Welcome to the Winnetka Men's Club

As the 2023 Golf Season comes  to a Close..

The Men's Club Board has begun planning for the 2024 season, which will start out at other courses , but return to the renovated Winnetka Golf Club around August 1. Stayed tuned for more details.

Winnetka Cup Season ending event was held on Saturday October 7 at Willow Hill; the Oaks took it to the Elms 21 1/2 to 9 1/2

One a cool , windy Fall day , we concluded the season with the final Winnetka Cup event of the year with 16 players. The Oaks were impressive this day ( click here for results), winning 21 1/2 to 9 1/2.

The Oaks also won the June event, so they are the winners in 2023. The annual event is now tied at 3 wins each.

After golf, we had the year end dinner and awards. Fun was had by all. Thanks again to John Llewellyn for conducting the raffle.

Update on Golf Course Rennovation: 18 Hole course complete; now the grow in Phase.

• New  sand is inall of the bunkers. This will allow it to settle over the next 12 months.
• All of the equipment is off the course
• The  water is flowing from the retention tanks (under Duke Chld Field) thru the par 3 to the 18 hole course. The irrigation ponds on 2 and 5 are being used extensively to water the course. As these ponds are drawn down, the water in new lakes on 17 and 18 can be pumped to the irrigation ponds.

We will continue to post picture updates to the Gallery (in the top toolbar) . 

Match Play has been completed (almost).

Only 1 match remains to be played. Congratulations to all the winners. See below for the summary of the results.

Winnetka Men's Golf Club Plan for 2024

Course our Members are playing in 2023

Click here to see a list of where our members have lottery times in 2023.  There is also a list of players who want to be contacted if one of these groups has an opening. 

As we have information about 2024 , we will post it here,

Important Milestones in the Golf Course Rennovation:

• The course closed November 1, 2022. and they have had decent weather to work.  Highlights of note:

  • November-December:

    • Removal of trees is completed. The picture updates in the gallery from November and December show the impact.

    • As they remove dirt, they are starting to  build up the fairways (Hole 12 fairway has been covered with 12-18 inches of dirt). Jeff Werstak's pictures in the gallery from Dec 11 do a great job of showing how much they will raise the fairways.

  • January 2023:

    • The Lake is completed left of 17 (see Januray 16 contractor update) 

  • Feb-March 2023:

    • soft conditions keep the work moving slowly

  • April -May 2023

    • The clay from digging the new lake on 17/18/15 is being used to form the goilf course. 12-24 inches of topsoil is placed over the clay.This will not be a flat golf course! Water will run off to lakes or drainage areas. 

    • See the new bridge over the water on 12 in May 9 gallery pictures

  • June-July 2023

    • massive amounts of clay and dirt are being moved to create the new course

    • most of the bunkers have been rebuilt

    • The lakes on holes 18,17 and 15 are pretty well completed.

  • August-Sept 2023

    • All of  cart paths have been paved by end of August

    • Seeding commenced on the North end of the course around Aug 1

    • Seeding of the middle of the course around Aug 18-25; 18 was seeded Saturady 9/9

    • Water will begin to flow into the lakes in September

  • October 2023

    • the planting work on the course was completed in early October

    • Greens and faiways are being routinely mowed.

    • The 9 month grow in in well underway

    • Fencing was added at Boal Parkway entrance (Oct 11) and Bell Woods (Oct 12). This is to prevent damage that has been occuring with people/dogs  on the course

    • work on the Par 3 course has been completed, but a little late.

    • Fencing is planned to be added near the 18th green and around the clubhouse.

  • November 2023

    • Both the 18 hole course and the Par 3 course are well into the grow in phase.

    • The fall weather has been great for the courses. The fairways, rough  and greens are being cut on a regular basis. The irrigation system was drained early in the week of November 13; so now it is up the mother nature.

    • Nov 20: the weather has turned. Ground temperatures which have been over 50 are starting to drop, which will put be an end to the growing season.

• Kemper Sports has been hired to oversee the rennovation (Press release on December 16, 2022), and manage the course after its reopens in 2024.  An initial presentation on their plans was held Friday, January 6, at 5 PM at the Clubhouse.  

• The course architect, Rick Jacobson, gave  a presentation on the project on Januray 18, 2023.

Men's Club Gift card Balances  

Here is the list of balances as of October 10, 2022. Spend your balances in the Pro Shop. We will post updates as we learn more on what will be available going forward.

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Winnetka Golf Club course construction and drawings:

These are the latest drawings and overviews we have (which are from early 2022)

• Golf Course Renovation concepts
• Stormwater Management on Skokie Playfields
• 18 Hole Course Improvements

• Winnetka Golf Club Action Plan for 2024 (stay tuned)  
•  Club Championship Results for years prior to 2023  are posted on the left side tab
• 2023 Major Event Winners 
• Top Ten Most Frequently Asked Questions
• Scorecard and Drone Flyover