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It’s always good to talk about courses that are just plain fun to go play. St. Georges Golf and Country Club is one of those places.
The club is not one of those mamoth giants that’s 7,500 yards from the back tee’s. It’s a whopping 6,232 and it’s the golf course you could want, and maybe the most fun you will have on a golf course under 6,300 yards.
On a day here in Chicago where the outdoor golf season is just starting for the year, and things are cool outside and or a bit wet from the all rain of the past week, I look back on two courses from my Long Island trip of a few years back that never made it as stories on this site. So today and Tuesday in Part 2, there will be stories of inspiration to get our local golfers excited about being on the course again this year. By Wednesday of this week, the sights and sounds from Augusta National will take over getting golfers back out to play.
The Par 3 15th hole at St. Georges Golf and Country Club, 164 yards from the tips.
St. Georges Golf and Country Club opened for play in 1917 and is celebrating it’s centennial this year.
The course was designed by an architect not well known, except by those who really study golf history by the name of Devereux Emmet, who had spent some time with the famed C.B. MacDonald and was now getting a chance to build a course on his own.
The toughest hole might be the second hole a 574 yard par 5, that’s ranked as the #1 handicap hole. The #2 handicap hole is the par 4, 13th hole that plays 450 yards.
The par 4, 408 yard third hole that plays downhill on the approach shot (L), the par 5, 18th hole, 535 yard dogleg left that takes golfers into the clubhouse.
St. George’s is not a long course but takes advantage of the land, the rolling property and uses a mix of defenses to keep the course challenging but fun. Whether the landing area is little tight on some holes, or pin placements are tucked, St. Georges gives every golfer the feeling they can post a good score on every hole.
Hit around the fescue in places, hit it downhill, hit it uphill, keep it between the trees and make a few twisting putts and have a great time. St. George’s is a course that has stood the test of time and shows all golfers you don’t need a long course to have a great course. Go play.
Golfweek magazine has rated St. Georges in it’s Top 100 classic courses.