La Grange Country Club

{{Infobox golf facility

|golf_facility_name = La Grange Country Club

|location = La Grange, Illinois

|establishment = 1899, {{Years or months ago|1899}}

|type = Private

|owner =

|operator =

|holes = 18

|tournaments = U.S. Women's Open
(1974, 1981)

|website = [http://www.lagrangecc.org La Grange CC]

|course1 =

|designer1 = Herbert J. Tweedie
Tom Bendelow

|par1 = 71

|length1 = {{convert|6738|yd}}

Longest hole is #7 - {{convert|573|yd}}

|slope1 = 134

|rating1 = 72.7

}}

La Grange Country Club is a private golf club in La Grange, Illinois, a suburb southwest of Chicago.

Founded {{Years or months ago|1899}} in 1899 and designed by Herbert J. Tweedie{{cite web|title=H. J. Tweedie: Courses Built|url=http://www.worldgolf.com/golf-architects/h-j-tweedie.html|website=worldgolf.com|accessdate=19 May 2015}} as a nine-hole golf course, the club relocated to its present location in 1913 and was expanded to 18 holes. It hosted the U.S. Women's Open, an LPGA major championship, in 1974 and 1981,{{cite web |url=http://www.usga.org/ChampEventContent.aspx?id=2147496329 |title=U.S. Women's Open Champions |publisher=USGA |accessdate=August 29, 2011}} and underwent a major renovation in 2001.

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