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Olympia Fields Country Club: U.S. Open
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Olympia Fields Country Club has been hosting major golf events for the past eighty-six years, including the 2003 U.S. Open. Through the years, some of the greatest names in golf have played its challenging courses, including Jack Nicklaus, Sam Snead, Chick Evans and Walter Hagan.
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(Winston Salem, N.C.) – The 103rd U.S. Open, the oldest major golf championship played in the United States, will be held June 12 – 15 at Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields, Illinois. Many years ago the USGA began branding its championships to establish an identity specific to each event. A logo is the foundation of the brand and a cornerstone for merchandising. The 2003 U.S. Open logo was created by David Caudle, who is currently the manager of creative services for Stratapult in Winston Salem. The logo was revealed this time last year, but circulation has increased with the upcoming championship, including TV spots on ESPN and NBC.
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The Olympia Fields event will be played at the start of the month at the Olympia Fields Country Club in Illinois, the site of the 2003 U.S. Open. The tournament includes top teams like Arizona State, Duke, Oklahoma State and defending national champion Stanford.
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At the time of the 1928 U.S. Open, Olympia Fields was the largest country club in the United States. It boasted four 18-hole golf courses over a 674-acre tract of land south of the downtown loop of Chicago.
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Olympia Fields (North Course) was originally designed by two-time British Open Champion Willie Parks, Jr. When it opened in 1923, it played at 6,700 yards from the tips. Mungeam has stretched it to 7,190 yards (with a par of 70) for the 2003 U.S. Open.
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This gallery of wildlife had prime seating this June as Olympia Fields hosted the U.S. Open, one of many championships held at the historic course. Proving that environmental sensitivity and superb golfing can coexist, OIympia Fields is both an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary and premier golf facility: its championship North Course is rated #2 in Illinois and #24 nationally by Golf Digest.
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