#4-Dubsdread
(D) Dick Wilson & Joe Lee, 1964; (R) Rees Jones, 2008
Course Record- (62) Tiger Woods
Nationally ranked since it opened in 1964, Course #4 has acquired the nickname, "DUBSDREAD." A natural style championship golf course, DUBSDREAD places a demand on shot making by providing tight landing areas combined with heavily bunkered, large undulating greens.
From September 2007 to September 2008, renowned golf course architect Rees Jones oversaw a renovation project to update the challenges envisioned in the original design of Dick Wilson and Joe Lee. Golfers now face 18 new greens with Sub-Air Systems, redesigned and repositioned sand bunkers, a risk-reward pond on Hole 7, additional tee options, and a 497-yd. par 4 finishing hole featuring a green moved perilously close to the nearby pond.
- The BMW Championship (2007, 2009-2011)
- The Western Open Championship (1991-2007)
- Host to 4 USGA Championships, most recently the 97th U.S. Amateur (1997)
- Ranked 45th in Golf Digest’s “America's 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses”
- Rated #1 in Illinois in Golfweek’s “Best Courses You Can Play”
- Ranked #87 among Golf Magazine's "Top 100 Courses in the U.S."
- #4 Dubsdread & #2 Ravines ranked as one of the "Ten Best Two-Course Combinations in the World" by Links Magazine
- Golf World Reader's Choice Top 50 Public Course
- Hole #16 selected as one of the "500 Best Golf Holes" by Golf Magazine