Est. 1964 · Dick Wilson and Joe Lee (original, 1964); renovated by Rees Jones (2007-2008)
Why we love this place
Dubsdread is proof that great championship golf can be public golf. We love that anyone can tee it up where tour pros have battled, then feel the bite of those deep bunkers and bold greens. It is demanding, generous of spirit, and exactly the kind of place our game needs more of.
Via Cog Hill Golf & Country Club
About Cog Hill Golf & Country Club
Course No. 4 at Cog Hill, nicknamed Dubsdread, opened in 1964 as the crown jewel of Joe Jemsek's public golf complex in Lemont, southwest of Chicago. Jemsek commissioned the architect team of Dick Wilson and Joe Lee to build a championship-caliber daily-fee course, and the name playfully warned that a dub, or weak player, should dread its tight fairways, deep bunkering, and large undulating greens. For decades Dubsdread has ranked among the top public courses in the country and hosted major amateur and professional competition, including a long run of PGA Tour events. From 2007 to 2008, architect Rees Jones oversaw a renovation that rebuilt all eighteen greens with sub-air systems, repositioned bunkers, added a risk-reward pond, and reworked several holes to modernize the test while preserving Wilson and Lee's original character.
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