Medinah Country Club
 
Medinah Country Club is a private country club in Medinah, Illinois with a sprawling 640 acres of land which includes three golf courses, a Byzantine-styled clubhouse and a lake.
 
The 2012 Ryder Cup will be played on the Course 3, which has already hosted five major championships: three U.S. Opens (1949, 1975, 1990) and two PGA Championships (1999, 2006).
 
The course was in 2006 the longest golf course in major championship history at 7,561 yards (6,914 m) for the 2006 PGA Championships, and is famous because of Tiger Woods' achievement of becoming the first to win the PGA Championship twice on the same course.
 
As part of its 2012 preparations, Medinah commissioned a $1.5 million greens renovation project on Course No. 3, led by golf course architect Rees Jones. The project included a dramatic redesign of the 15th hole.
 
The 15th now offers players with a great 'risk-reward' opportunity with a driveable par-four by reducing its length by 100 yards and adding a two-acre lake that borders the right side of the fairway and green. The new forward tee allows the hole to be set up as short as 280 yards. The original tee area of 392 yards from the championship tees will be preserved to provide the club with flexibility in course set-up.
 
The course now measures 7,657 yards (7,002 m) off the "Gold" tees.