Some of the biggest and baddest golf course design & strategy on earth. Opening 3 holes maybe the hardest stretch ive ever played, 450 into wind, 470-480 into wind, 210-250 into wind. The Tom Doak renovation is also incredible
Chicago Golf Club ranks in my top 35 courses played. Charles Blair McDonald courses are fabulous - always having a signature green in the 18 holes. My other 2 choices played by CBW are St Louis CC and the Club at Yale University.
The four most difficult courses to get an invitation to play would be Augusta, Pine Valley, Cypress Point, and Chicago Club. Chicago Golf Club has such a small membership (under 200) and many of them are now getting up there in years that it is diff...