Merit Club

{{Short description|Country club in Illinois}}

{{Infobox golf facility

| name = Merit Club

| image = Beautiful View From Hole 13.jpg

| imagesize = 300px

| establishment = 1992

| type = Private

| owner = Globe Corporation

| holes = 21

| website = {{url|https://www.meritclub.org/}}

|caption=Hole 13 Tee}}

Merit Club is a private country club in Libertyville, Illinois, a suburb north-northwest of Chicago.

The course was founded in 1992 by Bert Getz Sr. and his family and was collaboratively designed by Getz, Oscar Miles, Bob Lohmann and Ed Oldfield. The course architect was Bob Lohmann. It features a {{convert|6960|yd|0|sing=on}} 18-hole course.{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1994/06/22/libertyville-course-gets-womens-open-for-1999-already/ |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |last=Hanley |first=Reid |title=Libertyville course gets Women's Open for 1999 already |date=June 22, 1994 |access-date=July 11, 2013}} The Merit Club also has three practice holes: par 4, par 3, and par 4.

Merit Club hosted the U.S. Women's Open in 2000, won by Karrie Webb and it hosted the second edition of the LPGA UL International Crown on July 21 through July 24, 2016, won by the United States. The course was ranked in the top 100 golf courses in the United States by both Golf Week and Golf Magazine.

The Head Golf Professional is Donald W. Pieper, PGA{{cite web | url=https://www.meritclub.org/account/staff/donald-w-pieper/ | title=Donald W. Pieper, PGA – Merit Club }}

Merit Club has had a caddie program since its opening. The Current Caddie Master is Rafael Rivera, Jr.