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Olympia Fields Country Club - Originally built in 1915, this course features the largest clubhouse in the world, including a striking 80 foot clock tower. The club was reduced from four courses to two during World War II. The North Course, originally designed by Willie Park, Jr., was redesigned and lengthened in the 1990s in preparation for the 1997 Senior Open. It was redesigned again to host the 2003 U.S. Open, won by Jim Furyk. It had previously hosted the 1928 U.S, Open, the 1925 and 1961 PGA Championships, five Western Opens, and various other tournaments. The course has 87 bunkers, a winding creek, but only one pond. There are numerous trees and the elevated and sloped greens make the holes very difficult. The signature 444-yard 14th hole was chosen by Chrysler Corporation as one of America's Eighteen Greatest Holes. The courses is routinely ranked as the number 1 or number 2 course in Illinois and is in most lists of the greatest courses in the country. The club has an expansive caddie program and a train station from downtown Chicago in its parking lot. The South Course is somewhat shorter, but tighter, than the North Course. It has a number of hills and more water than the North Course. Like its neighbor, the greens are difficult and sometimes elevated. Although not as highly acclaimed as the North Course, it is generally regarded as one of the top twenty courses in Illinois
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