The intention of the year-long project was to restore the original Tom Bendelow design, with most of the work focusing on green complexes and bunkers, relying on aerial photographs from 1938 to determine their original sizes, shapes and locations. Medinah (Ill.) Country Club has unveiled its Course No. 2, following a year-long restoration. The purpose…

Coinciding with the reopening of the property’s No. 2 Course in June, the program is designed to motivate golfers of all levels to work toward specific targets, while allowing them to improve within the confines of their abilities. Key to the program is the placement of seven tee boxes on each hole, along with the introduction of special events.

The Tom Bendelow-designed course is being restored to its original look and strategy while being fitted with seven tee boxes to accommodate a wider range of golfers and support its “Golf Fore Life” development program.

The 93-year-old property features an organic garden with 34 different fruits and vegetables, 17 savory herbs and garnishes, and six varieties of fragrant and edible flowers. Last spring, an on-site chicken coop housed 20 hens, and an additional 20 have been added, while the property’s maple trees are being tapped for syrup and a bee colony is set to debut in the spring.

The ambitious $30 million renovation of two public golf course facilities on Chicago’s South Side is designed to attract a major tournament to the city while also creating a new attraction for growing the game through youth and public participation. As part of the effort, a new nonprofit Chicago Parks Golf Alliance fundraising organization is being formed.

This is the sixth consecutive year the club digital solutions firm has won awards presented by the Interactive Media Awards Council, and the first time the company has been awarded four Best in Class designations for website design.

Jim McWethy has sunk $15 million into Mistwood Golf Club in suburban Chicago and now has revenues projecting to $7 million for 2016, largely on the strength of strong F&B and wedding business. But that would still fall short of the $10 million in annual revenues the owner wants to achieve for sustained profitability.

After the New York Mets’ Yoenis Cespedes left Wednesday night’s National League pennant-clinching win with a shoulder injury, it was revealed that he had played golf at Medinah CC that morning. But the outfielder insisted the round was not the source of the injury, and added that golf “actually helps me with my swing.”

Mark Rolfing, an NBC/Golf Channel analyst who grew up outside of the city, is spearheading a plan to combine two current public courses on the South Side into a standout 18- or 27-hole facility that could possibly attract a regular tour stop or even a major championship.

The famed Chicago-area club will restore its Course No. 2, which opened in 1927, to its original character while upgrading its infrastructure to modern standards. The latest project will bring the total investment in Medinah’s three courses since 2008 to $14 million.

A cannon blast marked “the beginning of a new era” at the 90-year-old club following a 21-month, $6.5 million project that addressed persistent flooding issues.

As the club’s lawyers petition to designate the entire property as open space to cut its tax liability, a bill in the state House aims to clearly define which parts of a golf course could be designated as “open.”