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Olympia Fields, IL
Olympia Fields Country Club
Olympia Fields’ present course names retain traces of a larger numbered system. The South was originally No. 1; the North was No. 4. Their architects, Tom Bendelow and Willie Park Jr., gave the Club distinct golfing inheritances.1
- Location
- Olympia Fields, IL
- Courses
- 2 courses
- Club website
- Visit website
Two surviving identities from a numbered course system
Its competitive history spans professional and amateur golf. Danielle Kang won the 2017 Women’s PGA Championship here, and the 2020 BMW Championship ended with Jon Rahm defeating Dustin Johnson in a playoff.1
Courses
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Championships
Results and dates 4 editions
PGA Championship
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Walter Hagen
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Jerry Barber
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U.S. Open
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Johnny Farrell
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Jim Furyk
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Sources and editorial notes6 references
Sources for this story
- Golf Olympia Fields Country Club
Main historical narrative and course descriptions; stale future-event language excluded.
Consulted 2026-09-21
Record sources
- Olympia Fields Country Club
- 2026 USGA Championships Media Guide - U.S. Open The official 2026 USGA Championship Record Book directly enumerates the completed 2003 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 championship host record Official Club or regional association evidence corroborates the historical host identity for Olympia Fields Country Club; the dated USGA venue wording and canonical locality are retained separately. The dated North Course qualifier resolves to the existing North Course owned by this Club. Host and competition dates: www.usga.org
- 2026 PGA Championship Media Guide The official Media Guide directly enumerates the 43rd playing, champion, site, and its year-page date span. The recorded venue and champion preserve the official PGA Championship History entry’s published text.
- PGA Championship host record The 1961 PGA record names Olympia Fields. The host Club is verified; the exact course and routing used for this edition have not been confirmed.