Olympia Fields Country Club carries one of the most storied names in American golf. The club's North Course — host to multiple major championships — tends to dominate the headlines, but the South Course is a genuine piece of that same storied legacy, sharing the same grand, tree-lined property on Chicago's south suburban fringe. The club was founded in the early 1920s and grew into one of the most ambitious private golf developments in the country, eventually featuring 4 courses before settling into its current configuration.
The South Course occupies the same rolling, densely wooded terrain that defines the broader Olympia Fields property — mature hardwoods framing nearly every hole, firm fairways in the warmer months, and the demanding rough that private Illinois clubs tend to maintain with serious intent. It plays as a full, traditional parkland test, the kind of layout where course management matters as much as ball-striking.
For members and their guests, the South offers a chance to experience elite Chicago-area golf in a slightly lower-stakes setting than the storied North — no less beautiful, and no less demanding.
