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Midlothian, IL
Midlothian Country Club
Chicago businessmen founded Midlothian in 1898 on 208 acres southwest of the city. The property combined low, bowl-like ground with a brook, giving the new institution both a landscape and a transportation problem.
- Course
- 18 holes · par 71 · Opened 1898
- Original architect
- Herbert Tweedie
- Club website
- Visit website
The course
Course design
A country club with its own railway
A horse-drawn coach initially carried visitors from the station. The Club then built a three-mile railway, using a small locomotive and two coaches to connect members with their country retreat.
Championships
Results and dates 7 editions
BMW Championship
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Western Open
Laurence Auchterlonie
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Western Open
Billy Casper
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Western Open
Billy Casper
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Western Amateur
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Phelps B. Hoyt
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Francis Ouimet
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U.S. Open
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Walter Hagen
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U.S. Women's Amateur
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U.S. Women’s Amateur
Margaret Curtis
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In the archive
Sources and editorial notes6 references
Sources for this story
- About Us Midlothian Country Club
Main historical narrative and course descriptions; stale future-event language excluded.
Consulted 2026-09-21
Record sources
- Club mark source
- Western Golf Association: 2025 BMW / Western Open Records and Statistics Guide PDF page 136, 1973 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.
- Western Golf Association: 2025 Western Amateur Records and Statistics Guide WGA completed championship result; detailed guide PDF page122 and venue/summary table.
- 2026 USGA Championships Media Guide - U.S. Open The official 2026 USGA Championship Record Book directly enumerates the completed 1914 Championship, champion, explicit date span, and site in Championship Results: 1895 to 2025. The recorded champion and site preserve the higher-resolution register text. The current official U.S. Open Champions table independently confirms the year, champion, and site.
- USGA: 2026 U.S. Women’s Amateur Record Book Printed/PDF page 7, 1907 result row. Retrospective completed-championship result and date range.