Long Grove, IL
Kemper Lakes Golf Club
Kemper Lakes opened in 1979 as an upscale public course on Kemper Insurance grounds. Its later institutional history changed the conditions of access: the Club became semi-private in 2003 and fully private in 2007.
- Course
- 18 holes · par 72 · Opened 1979
- Club website
- Visit website
The course
Course design
A public opening, then a private club
The Club’s timeline places Payne Stewart’s first major victory at its 1989 PGA Championship. The national tournament identity therefore developed during its public-course period, well before the final transition to private membership.
Championships
Results and dates 9 editions
SBC Senior Open
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Ameritech Senior Open
Walter Morgan
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Ameritech Senior Open
Gil Morgan
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Ameritech Senior Open
Hale Irwin
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Ameritech Senior Open
Hale Irwin
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Tom Kite
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Dana Quigley
PGA Championship
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Payne Stewart
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U.S. Women's Amateur
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U.S. Women’s Amateur
Vicki Goetze
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Women's PGA Championship
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KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Sung Hyun Park
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In the archive
Sources and editorial notes8 references
Sources for this story
- Our History Kemper Lakes Golf Club
1979 public opening, 2003/2007 membership transitions and major winners.
Consulted 2026-09-21
Record sources
- Club mark source
- Kemper Lakes Golf Club golf page
- PGA of America: official KPMG Women’s PGA Championship history Official 2018 history record: June 28- July 01, 2018; Kemper Lakes Golf Club, Long Grove, Illinois; winner Sung Hyun Park, 278 (-10). Winner and round-score total agree with the organizer’s separate winners table.
- PGA TOUR: official 2006 Champions Tour media guide PDF page 256, printed 5-38, 2001 entry: SBC Senior Open. Exact competitive-day boundaries remain unverified.
- USGA: 2026 U.S. Women’s Amateur Record Book Printed/PDF page 9, 1992 result row. Retrospective completed-championship result and date range.
- 2026 PGA Championship Media Guide The official Media Guide directly enumerates the 71st playing, champion, Kemper Lakes GC site, and its year-page date span. The Guide table and Winners register independently use the plural Kemper Lakes golf-club form and control over the structured History record’s truncated Kemper Lake value.
- PGA Championship host record The 1989 PGA record names Kemper Lakes GC. The host Club is verified; the exact course and routing used for this edition have not been confirmed.