Cog Hill Golf & Country Club

Three brothers moved to the Chicago area in 1920. John W., Martin J., and Bert Coghill bought the McLaughlin farm on the west side of Palos Park, Illinois in 1926 to build a golf club. They then hired David McIntosh, who owned Oak Hills, to build them a golf course. Cog Hill Course #1 opened on the Fourth of July weekend in 1927. Reservations for golf were taken at Chicago's Boston Store, which, at that time, was one of the downtown Chicago's leading department stores. The Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway ran from Chicago to Lemont, giving golfers easy access for 25 cents.

The club expanded in 1929 when the three brothers bought another 160 acres (0.65 km²) from the Reed family on the east side of Parker Road. Course #2 was designed and built by David McIntosh and Bert Coghill. It was opened in the fall of 1929, within days of the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Even during the tough twelve years of the Great Depression, Cog Hill was able to prosper. In 1951, Joe Jemsek bought Cog Hill. Course #3 was added in 1963 and Dubsdread was completed in 1964.

The Western Golf Association awarded the Western Open to Cog Hill in 1991. It changed its name to the BMW Championship in 2007. Tiger Woods shot a course record 9-under 62 on Dubsdread in 2009.[1] Woods has won the tournament at Cog Hill five times.

Major championships held at Cog Hill's Dubsdread course.

BMW Championship

Year	Player	Country	Score	To Par	Margin	Earnings ($)
2011	Justin Rose	England	63-68-69-71=271	−13	2	1,440,000
2010	Dustin Johnson	United States	68-70-68-69=275	−9	1	1,350,000
2009	Tiger Woods	United States	68-67-62-68=265	−19	8	1,350,000
2007	Tiger Woods	United States	67-67-65-63=262	−22	2	1,260,000

Western Open

Year	Player	Country	Score	To Par	Margin	Earnings ($)
2006	Trevor Immelman	South Africa	69-66-69-67=271	−13	2	900,000
2005	Jim Furyk	United States	64-70-67-69=270	−14	2	900,000
2004	Stephen Ames	Canada	67-73-64-70=274	−10	2	864,000
2003	Thomas Pender	United States	63-70-65-69=267	−21	5	810,000
2002	Jerry Kelly	United States	67-69-68-65=269	−19	2	720,000
2001	Scott Hoch	United States	69-68-66-64=267	−21	1	648,000
2000	Robert Allenby	Australia	69-69-68-68=274	−14	0	540,000
1999	Tiger Woods	United States	68-66-68-71=273	−15	3	450,000
1998	Joe Durant	United States	68-67-70-66=271	−17	2	396,000
1997	Tiger Woods	United States	67-72-68-68=275	−13	3	360,000
1996	Steve Stricker	United States	65-69-67-69=270	−18	8	360,000
1995	Billy Mayfair	United States	73-70-69-67=279	−9	1	360,000
1994	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	67-67-72-71=277	−11	1	216,000
1993	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	64-71-67-67=269	−19	5	216,000
1992	Ben Crenshaw	United States	70-72-65-69=276	−12	2	198,000
1991	Russ Cochran	United States	66-72-68-69=275	−13	2	180,000

U.S. Amateur Championship

Year	Player	Country	Score	Runner-up
1997	Matt Kuchar	United States	2 & 1	Joel Kribel

U.S. Men's Amateur Public Links

Year	Player	Country	Score	Runner-up
1989	Tim Hobby	United States	4 & 3	Henry Cagigal
1970	Robert Risch	United States	293	Mike Zimmerman

U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links

Year	Player	Country	Score	Runner-up
1987	Tracy Kerdyk	United States	4 & 3	Pearl Sinn

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