Medinah Course No. 3
Medinah Course No. 3: Tom Bendelow (1928), redesigned by Ogilvy, Cocking & Mead (OCM Golf) (2024). Par 72, 7,564 yards. Tiger Woods won the 2006 PGA Championship here with 270 (−18).
Medinah Course No. 3: Tom Bendelow (1928), redesigned by Ogilvy, Cocking & Mead (OCM Golf) (2024). Par 72, 7,564 yards. Tiger Woods won the 2006 PGA Championship here with 270 (−18).
Medinah Course No. 3: Tom Bendelow (1928), redesigned by Ogilvy, Cocking & Mead (OCM Golf) (2024). Par 72, 7,564 yards. Tiger Woods won the 2006 PGA Championship here with 270 (−18).
Updated October 24, 2026
12 editions on the record, by event, newest first.
USGA
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Hale Irwin | 280 (−8) | lowest winning score in this event · won in a playoff |
| 1975 | Lou Graham | 287 (+3) | won in a playoff |
| 1949 | Cary Middlecoff | 286 (+2) | by 1 stroke |
PGA of America
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Tiger Woods | 270 (−18) | by 5 strokes |
| 1999 | Tiger Woods | 277 (−11) | by 1 stroke |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | United States | 17-13 | PGA Tour |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Europe | 14.5-13.5 | Ryder Cup Europe / PGA of America |
PGA Tour (Western Golf Association)
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Billy Casper | 283 (−1) | by 3 strokes |
| 1962 | Jacky Cupit | 281 (−3) | by 2 strokes |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Justin Thomas | 263 (−25) | by 3 strokes · PGA Tour |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Gary Player | 288 (E) | won in a playoff · USGA (senior major) |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Byron Nelson | 281 (−2) | by 1 stroke · PGA Tour (Western Golf Association) |
Medinah was founded in 1924 by Shriners from Chicago's Medinah Temple; 15,000 people watched the clubhouse cornerstone being laid that November.
Source: Medinah CC Club History
In 1928, the year Course No. 3 opened, Medinah dedicated a 150-foot flagpole, believed then to be the tallest at any golf club in the world.
Source: Medinah CC Club History
The 2012 Ryder Cup at Medinah was the first Ryder Cup played in Illinois.
Source: Wikipedia: Medinah Country Club
The clubhouse, designed by Shriner and charter member Richard G. Schmid, is a Byzantine-style Moroccan building with a dome and minarets.
Source: Wikipedia: Medinah Country Club · Medinah CC Club History
Since the OCM redesign a split-rail fence marks out of bounds along holes 5, 6 and 7, which GOLF credits with adding strategic tension.
Source: GOLF.com: Medinah (No. 3)
The 16th is a Cape hole and one of five new holes created by Ogilvy Cocking Mead in the 2024 redesign, which removed trees and returned to Bendelow-style bold bunkering.
Source: GOLF.com: Medinah (No. 3) · Medinah CC - Golf Courses
Before the 2024 redesign, the par-3 2nd, 13th and 17th all played over water, part of the 640-acre property that includes Lake Kadijah.
Source: Wikipedia: Medinah Country Club
Tom Bendelow
Redesign in preparation for the 1990 U.S. Open
Source: Wikipedia: Medinah Country Club
Redesign and transformation of Course No. 3 (Golf Digest 2024 Transformation of the Year)
Source: Medinah CC Club History · Medinah CC Golf Courses · GOLF.com
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour weeks at this course since 2017.
| Year | Event | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Presidents Cup 24–27 September 2026 | Team USA | PGA Tour |
| 2019 | BMW Championship 15–18 August 2019 | Justin Thomas | PGA Tour |
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's tour-course research (profiles, championship history, the tour's visits since 2017, stories, details and course changes, each with its sources). A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. The light in the room is the sun's real position on the last day of a recorded visit.
The routing and ground are drawn from OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). The clubhouse is drawn by GNN from reference photographs; the photographs stay private.
Data: medinah-no-3.json. Spot an error? See corrections.