Daly to co-design Big Stick

Bolingbrook, Ill. – PGA Tour player John Daly and golf course architect John Robinson will join forces to design a new golf course in Bolingbrook, Ill.
The Village of Bolingbrook currently serves as home to Bolingbrook Golf Club, designed by Arthur Hills and opened in 2002. The new 18-hole Daly/Robinson design will be located adjacent to the existing Bolingbrook Golf Club.

“Having two uniquely designed courses in the locale will attract avid golfers from across the Midwest,” says Bollingbrook mayor Roger C. Claar.

A 76,000-square-foot clubhouse, complete with two restaurants and banquet facilities, accompanies the course. Bolingbrook Golf Club also hosts the Tom Dreesen Celebrity Invitational, a stop on the Celebrity Players Tour, which made its third consecutive run at the facility this summer. Northbrook, Ill.-based KemperSports manages Bolingbrook Golf Club and will assume management of facility operations of the Daly/Robinson course upon opening.

Daly’s first signature course, Wicked Stick, is located in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The new Bolingbrook layout has been tentatively named Big Stick in recognition of Daly’s first tour victory and first course design.

Big Stick will stretch more than 8,200 yards from the tips, bringing Daly’s “grip-it-and-rip-it” style of golf to Illinois. The par-5 holes will exceed 600 yards, the par 4s will measure more than 450 yards, and each par 3 will feature a tee that makes that particular hole difficult and memorable. Daly’s vision for the links-style course also encompasses long, open fairways with a challenging approach and undulating greens.

“I have a passion for building golf courses and look forward to making Big Stick one of the longest tracks in the country with a number of tee boxes to allow for maximum playability,” says Daly.

Big Stick will be located just north of Bolingbrook Golf Club, and will include an ancillary golf shop and starter building, parking and food service. Access to the main clubhouse will be via a tunnel under Rodéo Drive.

For more information, contact the mayor’s office at 630-226-8416.