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Description

Medinah Country Club
is a private
country club
in
Medinah
,
Illinois
, with nearly 600 members and 640 acres (260 ha) containing three
golf
courses, Lake
Kadijah
,
swimming
facilities, a golf learning center, golf shop, gun club, racket center and a
Byzantine
-style,
mosque
-evoking clubhouse with
Oriental
,
Louis XIV
and
Italian
architectural aspects. Medinah is widely known for its Course 3, now at 7,657 yards (7,002 m),
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which has hosted five
major championships
: three
U.S. Opens
(
1949
,
1975
,
1990
) and two
PGA Championships
(
1999
,
2006
), as well as the
Ryder Cup
in
2012
.
Year
Tournament
Winner
Margin
of victory
Winner's
share (
$
)
Par
Course length
1949
U.S. Open
Cary Middlecoff
1 stroke
2,000
71
6,981 yd (6,383 m)
1975
U.S. Open
Lou Graham
2 strokes (90)
40,000
71
7,032 yd (6,430 m)
1988
U.S. Senior Open
Gary Player
2 strokes (90)
65,000
72
6,881 yd (6,292 m)
1990
U.S. Open
Hale Irwin
1 stroke (91 holes)
220,000
72
7,195 yd (6,579 m)
1999
PGA Championship
Tiger Woods
1 stroke
630,000
72
7,401 yd (6,767 m)
2006
PGA Championship
Tiger Woods
5 strokes
1,224,000
72
7,561 yd (6,914 m)
2012
Ryder Cup
Team Europe
1 point (14½–13½)
0
72
7,657 yd (7,002 m