SINCE 1920, COG HILL IN LEMONT HAS BEEN ATTRACTING GOLFERS.
TODAY IT IS THE HOME TO FOUR 18
HOLE COURSES.
>> THE COG HILL, THERE WERE
THREE BROTHERS, ORIGINALLY WHEN
THE COG HILL BUILT COURSE ONE
AND TWO BACK IN THE 20'S, AND
THEN JOE GMYMSIK WORKED FOR
THEM, CADDY, AND PRO, AND HE
ENDED UP BUYING THE COURSE FROM
THEM ABOUT IN THE 50'S.
AND JOE WENT ALONG AND BUILT TWO
MORE GOLF COURSES.
IN 64, JOE BUILT DOVE STRAK IT
IS NUMBER FOUR, IT HOSTS THE
WESTERN OPEN PGA.
PUBLIC CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF COURSE
A GOLFER COULD PLAY OF THAT'S
WHAT HIS GOAL WAS, AND HE DID
IT.
OE HE SPENT HIS WINTERS IN FLORIDA BACK WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER IN THE COURSE IT IS CALLED DOVE
STRETCH HE WOULD WORK AT AND
PLAY AT AND KIND OF HANG OUT.
WHEN HE BUILT NUMBER FOUR COURSE
HERE AT COG HILL, HE ASKED IF
THEY WOULDN'T MIND HAVE DOVE
STRETCH NAME.
IT HAS MORE LENGTH TO IT.
IT HAS THE DIFFICULT LEVEL OF --
IT HAS OVER 110 BUNKERS.
DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF WATER.
GREENS ARE BY THE MORE ANGULATED
THAN OUR OTHER COURSES.
>>
16, ONE OF MY FAVORITE HOLES, PAR FOUR, DOG LEG LEFT. BUT YET, IT HAS A DIFFICULT
SECOND SHOT.
SEE THE BALL IS ABOVE MY FEET
HERE.
SO IT IS NOT LEVEL.
A LOT OF TROUBLE LEFT.
IF YOU MISS THAT GREEN LEFT, IT
GOES WAY DOWN.
IT DID -- IT CAN KIND OF GO TO
THE BUNKERS.
IT IS NICE ANGULATED GREEN.
OE LEE AND DICK WILSON, THEY ARE WELL-KNOWN JOE LEE DESIGNS A LOT OF GOLF COURSES MAINLY IN
FLORIDA, BUT HE IS KIND OF KNOWN
FOR BIG GREENS, ANGULATED GREENS
MADE IT.
>> PAR THREE IS SIXTH HOLE.
IT CAN PLAY UP TO 230 SOME
YARDS.
> REALLY AWESOME PAR THREE.
WE REALLY DON'T HAVE SIGNATURE
HOLE.
DEMANDING, IF YOU MAKE A PAR ON
A HOLE LIKE DOVE STRETCH, YOU
EARN IT.
>>
OTHER THREE COURSES ARE GREAT GOLF COURSES. THEY ARE GREAT FOR PUBLIC
COURSES.
THEY ARE UNBELIEVABLE.
COURSE NUMBER TWO IS OUR SECOND
MOST POPULAR GOLF COURSE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OUR CUSTOMERS
THAT LIKE TWO BETTER THAN FOUR.
IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE LENGTH
AND EASIER TO PLAY AND GET
AROUND.
A GOOD WORD IS SPORTY.
IT HAS NICE ELEVATIONS OUT
THERE.
WE CALL IT THE RAVINES COURSE.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RAVINES
YOU ARE HITTING OVER AND GOING
THROUGH.
THAT DOES HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF
CHARACTER, BUT NOT LONG.
COURSES ONE AND THREE, THEY ARE
WOODED, NOT AS WOOD, AND THE
TREES DON'T COME IN AS NARROW.
YOU WANT TO SEE COURSES IT
THAT HAVE 72 HOLES, SO SOME OF
THE LARGER GROUPS THAT NEED MORE
THAN ONE GOLF COURSE, WE ARE THE
ONLY COURSE IN TOWN THAT CAN
HOST FOUR GOLF COURSES IN ONE
DAY.
SOME OF THE MORE LESS FORMAL
OUTINGS WANT MORE OF INFORMAL
BARBECUE ARE WE HAVE A PATIO
WITH GAZEBO.
COG HILL IS ONE OF VERY FEW
PUBLIC GOLF FACILITIES THAT
OFFER CADDIES.
WE ACTUALLY IF YOU GIVE COUPLE
DAY'S NOTICE, LET US KNOW, AND
WE HAVE A CADDY MEET THEM AT THE
TEE.
WE DON'T HOUSE CADDIES HERE OR
THEY DON'T STAY HERE.
WE JUST -- WE CALL THEM AT THEIR
HOUSE AND LINE THEM UP. BUT
THERE ARE VERY FEW PUBLIC GOLF
COURSES THAT HAVE A CADDY
PROGRAM.
WE HAVE STATE OF THE ART
PRACTICE FACILITY THAT HAS
TARGET GREENS.
WE HAVE MYSELF, I AM THE HEAD
PROFESSIONAL, WE HAVE NINE OTHER
TEACHING PROFESSIONALS FOR
LESSONS.
WE RUN REALLY GOOD BEGINNER
SCHOOLS, JUNIOR PROGRAMS.
WE ARE RANKED RIGHT UP THERE IN
THE TOP PUBLIC COURSE FOR NUMBER
ONE, BUT ALL GOLF COURSES BEING
INCLUDING MAYBE DIAMOND AND
KEMPER LAKE, WE ARE RIGHT THERE,
BUTLER.
BUT IT IT MATCHES UP.
IT IS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.
EACH COURSE OFFERS ITS OWN SPECIAL CHALLENGE, AND GREEN FEES VARY ACCORDING TO THE TIME
AND DAY OF THE WEEK.
THE MOST FAMOUS COURSE, DOVE'S
DREAD IS AT THE TIME OF THIS
TAPING HOME TO THE WESTERN OPEN.
FOR INFORMATION ON GREEN FEES OR DIRECTS TO COG HILL, LOG ON TO WWW.COG HILLGOLF.COM OR CALL
(630)257-5872.