Cog Hill Course #3

Cog Hill has three separate golf shops. This is the golf shop at the driving range.

The pro shop for courses #1 and #3 is west of Parker Road, next to the main clubhouse. There's a big practice green next to it.

The golf shop at the driving range is the smallest of the three golf shops.

The golf shop at the driving range.

The main clubhouse building at Cog Hill, which has the banquet hall and nice restaurant.

The main clubhouse building at Cog Hill, from the driveway angle.

Cog Hill calls their practice area the Learning Center. The facilities here are top notch. They also have an amazing junior program.

Yet another practice green -- this is the green next to the Course 1 and 3 pro shop.

The driving range has a tracking system called TopTracer, which analyzes your ball flight, just like the pros.

TopTracer keeps track of all your shots. You get the carry distance, total distance, ball speed, launch angle, height, hang time, etc. Really cool to see your cumulative shot stats and trajectories.

The mats at the Cog Hill driving range.

Dozens of hitting bays, at two different angles to the range. Everything is on one level -- not multiple floors.

The old Cog Hill barn in the distance at the back of the range. Lots of flags to hit to.

The range is open all year round, with a heating system for the winter.

There's a putting green to the right of the range. One of many, many practice greens at Cog.

Another practice green, to the left of the range, when facing it from the parking lot.

A practice bunker. It rained heavily the day before I visited Cog, so it's not in good shape in the photo. I've practiced here plenty before, it doesn't look like this generally.

"Please hit bunker shots to checkered flag ONLY"

Cog's pro shops facilitate a full club testing and fitting program.

Hot dog from Cog Hill. My quest to try a hot dog at every course in the Chicagoland area continues.

The beautiful main dining hall at Cog Hill's clubhouse.

Cog Hill's main dining hall has 30 foot ceilings.

The outdoor patio.

The bar in one of the many dining areas in the clubhouse.

Another angle of the bar.

The basement dining area in the main clubhouse.

A golf cart at Cog Hill, from the front. It looks a little dated.

The golf carts on courses 1 and 3 do not have GPS. Courses 2 and 4 have that.

Push carts for rent at Cog Hill.

Lots of different varieties.

This giant sign is near the practice green for Dubsdread.

The path into the main clubhouse at Cog Hill.

I'd love to know the backstory on this guy.

Cog has smartly adopted a consistent color scheme for their courses. Course #1 always has blue signage, on course, in the scorecard, etc. Course #3 is red.

No, thank *you* Frank & Joe!

"Have the caddy put them in the black sedan."

Throughout the summer, Cog Hill has cool events where they setup Dubsdread as it was for the PGA Tour's BMW Championship from 2009-2011, with Sunday pin placements and all. In 2011, Justin Rose won at -13. Rose shot a ridiculous 8-under 63 in round 1, and finished the tournament with an even-par 71. Us mere mortals can play that setup for $195. They also have markers throughout the course showing the location of notable shots, like Tiger's ridiculous recovery shots from from the rough when he won in 2007 and 2009.