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Cog Hill Golf & Country Club is a public golf complex located 30 miles southwest of Chicago. Cog Hill hosts the PGA Tour's BMW Championship from 2009-2011 on its championship course Dubsdread.

History
Three brothers moved to the Chicago area in 1920. John W., Martin J., and Bert Coghill bought the McLaughlin farm on the east side of Lemont 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 open July 4th weekend in 1927. Reservations for golf were taken at the Boston Store, which, at that time, was one of the downtown Chicago's leading department stores. The Chicago & Joliet Electric streetcar ran from Chicago to Lemont giving golfers easy access for 25 cents. The club expanded in 1929 when the three brothers bought another 160 acres 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 Wall Street Crash of 1929. Even during the tough twelve years of the 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. The Cilas Western Open changed its name to the BMW Championship in 2007.

Hole in One
http://www.coghillgolf.com/about/hole_in_one.asp

Tournaments
Major championships held at Cog Hill's Dubsdread course.

- 2007,2009 - 2011 BMW Championship - 1990 - 2006 Cialis Western Open - 1997 United States Amateur Championship - 1989 USGA Men's Public Links Championship - 1987 USGA Women's Public Links Championship - 1970 USGA Men's Public Links Championship

BMW Championship
The BMW Championship to be held at Cog Hill in 2009, 2010, 2011.

Course #1 Blue
Course #1 is the oldest course at Cog Hill. The Blue course was designed and built in 1927. Green Fees are $59 on weekends and $52 on weekdays including a golf cart.


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Course #2 Ravines
Course #2 Ravines was designed and built in 1929. Ravines was adjusted for to host the 1997 United States Amateur Championship. Green Fees are $69 with cart.


 * 1) Rated 4-Stars by Golf Digest
 * 2) Rated as one of "America's 100 Best Courses for $100 or Less" by Golf Digest Course & Travel Magazine
 * 3) Dubsdread #4 & Ravines #2 ranked as one of the "Ten Best Two-Course Combinations in the World" by Links Magazine
 * 4) Selected as one of "Favorite Classic Courses (Green Fees Under $125)" by PGA Professionals Guide to Travel
 * 5) Hole #4 selected "Favorite Short Par 3" by PGA Professionals Guide to Travel


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Course #3 Red
In 1963 Cog Hill added Course #3. Green Fees are $59 on weekends and $52 on weekdays including a golf cart.


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Course #4 Dubsdread
Dubsdread was designed and built by Joseph L. Lee/Dick Wilson in 1964. Dubsdread is currently undergoing renovation and is schedule to reopen spring 2009. Past green fee to play Dubsdread was $138 in 2007 before the renovation.


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