Chicago GC
Shoreacres
Medinah No. 1
Olympia Fields North
Medinah No. 3
Skokie
Cog Hill No. 4
Beverly
Olympia Fields South
Flossmoor
Old Elm
Knollwood
The order is how quickly I thought of and ranked them. Rethinking the order may be different and others added, but none of these would drop out.
Tim,
I agree with the courses you have listed. My view is that Chicago has a 4 tier system with regards to the quality of the architecture/golf course.
Tier 1: Chicago Golf Club, Shoreacres, and Old Elm- arguably in the Doak 8+ range. Courses that are extremely well designed and maintained.
Tier 2: Butler National, Olympia Fields North, Medinah 3, Skokie, Beverly, Black Sheep, and Flossmoor. Roughly all Doak 7's . Terrific courses that have just a few holes that are a bit mediocre.
Tier 3: OFCC South, Medinah 1, Exmoor, Lake Shore, Elgin CC, Knollwood, Butterfield, Hinsdale, Edgewood Valley, Bob O Link, Cog Hill 4, Midlothian, Evanston and Conway Farms. Roughly Doak 6's. Very nice member courses that are fun to play.
Tier 4: Ravisloe, Calumet, Idlewild, Naperville, Ridge, and Bryn Mawr. Doak 5's. Fun to play but nothing real special.
Tim- I welcome your thoughts on my tier sytem, In each tier I find the courses to be pretty much interchangeable depending on one's tastes.