Incorporated in 1892 and moved to its current location in Wheaton, Illinois, in 1895, Chicago Golf Club showcases both rich history and robust golf architecture. The club has one of the smaller memberships among the country’s finest courses, making it a highly sought-after tee time. Seth Raynor completed a total renovation of Charles Blair Macdonald’s original design in 1923, and today the course has some of the boldest and best-preserved features found in Raynor’s entire portfolio.

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Take Note…

Old remnants. Throughout the course, remnants of the original C.B. Macdonald design are visible. A prime example is an old Principal’s Nose bunker located approximately 20 yards to the right of the current 12th green.

The Raynor room. From its move to Wheaton until the early 1920s, Chicago Golf Club featured a C.B. Macdonald design. However, the current iteration of the golf course is nearly entirely the work of Seth Raynor, Macdonald’s protégé. In 1917, Macdonald sent the club a brazen letter, denouncing his own design as “one of the worst courses in the country as compared with its former position.” In the clubhouse, there is a small unfinished room just below the clock tower where Raynor drafted his plans.

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