The Directory · South Suburbs
The south suburbs —
Olympia Fields and the Flossmoor clubs.
Olympia Fields Country Club's South Course (the North, a two-time U.S. Open venue, is closed for restoration), Flossmoor, Idlewild and Midlothian, and Ravisloe in Homewood, now open to public play.
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south suburbs golf courses, end to end.
Chicago's south suburbs are old private golf with a championship record. Olympia Fields' North Course, a two-time U.S. Open venue, is closed for restoration; the South, Tom Bendelow's hilly course across Butterfield Creek, restored by Andy Staples in 2023, is the one in play and ranks 13th in Illinois in Golf Digest's 2025-26 list. Midlothian hosted the 1914 U.S. Open, Flossmoor (1899) keeps 14 hole corridors from its first layout, and Idlewild, also in Flossmoor, is crossed by the same creek. Ravisloe in Homewood, a 1901 course redesigned by Donald Ross, is the exception: it is open to public play, which makes it the one south-suburban course here that a visitor can book.
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The best golf courses in South Suburbs.
Tom Bendelow · Olympia Fields
Olympia Fields Country Club — South Course
Tom Bendelow's hilly South Course at Olympia Fields, crossed by Butterfield Creek and restored in 2023.
Herbert Tweedie · Flossmoor
Flossmoor Golf Club
A private 1899 parkland club in Flossmoor that keeps 14 hole corridors from its first layout.
Al Naylor · Flossmoor
Idlewild Country Club
A 1908 private parkland course in Flossmoor, crossed by Butterfield Creek, with five par 5s.
Herbert J. Tweedie · Midlothian
Midlothian Country Club
The 1914 U.S. Open host, a private Herbert Tweedie course in Chicago's southwest suburbs.
James Foulis and Theodore Moreau; redesigned by Donald Ross · Homewood
Ravisloe Country Club
Homewood's 1901 club, reshaped by Donald Ross and now open to public play.