Ravisloe Country Club To Celebrate 125th Anniversary: Staff Seeks Past Members, Caddies, Memories

HOMEWOOD, IL — As Homewood's Ravisloe Country Club prepares to mark its 125th anniversary, staff is looking to shine the spotlight on its past.

Club leaders are looking for past members, caddies or anybody with information regarding history or memories of the club. Photographs and stories are welcome, and would be greatly appreciated, staff said. Any information can be emailed to Jim McGrath, at mcgrath5@sbcglobal.net.

Ravisloe Country Club was established in 1901 by an ambitious and visionary group comprised largely of members of Chicago’s Standard Club. Ravisloe’s founders selected the 120-acre Briggs farm in Homewood, Illinois as the site for their new venture only after considering and ultimately rejecting another property belonging to a Dutchman named Ravisloot, according to the club's website. While entertaining that first option, founding members decided “Ravisloot” had a nice ring to it, adapted the moniker to Ravislow and ultimately, called their fledgling club Ravisloe.

Read more about its origins on the Ravisloe website.