IL HR0597

Congratulates St. Andrews Golf & Country Club of West Chicago on its 100th anniversary in 2026, recognizing it as the oldest family-owned golf course in Illinois

Established in 1926 by Frank Hough and partners as a public 36-hole facility, the course has been owned and operated by the Jemsek-Hinckley family for five generations

Joe Jemsek owned St. Andrews from 1938 to 2002, pioneering the "country club for the day" model and earning PGA Professional of the Year in 1991

The facility has hosted approximately 6 million rounds of golf and includes a practice center ranked in the top 50 in the United States, open 364 days per year

Employs approximately 200 seasonal staff and regularly hosts charity events and high school teams, with recent recognition as Daily Herald's Best Public Course and Driving Range in 2024 and 2025