MEDINAH COUNTRY CLUB

The towering oaks and rolling terrain 30 miles west of Chicago frame one of America's most demanding major championship tests, where thick rough and strategically placed bunkers have humbled the world's best players across three U.S. Opens. Course No. 3's brutal length from the tips (over 7,500 yards) combines with elevation changes and Lake Kadijah's psychological presence on the par-3 17th to create a thinking golfer's paradise. The Donald Ross-influenced design rewards precision over power, particularly on approach shots to greens that slope away from anything but perfect strikes.