Medinah, IL
Medinah Country Club
Medinah was founded in 1924 by Chicago Shriners. Its ambitions extended well beyond golf: by 1929 the grounds accommodated equestrian activities, polo, grass tennis, tobogganing and a ski jump.
- Courses
- 3 courses
- Club website
- Visit website
Courses
Course design
Medinah Country Club history
Three courses opened in succession. Tom Bendelow’s No. 1 welcomed play in 1925, No. 2 followed in 1926, and No. 3 opened in 1928. The Club established its caddie programme in 1930.
Championships
Results and dates 12 editions
BMW Championship
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Western Open
Byron Nelson
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Western Open
Jacky Cupit
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Western Open
Billy Casper
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Justin Thomas
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U.S. Open
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Cary Middlecoff
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Lou Graham
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Hale Irwin
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PGA Championship
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Tiger Woods
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Tiger Woods
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Presidents Cup
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United States (Presidents Cup)
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Ryder Cup
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Europe (Ryder Cup)
U.S. Senior Open
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Gary Player
In the archive
Sources and editorial notes13 references
Sources for this story
- Medinah | Club History Medinah Country Club
Institutional history and course description.
Consulted 2026-09-21
Record sources12 references
- Club mark source
- Medinah Country Club
- PGA TOUR: Final 2026 Presidents Cup Report and Official Match Schedule The organizer’s final September 27 report confirms a United States 17–13 win at Medinah. The official match schedule names competitive rounds on September 24–27; practice September 22–23 is excluded. Replace stale scheduled status, retain the existing Edition identity and legacy raw winner field, and establish the winner through the canonical result relation.
- PGA TOUR: Medinah Course No. 3 History The organizer identifies Medinah Course No. 3 as the 2026 Presidents Cup venue, and its final report confirms that the event was played. No. 1 and No. 2 are excluded. The existing course identity is retained without copying the event-specific routing or scorecard.
- Western Golf Association: 2025 BMW / Western Open Records and Statistics Guide PDF page 185, 2019 chapter, plus summary page 9. Competition dates come from the actual year chapter; institutional venue and champion are independently cross-checked against the official publisher chronology.
- Ryder Cup official history The official Ryder Cup history data records the 2012 course and result.
- 2026 PGA Championship Media Guide The official Media Guide directly enumerates the 88th 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 2006 PGA record names Medinah. The canonical Club name and state match the dated PGA host record. The dated PGA venue explicitly identifies the #3 layout. Host and competition dates: www.pgachampionship.com
- 2026 USGA Championships Media Guide - U.S. Open The official 2026 USGA Championship Record Book directly enumerates the completed 1990 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 Dated USGA host wording Medinah (Ill.) C.C. (Course No. 3) is explicitly reconciled to Medinah Country Club in Medinah, IL. The dated Course No. 3 qualifier resolves to the existing #3 Course owned by this Club. Host and competition dates: www.usga.org
- PGA Tour: U.S. Senior Open verified results PGA Tour 2015 Champions media guide, PDF page 213 / printed page 212, year row establishes a completed championship and named winner. No event dates are inferred from advertised schedules. Host-club evidence: www.usga.org.
- USGA: Host States and Clubs, 1895 to Present (as of October 13, 2025) Gold club identity reviewed against the source host entry Medinah C.C., Medinah (4), 1988 Senior Open. Exact physical course and round scope remain unresolved; no single-course inference is made.