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COG HILL GOLF CLUB - The Ravines (course #2)(630-257-5872) 

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Cog Hill Golf Club - Ravines | Chicago golf course

Located just SW of Chicago along highway 171, Cog Hill is easy to get to from any of the major freeways. Take 83 south to 171 and follow it to the clubhouse. The practice range is visible off the road and precedes the club entrance. Come early to practice and stay around afterwards for a drink or meal. This is a great environment for golf - and one that all levels of golfers can appreciate. Highly recommended. The spacious clubhouse features men's and women's locker rooms (the men's has 195 lockers, 6 private shower stalls and a shoe cleaning station) Dubs Pub Lounge (great atmosphere) and an expansive restaurant and patio serving breakfast, lunch and some dinners. Separate, fully stocked pro shops service courses 1 and 3 plus 2 and 4 and are furnished with the latest in golf clubs, shoes, attire and accessories. Cog Hill courses # 1, 2, and 3 are moderately priced layouts - and afford visitors an opportunity, as a guest, to experience all the Cog Hill amenities that the pros are accustomed to. 

Cog Hill Golf Club - Ravines | Chicago golf course

Cog Hill Golf Club - Ravines | Chicago golf course

The practice facilities at Cog Hill include a secluded range and short game area for chipping and bunker practice. Expansive putting greens are located at three separate locations on property. Staff and workers at Cog Hill are unpretentious - willing to assist the average person and provide nearly the same service that is afforded players on the tour . Top service is one of the prime reasons Cog Hill assures a good time to as many as 1200 golfers a day during prime season - as well as hosting a myriad of receptions, banquets, golf outings, meetings and special events. Over 400 people are employed at the Club during peak season! The success of Cog Hill as a major player in the golfing industry is largely related to the perseverance and dedication of its owner, Joe Jemsek - who began his career as a caddie and worker on the original courses here in almost every capacity - truly an original American success story!

Cog Hill Golf Club - Ravines | Chicago golf course

Cog Hill Golf Club - Ravines | Chicago golf course

Ravines #2

Since its opening in 1929, Course No. 2 was given the nickname "RAVINES."  The sporty, championship layout is routed through wooded, rolling terrain and challenges golfers with ravines on nearly half of the holes. Unique to the RAVINES course is the closing "19th hole." The challenging par-3 offers a testy putting surface and a memorable end the day's golf match. With the overwhelming success of Cog Hill's first course, the Coghill brothers purchased 160 acres on the east side of Parker Road from the Reed Family. David McIntosh and Bert Coghill worked together to design and build the original Course No. 2, which opened in the fall of 1929 and just in time for the Black Thursday (October 24, 1929) crash of the stock market and the Great Depression. Despite the twelve years of persistent depression, the golf course prospered and the people who had the means continued to make their way to Cog Hill. Nearly 70 years passed before any changes were truly needed.  In preparation for the 1997 U.S. Amateur qualifying three new holes, a par 3, par 4, and par 5 were constructed to create the present-day "U.S. Amateur" layout. The RAVINES course is a favorite of Cog Hill's regular golfers.

Cog Hill Golf Club - Ravines | Chicago golf course

Cog Hill Golf Club - Ravines | Chicago golf course

At course #2, 22 Bunkers are strategically located near greens and fairways on 13 of the holes, and water comes into play on 6 of the 19. The courses at Cog Hill are sufficiently marked with color coded stakes as yardage indicators - red for 100, white for 150 and blue for 200 yards away. Daily pin placement sheets provide hole locations, and the tee areas are marked with GAM's. Golf carts for #2 and #4 are equipped with GPS, providing distances to the hole, and hazards on course. Ravines has 4 boxes to choose from. The yardages and slopes are: Forward tees- 5630 yards with a slope of 123 for women / 113 for men. White tees- 6278 yards, 131 women/120 men. Blue tees 6577 yards, 135 women/123 men. Black tees 6877 yards, 126 slope.

Cog Hill Golf Club - Ravines | Chicago golf course

Cog Hill Golf Club - Ravines | Chicago golf course

Cog Hill #2 has received recognition by numerous golf publications:

  • "10 Best Two-Course Combinations in the World" by Links Magazine,
  • "America's Best Courses Under $100" by Golf Digest Course & Travel Magazine,
  • and "Favorite Classic Courses Under $125" by PGA Professionals Guide who Travel

Cog Hill Golf Club - Ravines | Chicago golf course

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