Flossmoor, IL
Flossmoor Country Club
Founded in 1899 as Homewood Country Club, the institution now known as Flossmoor Golf Club helped draw visitors to the developing suburb. Illinois Central excursion trips offered passengers a free lunch in hopes that they would settle nearby.1
- Location
- Flossmoor, IL
- Course
- 18 holes · par 72
- Original architect
- Herbert Tweedie
- Club website
- Visit website
Railway excursions and a new golf community
Golf remained closely tied to the area’s growth. By the village’s incorporation in 1924, its courses, available land and railway access had helped attract a permanent community.1
The course
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Championships
Results and dates 3 editions
PGA Championship
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Jock Hutchison
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U.S. Amateur
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Max R. Marston
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U.S. Women's Amateur
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U.S. Women’s Amateur
Dorothy Campbell
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Sources and editorial notes8 references
Sources for this story
- Flossmoor’s Centennial Village of Flossmoor
History and course description.
Consulted 2026-09-21
Record sources
- Club mark source
- Flossmoor Golf Club
- USGA: 2024 U.S. Amateur Record Book Printed/PDF page 8, 1923 result row. Max R. Marston d. Jess W. Sweetser, 38 holes. Match margins and extra-hole lengths are not stroke totals. Actual dates from the retrospective result table.
- 2026 PGA Championship Media Guide The official Media Guide directly enumerates the 3rd playing, champion, site, and its year-page date span. The recorded venue and champion preserve the official PGA Championship History entry’s published text. The champion-only winner field is intentionally separate from the official match-play result: 1-up over Douglas Edgar.
- PGA Championship host record The 1920 PGA record names Flossmoor. The host Club is verified; the exact course and routing used for this edition have not been confirmed.
- USGA: 2026 U.S. Women’s Amateur Record Book Printed/PDF page 7, 1910 result row. Retrospective completed-championship result and date range.
- Village of Flossmoor: Centennial history Printed/PDF page 7, 1910 result row: Homewood C.C., Flossmoor, Ill.. Canonical institution matched by name and locality: Flossmoor Country Club, Flossmoor, IL. Exact physical course is not assigned from a sole-current-course assumption. Village history confirms Flossmoor Country Club was formerly Homewood Country Club. The USGA result table supplies the 1910 competition evidence.