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Founded 1916 — 25800 Country Club Drive
The club: The South Bend Country Club is the city's one surviving private golf club of the founding generation. The club's own account and the state golf record agree on the essentials: established in 1916 on rolling ground beside the Chain O'Lakes, at 25800 Country Club Drive, its eighteen holes designed by the Chicago architect George O'Neil. The club's own history display carries its tournament record: host to the Western Open in 1939, the Western Amateur in 1938 and 1951, the NCAA championship in 1942, the Women's Western Amateur, and the Indiana State Amateur in 1994. The state golf association's description, in the club's own terms, is that it "serves a limited membership of business and professional people of all ages," its course the site of an annual U.S. Open qualifying event.
The present state: The club stands private and operating in 2026, its membership taken by application and, under its own membership agreement, "contingent upon approval by the Board of Directors" — the invitation structure of the classic country club, stated in its own paperwork. No membership total published by the club was reached, and none is printed.
Sources:
- South Bend Country Club, the club's own site and membership application (southbendcc.com) — established 1916; the club at 25800 Country Club Dr.; membership contingent on board approval.
- Indiana Golf (Indiana Golf Association) course record — South Bend Country Club: established 1916, private, architect George O'Neil; the club's description of its limited membership and its U.S. Open qualifying.
- The club's own history display, photographed in the clubhouse — the Western Open (1939), Western Amateur (1938, 1951), NCAA championship (1942), Women's Western Amateur, and Indiana State Amateur (1994).