Cog Hill Golf & Country Club is a public golf course and country club located in Palos Park, Illinois, southwest of Chicago. Cog Hill hosted the PGA Tour's BMW Championship from 2009 to 2011 on its championship course Dubsdread, as well as 16 times when the tournament was known as the Western Open.
History Three brothers moved to the Chicago area in 1920. John W., Martin J., and Bert Coghill bought the McLaughlin farm on the west side of Palos Park, Illinois in 1926 to build a golf club. They then hired David McIntosh, who owned Oak Hills, to build them a golf course. Cog Hill Course #1 opened on the Fourth of July weekend in 1927. Reservations for golf were taken at Chicago's Boston Store, which, at that time, was one of the downtown Chicago's leading department stores. The Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway ran from Chicago to Lemont, giving golfers easy access for 25 cents.
The club expanded in 1929 when the three brothers bought another from the Reed family on the east side of Parker Road. Course #2 was designed and built by David McIntosh and Bert Coghill. It was opened in the fall of 1929, within days of the Wall Street crash of 1929. Even during the tough twelve years of the Great Depression, Cog Hill was able to prosper. In 1951, Joe Jemsek bought Cog Hill. Course #3 was added in 1963 and Dubsdread was completed in 1964.
The Western Golf Association awarded the Western Open to Cog Hill in 1991. It changed its name to the BMW Championship in 2007. Tiger Woods shot a course record 9-under 62 on Dubsdread in 2009. Woods has won the tournament at Cog Hill five times.
Cog Hill is now run and operated by Jemsek Golf Inc.
Tournaments Major championships held at Cog Hill's Dubsdread course.
BMW Championship YearPlayerCountryScoreTo ParMarginEarnings ($)2011 Justin Rose 63-68-69-71=271 −13 2 1,440,0002010 Dustin Johnson 68-70-68-69=275 −9 1 1,350,0002009 Tiger Woods 68-67-62-68=265 −19 8 1,350,0002007 Tiger Woods 67-67-65-63=262 −22 2 1,260,000
Western Open YearPlayerCountryScoreTo ParMarginEarnings ($)2006 Trevor Immelman 69-66-69-67=271 −13 2 900,0002005 Jim Furyk 64-70-67-69=270 −14 2 900,0002004 Stephen Ames 67-73-64-70=274 −10 2 864,0002003 Tiger Woods 63-70-65-69=267 −21 5 810,0002002 Jerry Kelly 67-69-68-65=269 −19 2 720,0002001 Scott Hoch 69-68-66-64=267 −21 1 648,0002000 Robert Allenby 69-69-68-68=274 −14 0 540,0001999 Tiger Woods 68-66-68-71=273 −15 3 450,0001998 Joe Durant 68-67-70-66=271 −17 2 396,0001997 Tiger Woods 67-72-68-68=275 −13 3 360,0001996 Steve Stricker 65-69-67-69=270 −18 8 360,0001995 Billy Mayfair 73-70-69-67=279 −9 1 360,0001994 Nick Price 67-67-72-71=277 −11 1 216,0001993 Nick Price 64-71-67-67=269 −19 5 216,0001992 Ben Crenshaw 70-72-65-69=276 −12 2 198,0001991 Russ Cochran 66-72-68-69=275 −13 2 180,000
U.S. Amateur Championship YearPlayerCountryScoreRunner-up1997 Matt Kuchar 2 & 1 Joel Kribel
U.S. Men's Amateur Public Links YearPlayerCountryScoreRunner-up1989 Tim Hobby 4 & 3 Henry Cagigal1970 Robert Risch 293 Mike Zimmerman
U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links YearPlayerCountryScoreRunner-up1987 Tracy Kerdyk 4 & 3 Pearl Sinn
Courses Course #1 Blue Course #1 is the oldest course at Cog Hill. The Blue course was designed and built in 1927.
Course #2 Ravines Course #2 Ravines was designed and built in 1929. Ravines was adjusted for to host the 1997 United States Amateur Championship. Golf Digest rated the course 4-Stars and as one of "America's 100 Best Courses for $100 or Less".
Course #3 Red In 1963 Cog Hill added Course #3.
Course #4 Dubsdread Dubsdread was designed and built by Joseph L. Lee/Dick Wilson in 1964. It was renovated by Rees Jones in 2007–2008.
References
External links Chicago's Must-Play Golf Courses Golflink.com