Chicago Golf Club

Chicago Golf Club is a prestigious private golf club in Wheaton, Illinois in the United States. It was one of the five clubs which founded the United States Golf Association in 1894. Its founder, Charles Blair Macdonald, won the first official U.S. Amateur Championship in 1895. The club has hosted four U.S. Amateur Championships and three U.S. Open's. It hosted the Walker Cup in 1928 and is due to do so again in August 2005.

Related Topics:
Golf - Wheaton, Illinois - United States - United States Golf Association - U.S. Amateur Championship - U.S. Open - Walker Cup

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Important tournaments played at Chicago Golf Club:

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• 1897 U.S. Open ? Joe Lloyd
• 1897 U.S. Amateur ? H.J. Whigham
• 1900 U.S. Open ? Harry Vardon
• 1903 U.S. Women's Amateur ? Bessie Anthony
• 1905 U.S. Amateur ? H. Chandler Egan
• 1909 U.S. Amateur ? Robert Gardner
• 1911 U.S. Open ? John McDermott
• 1912 U.S. Amateur ? Jerome Travers
• 1928 Walker Cup ? U.S.A 11: Great Britain & Ireland 1
• 1979 U.S. Senior Amateur ? William Campbell