Winners
| Year | Champion | Venue | Location | Score | Low amateur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Max Scodro | The Glen Club | Glenview, Illinois | 206 (-10) PO | Brett Tomfohrde |
| 2011 | Philip Arouca | Hawthorn Woods Country Club | Hawthorn Woods, Illinois | 202 (-11) | Ravi Patel |
| 2010 | Eric Meierdierks | Hawthorn Woods Country Club | Hawthorn Woods, Illinois | 201 (-6)*** | Luke Guthrie |
| 2009 | Brad Benjamin (a) | Hawthorn Woods Country Club | Hawthorn Woods, Illinois | 208 (-5) PO | Brad Benjamin |
| 2008 | Joe Emerich (a) | Hawthorn Woods Country Club | Hawthorn Woods, Illinois | 208 (-5) | Joe Emerich |
| 2007 | Mike Small | The Glen Club | Glenview, Illinois | 136 (-6)** | Joe Cermak |
| 2006 | Mike Small | The Glen Club | Glenview, Illinois | 205 (-11) | Carlos Sainz |
| 2005 | Mike Small | The Glen Club | Glenview, Illinois | 208 (-8) | Andy Pope |
| 2004 | Joe Affrunti | The Glen Club | Glenview, Illinois | 210 (-6) PO | Kevin Tassistro |
| 2003 | Mike Small | The Glen Club | Glenview, Illinois | 203 (-13) | Andrew Price, John Wright |
| 2002 | Brian Payne | The Glen Club | Glenview, Illinois | 207 (-6) | Scott Harrington |
| 2001 | Roy Biancalana | Royal Fox Country Club | St. Charles, Illinois | 212 (-1) PO | Joe Affrunti |
| 2000 | Curtis Malm (a) | Royal Fox Country Club | St. Charles, Illinois | 209 (-4) | Curtis Malm |
| 1999 | Adam Turner (a) | Fox Bend Golf Course | Oswego, Illinois | 207 (-9) | Adam Turner |
| 1998 | Todd Tremaglio | Orchard Valley Golf Course | Aurora, Illinois | 209 (-7) PO | D. A. Points |
| 1997 | Marty Schiene | Fox Bend Golf Course | Oswego, Illinois | 205 (-11) | Bill Hoffer |
| 1996 | Mark Hensby | Orchard Valley Golf Course | Aurora, Illinois | 204 (-12) | Michael Cushin, Bill Hoffer |
| 1995 | Rick Dalpos | Royal Fox Country Club | St. Charles, Illinois | 211 (-2) | Chip Travis |
| 1994 | Gary Groh | Royal Fox Country Club | St. Charles, Illinois | 207 (-6) | Bill Hoffer |
| 1993 | Dino Lucchesi | Royal Fox Country Club | St. Charles, Illinois | 208 (-5) | Bill Hoffer, Lee Kolquist |
| 1992 | Marty Schiene | Royal Fox Country Club | St. Charles, Illinois | 205 (-8) PO | Lee Kolquist |
| 1991 | Marty Schiene | Royal Fox Country Club | St. Charles, Illinois | 211 (-2) | Lee Kolquist |
| 1990 | Gary Pinns | Midlane Country Club | Wadsworth, Illinois | 208 (-8) | Rich Dukelow |
| 1989 | Bob Ackerman | Turnberry Country Club | Lakewood, Illinois | 207 (-9) | Joel Hirsch |
| 1988 | Gary Pinns | Golf Club of Illinois | Algonquin, Illinois | 213 (E) | Jack Fritsch, Robert Sullivan |
| 1987 | Roy Biancalana | Midlane Country Club | Wadsworth, Illinois | 206 (-10) | George Glickley |
| 1986 | Gary Pinns | Village Links of Glen Ellyn | Glen Ellyn, Illinois | 210 (-3) | Gary March |
| 1985 | Gary Pinns | Crestwicke Country Club | Bloomington, Illinois | 209 (-7) | Brad Barker |
| 1984 | Lance Ten Broeck | Flossmoor Country Club | Flossmoor, Illinois | 207 (-9) | Bill Hoffer |
| 1983 | Bill Hoffer (a) | Elgin Country Club | Elgin, Illinois | 212 (-4) PO | Bill Hoffer |
| 1982 | Gary Hallberg | Bon Vivant Country Club | Bourbonnais, Illinois | 212 (-4) PO | Andy Shuman |
| 1981 | Rick Ten Broeck (a) | Bon Vivant Country Club | Bourbonnais, Illinois | 213 (-3) | Rick Ten Broeck |
| 1980 | David Ogrin (a) | Bloomington Country Club | Bloomington, Illinois | 210 (-3) | David Ogrin |
| 1979 | Jim Urban | Fox Bend Golf Course | Oswego, Illinois | 208 (-5) | George Glickley |
| 1978 | Gary Pinns (a) | Elgin Country Club | Elgin, Illinois | 212 (-4) | Gary Pinns |
| 1977 | Gary Hallberg (a) | Elgin Country Club | Elgin, Illinois | 208 (-8) | Gary Hallberg |
| 1976 | Dennis Sullivan | Exmoor Country Club | Highland Park, Illinois | 217 (+4) | John Baldwin |
| 1975 | Bill Erfurth | Northmoor Country Club | Highland Park, Illinois | 210 (-3) | Bruce Johnson |
| 1974 | Emil Esposito | Rolling Green Country Club | Arlington Heights, Illinois | 212 (-4) | Dennis Sullivan |
| 1973 | Rick Ten Broeck | Barrington Hills Country Club | Barrington, Illinois | 209 (-4) PO | Gary Ostrega |
| 1972 | John Gostele | Green Acres Country Club | Northbrook, Illinois | 212 (-1) | Tom Benjamin |
| 1971 | Dick Hart | Biltmore Country Club | North Barrington, Illinois | 212 (+2) | Joel Hirsch |
| 1970 | Al Bailey | Prestwick Country Club | Frankfort, Illinois | 211 (-5) | Joel Hirsch |
| 1969 | Dick Hart | Edgewood Valley Country Club | LaGrange, Illinois | 217 (+1) PO | Bob Zender |
| 1968 | Chick Evans | Riverside Country Club | Riverside, Illinois | 214 (+4) | Gene Howard |
| 1967 | Bill Ogden | Champaign Country Club | Champaign, Illinois | 213 (E) | Jack Charron |
| 1966 | Emil Esposito | Briarwood Country Club | Deerfield, Illinois | 220 (+7) PO | Earl Liff |
| 1965 | Jack Fleck | Skokie Country Club | Skokie, Illinois | 212 (-4) | Tull Monsees |
| 1964 | Dick Hart | Medinah Country Club, Course No. 3 | Medinah, Illinois | 224 (+8) PO | Frederic Franz |
| 1963 | Jack Bell | Knollwood Country Club | Lake Forest, Illinois | 209 (-7) | Gene Howard |
| 1962 | John Paul Jones | Glen Oak Country Club | Glen Ellyn, Illinois | 215 (-1) | Ed Carroll |
| 1961 | Chuck Malchaski | Medinah Country Club, Course No. 3 | Medinah, Illinois | 221 (+5) | Bernard Magnussen |
| 1960 | Bob Bruno | Olympia Fields Country Club, North Course | Olympia Fields, Illinois | 215 (+2) | Martin Stanovich |
| 1959 | Jack Bell | Oak Park Country Club | River Grove, Illinois | 217 (+1) | Jim McCarthy, Dean Refram |
| 1958 | Felice Torza | Beverly Country Club | Chicago, Illinois | 215 (+2) | Martin Stanovich |
| 1957 | Jock Hutchison Jr. | Sunset Ridge Country Club | Northfield, Illinois | 213 (E) | Harold Foreman Jr. |
| 1956 | Bob Harris | North Shore Country Club | Glenview, Illinois | 215 (-1) | John Wagner |
| 1955 | Bob Harris | Flossmoor Country Club | Flossmoor, Illinois | 209 (-7) | John Wagner |
| 1954 | George Bolesta | Olympia Fields Country Club, North Course | Olympia Fields, Illinois | 219 (+4) | John Dobro |
| 1953 | Errie Ball | Ravisloe Country Club | Homewood, Illinois | 138 (-2) * | Harold Foreman Jr. |
| 1952 | Bill Ogden | Midlothian Country Club | Midlothian, Illinois | 142 (E) PO * | George Victor |
| 1951 | Jackson Bradley | Gleneagles Country Club | Lemont, Illinois | 140 (-4) * | John Wagner |
| 1950 | Felice Torza | Onwentsia Country Club | Lake Forest, Illinois | 139 (-5) * | Art Hoff |
- a = Amateur
- PO = Won in playoff
- * = Championship was 36-holes
- ** = Championship was shortened to 36-holes after the second round was canceled due to weather
- *** = Championship was played as a par 69 instead of 71 due to flooding. The par 5, 17th hole was played as a 158 yard, par 3.
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