Beverly Country Club

Beverly Country Club has operated on a piece of Chicago's far South Side land since 1908 — making it one of the oldest country clubs in the city proper, contemporaneous with the founding-era clubs of the broader Chicago region. The original routing went through significant redesign work during the early decades of the club's operation, and the course's place in American golf history is permanently tied to two U.S. Open championships: 1910 (Alex Smith won his second title in an 18-hole playoff over John McDermott) and 1931 (Billy Burke won in a 72-hole playoff over George Von Elm — one of the longest playoffs in major championship history).

The course plays around 6,700 yards par 70 from the back markers, with bent fairways and a slope in the upper 130s. The yardage is short by modern championship standards, but the routing's age and the natural urban Chicago South Side terrain — the property has been continuously developed since the early 1900s — give the course defense that the back-tee yardage doesn't convey. The fairways play firm given the Illinois prairie subsoil. The mature tree canopy through the property has grown to championship-narrowing dimensions over the club's century-plus history.

Beverly Country Club is private and access is members and accompanied guests only. The membership is regional Chicago South Side business and professional families with multi-generation ties through the club's early-1900s founding. The two U.S. Open championships (1910 and 1931) are the institutional centerpiece, and the hospitality model is traditional country club.

Chicago climate gives Beverly Country Club a playing season of April through October. The course closes through Chicago winter and reopens when the soil thaws. The mature tree canopy through the property and the autumn color through October are part of the routing's seasonal photographic signature.