Hickory Hills Golf Club is very proud of it's rich golf tradition and is pleased to offer you this information. If you love the game of golf and want a challenging course with rolling hills, winding streams, wildlife, and mature trees, you really should take a look at our unique golf club. Hickory Hills is truly "A Golf Club for Golfers".

Many people have built golf courses but the saga of Hickory Hills is a bit different than most. This wasn’t the case of some famous golfer, mega corporation or even a billionaire creating their "dream" course. No in this case, it was even more complex and difficult.

For Hickory Hills was built by thirteen "regular guys", the Founders, who wanted to build their dream course.

There was a lawyer, a dentist, an accountant, a printer...well, you get the idea. Their idea was borne from a love of golf and the desire to create a "Golf Club For Golfers."

Imagine getting thirteen people to agree on anything let alone thirteen golf fanatics to agree on the location, financing, architect and construction of "their" course. But agree they did and the result is one of the finest courses in a community known for it’s golf course architecture.

And speaking of architecture, perhaps it was the architect who was able to keep the thirteen founders together during the years that it took to build the course. Jack Kidwell was the President of the American Society of Golf Course Architects in 1979. It was the same year that Hickory Hills held it’s dedication ceremony. In these days of "name" architects such as Fazio, Dye, Jones, Palmer, Nicklaus and others it is easy to overlook this extremely talented and creative man. But as a life member of the PGA, golf course owner and designer of more than 50 courses which have been roundly praised for their creativity, the work of Jack Kidwell stands with the best.

And it was ultimately to him that the "thirteen" turned to complete their vision...and what a vision it was.