Midlothian Country Club is a golf course in Midlothian, Illinois. It is located eighteen miles southwest of Chicago and built on 208 acres (9,100,000 sq ft) of land. Designed by Herbert James (H.J.) Tweedie and opened in 1898. The course was updated by the Ken Killian and Richard P. Nugent design team. In 2003, 82 bunkers on the course were renovated by architect Bob Lohmann of Lohmann Golf Designs and its construction division, Golf Creations.
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