Kemper Lakes Golf Club

Kemper Lakes Golf Club is a private country club in the central United States, located in Ela Township, Lake County, outside Kildeer, Illinois, a suburb northwest of Chicago. It is also near the communities of Forest Lake, Lake Zurich, Hawthorn Woods,^[2] and Long Grove.

Kemper Lakes Golf Club

Club information
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Coordinates	42°12′32″N 88°02′17″W / 42.209°N 88.038°W / 42.209; -88.038
Location	Kildeer, Illinois, U.S.
Elevation	770 feet (235 m)
Established	1979; 45 years ago (1979)
Type	Private (since 2007)
Total holes	18
Events hosted	PGA Championship (1989) Women's PGA Championship (2018) U.S. Women's Amateur (1992)
Website	kemperlakesgolf.com
Designed by	Ken Killian, Dick Nugent
Par	72
Length	7,345 yards (6,716 m)
Course rating	75.4
Slope rating	146 ^[1]

Kemper Lakes was founded 45 years ago in 1979 as an upscale public course by James S. Kemper, Jr., president and chairman of the board of Kemper Insurance Co., whose corporate offices were located on the south end of the spacious property. A big, sprawling 1970s-style layout, it was designed by Ken Killian and Dick Nugent and currently measures 7,345 yards (6,716 m) from the back tees. In its early years it was ranked by Golf Digest as one of the 100 Greatest Golf Courses in America.

Notable events

The PGA Championship was played at Kemper Lakes in 1989 and was won by Payne Stewart.^[3][4][5] It also hosted the PGA of America's Grand Slam of Golf several years in the mid-1980s. Kemper Lakes hosted the U.S. Women's Amateur in 1992 where Vicki Goetze defeated Annika Sörenstam 1 up in the final.^[6] It was the site of the Women's PGA Championship from June 28 — July 1, 2018.

Private club

In 2003, the course was sold to Crown Golf Properties, which began a four-year changeover from public to private golf.

Course

Hole	Yards	Par		Hole	Yards	Par
1	406	4		10	453	4
2	400	4		11	534	5
3	173	3		12	393	4
4	508	5		13	251	3
5	442	4		14	425	4
6	180	3		15	621	5
7	557	5		16	485	4
8	421	4		17	203	3
9	460	4		18	433	4
Out	3,547	36		In	3,798	36
Source:^[7]			Total		7,345	72

References

1. "Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Kemper Lakes GC". USGA. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
2. Barr, Jeff (2005). 1001 Golf Holes You Must Play Before You Die. Ronnie Sellers Productions. p. 775. ISBN 978-1-56906-585-3.
3. Bunch, Ken (August 14, 1989). "Stewart wins after Reid's late collapse". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1-part 2.
4. Hewitt, Brian (August 14, 1989). "Reid folds to leave title for Stewart". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1D.
5. Swift, E.M. (August 21, 1989). "Putting on the style". Sports Illustrated. p. 28.
6. "U.S. Women's Amateur". USGA. 1992. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
7. "Scorecard". Kemper Lakes Golf Club. Retrieved April 24, 2018.

External links

• Official website