Cog Hill Golf & Country Club: Course No. 4 – Dubsdread

Ranked #14 of 35, labelled "Public," on Golf Digest's 2025-'26 Illinois Best in State list — the first public course on a countdown whose top thirteen positions are all "Private." Separately #76 on Golf Digest's "America's 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses." Designed by Dick Wilson and Joseph L. Lee, completed in 1964, renovated by Rees Jones in 2007–2008. Hosted the PGA Tour's Western Open (1991–2006) and BMW Championship (2007, 2009–2011). A daily-fee public course with no membership requirement; online tee times bookable up to 60 days ahead. 2026 aerification: April 14–17, and tentatively October 20–23.