Forgotten Chicago: Edgewater Golf Club

[PCCraig]

I found this very interesting write up on a NLE Bendelowgolf course here in Chicago called Edgewater Country Club. The course was home to Chick Evans in his playing peak. The story is very interesting as it shows Chicago politics at its finest but centered around a golf course located in the Chicago city limits.

The story:
http://forgottenchicago.com/features/chicago-areas/edgewater-golf-club/

A 1938 Aerial:


The Clubhouse:


The land today now features a short 9-hole Nugent course:
http://www.cpdgolf.com/Robert-A-Black-Golf-Course.html

[PThomas]

the aerial shot reminds me of Firestone, Pat

[RSLivingston_III]

Hell of a clubhouse.
What does the land look like? Is there much movement?
I find the changes in bunker style through the course very interesting. I would be tempted to say that by the time this aerial was shot at least two if not three other architects had modified the greenside bunkering.
Is this an early Bendelow, maybe between 1908-15?

[cary lichtenstein]

I played there as a kid. Nothing memorial

[PCCraig]

the aerial shot reminds me of Firestone, Pat

Ha - sure doesn't have too many doglegs!

I'm not sure how imorportant the golf course would be today, if at all (according to Cary). But, I still thought the article was interesting and it's always fun to see a NLE course, especially one located on a city plot.

[PCCraig]

Hell of a clubhouse.
What does the land look like? Is there much movement?
I find the changes in bunker style through the course very interesting. I would be tempted to say that by the time this aerial was shot at least two if not three other architects had modified the greenside bunkering.
Is this an early Bendelow, maybe between 1908-15?

I can't answer all of your questions about the course, but I do know that that land is probably dead flat!

[Jeff_Brauer]

That is not the clubhouse they built if you look at the article. It was rejected as too big and too expensive in favor of a lesser design, which is pictured in there.

The land is essentially flat. 

We had a thread on this one a month back if you want more info, but that article was interesting to me, since converting it to nine holes was my very first project in the biz in 1977.

[PCCraig]

That is not the clubhouse they built if you look at the article. It was rejected as too big and too expensive in favor of a lesser design, which is pictured in there.

The land is essentially flat. 

We had a thread on this one a month back if you want more info, but that article was interesting to me, since converting it to nine holes was my very first project in the biz in 1977.

Jeff:

Were all 18 holes still there in 1977? Is there anything left from ECC's design that is still present in the current 9 hole course?