ModuleHow good is Chicagoland golf? You can find out by following me on a three day tour – we can extend it to five if you want – of the finest the Windy City has to offer. We run the gamut, from the reclaimed urban landfill called Harborside International to championship-quality golf at Cog Hill an
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Veteran golf travel, history and architecture journalist, Bradley S. Klein has written more than 1,500 feature articles on course architecture, resort travel, golf course development, golf history and the media for such other publications as Golfweek, Golf Digest, Financial Times, New York Times and Sports Illustrated. He has published seven books on golf architecture and history, including Discovering Donald Ross, winner of the USGA 2001 International Book Award. In 2015, Klein won the Donald Ross Award for lifetime achievement from the American Society of Golf Course Architects. Follow Brad on Twitter
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