Midlothian Country Club, Chicago, Illinois. 1925. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLII. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1925] Artist: Unknown. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)
By Tom Coyne
Tom Coyne is a former boyhood caddie at Midlothian Country Club and was a longtime university vice president.
CERTAIN HOLES AT A COUNTRY CLUB bring back special memories — and not always for their beauty or complexity.
For me, one such hole was the 6th at the Midlothian Country Club, about 30 miles south of Chicago, where my brothers and I caddied, starting with me in the mid 1940s and with them to the late 1950s.