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Oak Brook, IL
Butler National Golf Club
Butler National developed in Oak Brook during the early 1970s. Contractor I. C. “Red” Harbour coordinated its construction project, part of a wider body of work his company undertook in the growing community.
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- 18 holes · par 71
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The course
Course design
Butler National Golf Club history
Scott Verplank won the Western Open in 1985 as an amateur. He also captured that year’s Western Amateur, becoming the first amateur since Chick Evans to win both titles.
Championships
- 1990 Western OpenButler National Golf Club
- 1989 Western OpenButler National Golf Club
- 1988 Western OpenButler National Golf Club
- 1987 Western OpenButler National Golf Club
View all 17 past editions
- 1986 Western OpenButler National Golf Club
- 1985 Western OpenButler National Golf Club
- 1984 Western OpenButler National Golf Club
- 1983 Western OpenButler National Golf Club
- 1982 Western OpenButler National Golf Club
- 1981 Western OpenButler National Golf Club
- 1980 Western OpenButler National Golf Club
- 1979 Western OpenButler National Golf Club
- 1978 Western OpenButler National Golf Club
- 1977 Western OpenButler National Golf Club
- 1976 Western OpenButler National Golf Club
- 1975 Western OpenButler National Golf Club
- 1974 Western OpenButler National Golf Club
Results and dates 17 editions
BMW Championship
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Western Open
Tom Watson
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Western Open
Hale Irwin
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Western Open
Al Geiberger
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Western Open
Tom Watson
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Western Open
Andy Bean
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Western Open
Larry Nelson
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Western Open
Scott Simpson
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Western Open
Ed Fiori
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Western Open
Tom Weiskopf
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Western Open
Mark McCumber
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Western Open
Tom Watson
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Western Open
Scott Verplank
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Western Open
Tom Kite
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Western Open
D.A. Weibring
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Western Open
Jim Benepe
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Western Open
Mark McCumber
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Western Open
Wayne Levi
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In the archive
Sources and editorial notes5 references
Sources for this story
- Butler National Golf Course | Harbour Contractors Harbour Contractors
Institutional history and course description.
Consulted 2026-09-21Passages:Introduction - WGA at 125 Western Golf Association
1985 Scott Verplank entry
Consulted 2026-09-21
Record sources
- Club mark source
- Chicago District Golf Association
- Western Golf Association: 2025 BMW / Western Open Records and Statistics Guide PDF page 153, 1990 chapter, plus summary page 7. Competition dates come from the actual year chapter; institutional venue and champion are independently cross-checked against the official publisher chronology.