| 1999 |
Dubsdread at Cog Hill named one of America's Greatest 100 Courses by Golf Digest Magizine. |
| 1998 |
Dubsdread at Cog Hill - one of Golf Magazine's Top Ten TV courses. |
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Dubsdread at Cog Hill - one of Golf Week Magazine's 100 Best Modern Courses. |
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Joe Jemsek named Honorary Vice President of the Western Golf Association. |
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Dubsdread at Cog Hill honored by Sports Illustrated as the 9th Best Public Course in the U.S. The list included Pebble Beach, Pinehurst #2, Harbour Town, Bethpage Black and Spyglass Hill. |
| 1997 |
Cog Hill site of the U.S. Amateur Championship of the USGA. |
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Named Golf father of the year by Golf Week Magazine. |
| 1996 |
Golf Digest 5 star rating for Cog Hill, one of only eight sites in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean to receive this honor. |
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Golf Digest 500 Best Places to Play - 10 each in all 50 states - ranks Cog Hill and Pine Meadow 1 and 3 respectively in Illinois. |
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Annual Award of the National Golf Course Owners Association Dubsdread and Joe Jemsek. |
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Inducted into the Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame, sponsored by the University of Illinois at Chicago. |
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Illinois Section, PGA Special Recognition Award for his impact on the game of golf and those who play it through remarkable vision for the future of the game as a teacher, player and businessman. |
| 1995 |
Winner of the Richardson Award of the Golf Writers Association of America. |
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Golf Week presents America's Best Courses and Cog Hill (Dubsdread) and Pine Meadow are ranked 1 and 6 respectively out of 15 in Illinois. (In 1994 they ranked 1 & 7). |
| 1994 |
National Golf Foundation - Cog Hill 1 of 5 in Illinois rated by NGF as the top golf shops. |
| 1993 |
Dubsdread hole #6 part of the Chrysler Great 18. |
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National Golf Foundation - Public Achievement Award - Cog Hill, Pine Meadow, St. Andrews and Glenwoodie. |
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Received the Solheim Lifetime Achievement Award fo the National March of Dimes. |
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Received the Don Rossi Humanitarian Award of the Golf Course Builders Association. |
| 1992 |
Named Father of the Year by the Chicago Father's Day Council. |
| 1991 |
Named Golf Professional of the Year by the PGA of America. |
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Illinois PGA Golf Professional of the Year. |
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Named one of the most powerful people in golf by Golf Digest Magazine. |
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Named, with his family, winner of the National Golf Foundation Golf Family of the Year. |
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Received the Junior Development Award presented by Golf Digest. An annual junior program for 500 boys and girls co-sponsored by the Lemont Park District. |
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Elected to the Chicago Sports Hall of Fame. |
| 1990 |
Elected a director of the US Golf Association Foundation. |
| 1989 |
Received the inaugural Distinguished Service Award of the Chicago District Golf Association. |
| 1988 |
Elected to the Executive Committee of the US Golf Association - the first PGA member and public course owner to be a member of the USGA Executive Committee. |
| 1987 |
Illinois PGA Golf Professional of the Year. |
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Received the Gold Medal of Appreciation of the Western Golf Association. |
| 1986 |
Pine Meadow named the Best New Public Golf Course by Golf Digest Magazine. |
| 1984 |
Appointed a director of the National Golf Foundation. |
| 1977 |
Received the inaugural Herb Graffis Award of the National Golf Foundation. |
| 1973 |
Elected an honorary director of the Chicago District Golf Association. |
| 1952 |
Started an All Star Golf at Cog Hill. Sam Snead (33-34-67) vs. Cary Middlecoff (35-33-68). 146 professional matches followed, all made for TV and distributed across the U.S. |
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Held the first National Golf Day at Cog Hill with Bob Hope, Dean Martin, and Jerry Lewis. It has become the annual fundraising arm of the PGA of America and has raised more than $5,000,000 for golf charities. |
| 1949 |
Originated golf on TV with "Pars, Birdies and Eagles", a 30 minute weekly show of instruction and rules regularly staffed by leading professionals and amateurs. It ran on Monday nights between May and August for 14 years. |
| 1934 |
Won the long-driving contest at the Century of Progress (Chicago World's Fair). Standing atop a 168 foot tower Joe averaged 501 yards per drive - measured by the US Navy. |