902, representing the Chicago Golf Club, he won the eighth U.S...
    
    
  • 1969 Billy Casper
    Billy Casper
    William Earl Casper, Jr. is an American professional golfer who was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid 1950s to the mid 1970s.-Early years:...
    
    
  • 1973 Billy Casper
    Billy Casper
    William Earl Casper, Jr. is an American professional golfer who was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid 1950s to the mid 1970s.-Early years:...
    
    

• U.S. Open
  U.S. Open (golf)
  The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
  
  
  • 1914 Walter Hagen
    Walter Hagen
    Walter Charles Hagen was a major figure in golf in the first half of the 20th century. His tally of eleven professional majors is third behind Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods . He won the U.S. Open twice, and in 1922 he became the first native-born American to win the British Open, which he went on...
    
    

• Women's Western Open
  • 1931 June Beebe
    June Beebe
    June Beebe Atwood was an American golfer.She was born in Chicago, Illinois. She won the Women's Western Open 1931 and 1933, and finished second in 1930 and 1932. She also competed under her married name, Mrs. Phillip Atwood...
    
    

• Women's Western Junior
  • 1938 Jane Goodsill

• Hagen Invitational
  • 1939 Ralph Guldahl
    Ralph Guldahl
    Ralph J. Guldahl was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the sport for three years in the late 1930s.-Early life until 1939:Guldahl was born in Dallas, Texas...
    
    

• Chicago Victory National Open
  • 1948 Bobby Locke
    Bobby Locke
    Arthur D'Arcy "Bobby" Locke was the first internationally successful South African professional golfer. He won four Open Championships.-Early years:...
    
    

External links

• Golf.com
• Golf Course Ranking