![]() ![]() Is it a course you’re going to play multiple times a week, no (at least not for most people), but the occasional true test of golf in a beautiful setting is something every real golfer loves – and Cog Hill #4 comes through in a big way. When you play Dubsdread, you know exactly what you’re in for. This hasn’t changed, and while I didn’t play the course before the 2008 Rees Jones overhaul, I’ve been told it’s just gotten tougher.īut you know what, that’s exactly how it should be. When Joe Jemsek envisioned a brutal championship golf course back in the mid-sixties, he really went after it. The entire round is a combination of pleasure and pain, that will leave you battered, bruised, and with a giant smile on your face in the end. That said, Dubsdread is essentially the golf equivalent of someone who is into S&M. To be able to come to a world-class course, in prime condition and not see another soul? Priceless. No one in front or behind me, and I could take as much time as I wanted on every hole.įor this reason alone, it was one of the most spectacular golf experiences of my life. I had the entire front 9 to myself, hardly saw another person. That said, I wasn’t joking when I said no one was on the course. I was fully expecting the course to be packed seeing as how it was about as nice of a late Spring as you could get, and well, it’s Cog Hill, how can there not be a ton of people interested in playing?Įvery time I mentioned to someone there I was playing Dubs, I got a look that pretty much just went “Niiiiiiice,” making me feel like I was much cooler than I really am. It wasn’t anything spectacular, but they had a good-sized range with plenty of targets to hit to. Right now, granted it’s in the shoulder seasons there are tee times for around $100 – which is a great deal for a course of this caliber. Worth noting that recently Cog Hill has announced a dynamic pricing structure, where the course is more to play during peak times, and less during off times.īack when I played it was $155 no matter what. ![]() The Cog Hill Golf Facility is a massive complex with 4 different courses – Course #4 being the crown jewel of them all.Ī bucket of balls is included in the green fee (which was $155 at the time), and after a few wrong turns I finally made it down to the practice area to get warmed up. Pulling up to Cog Hill I really wasn’t sure what to expect. Fees: Flexible with peak rates around $159.Location: Lemont, Illinois (outside Chicago).Rank: #92 (Golf Magazine Top 100 You Can Play 2022), #56 (Golf Digest Top 100 Public).Designer: Dick Wilson (with renovation done by Rees Jones).This post recounts my experience playing Cog Hill for the first time. It isn’t a golf course for the faint of heart, but if you’re looking for a real challenge with some legitimate PGA tournament pedigree – look no further. ![]() The Cog Hill golf facility is one of the best public facilities in the Chicago area, and their residents are very lucky to have such variety there.ĭespite it being nearly a decade later since that first round, Cog Hill #4 has continued to remain in both Golf Magazine and Golf Digests top 100 courses list – and for good reason. That goal has since evolved, but I still recall the very first course I played when I made that goal: Cog Hill #4 – also known as Dubsdread. When I started Breaking Eighty way back in 2012, I had an idea that I wanted to play the Top 100 public golf courses in America. ![]()
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