Skokie Country Club

Skokie Country Club occupies a tight, gently rolling parcel in Glencoe, north of Chicago, where fairways thread between stands of hardwoods and low wetlands that once gave the place its Potawatomi-derived name. It is a private, full-service club with an understated clubhouse, an expansive practice ground, and seasonal racquet, aquatics, and paddle programs. The golf course that members play today is the product of layered authorship. Donald Ross’s 1914–15 redesign—built on land previously routed by Tom Bendelow—set the strategic template that drew the 1922 U.S. Open. William Langford and Theodore Moreau substantially reworked and lengthened the layout in 1938 after additional land acquisitions, while Rees Jones made targeted changes in the early 1980s, including a pond at the current 13th. A late-1990s restoration by Ron Prichard sought to recover the course’s early-20th-century scale and ground options, and in 2022 Brian Schneider (Renaissance Golf Design) refined bunkering and green complexes. The present card (club and directory sources) shows a par of 71 from the longest tees, with total yardage commonly listed around 7,091 yards; the club’s hole-by-hole pages and “scorecard” tab provide current details. The course is best known publicly for Gene Sarazen’s victory at the 1922 U.S. Open, but it remains an active championship host in the Western Golf Association and USGA circles.