KemperSports is a privately held golf course and hospitality management company founded in 1978 by Steven H. Lesnik and James S. Kemper, Jr., president and chairman of the board of Kemper Insurance. The company began with the management of

Kemper Lakes Golf Club Kemper Lakes Golf Club is a private country club in the central United States, located in Ela Township, Lake County, Illinois, Ela Township, Lake County, outside Kildeer, Illinois, a suburb northwest of Chicago. It is also near the communities of ...

in Kildeer, Illinois (United States), an upscale public golf course in the Chicago area. Based in Northbrook, Ill., KemperSports builds, owns and manages golf courses, resorts, athletic clubs, lodging venues and restaurants, and has more than 5,500 employees. Its clients include owners and developers of golf courses and hospitality venues, financial institutions and municipalities. Today, the company’s management portfolio includes

Bandon Dunes Golf Resort Bandon Dunes Golf Resort is a complex of five links and a par-3 golf course on the West Coast of the United States, located alongside the Pacific Ocean in southwest Oregon, just north of the city of Bandon. Courses The first course at the ...

, titled the No. 1 Golf Resort in North America by Golf Digest and GOLF magazine; The Glen Club; Desert Willow Golf Resort; Harbor Shores, site of the 2012 and 2014 Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid; and

Chambers Bay Chambers Bay is a public golf course in the northwest United States, located in University Place, Washington, on the Puget Sound southwest of Tacoma. The British links-style course is owned by Pierce County and opened for play on June 23, 200 ...

, host of the 2010 U.S. Amateur and the 2015 U.S. Open. In 2012, the company launched a private club division called KemperCollection. KemperSports was named the Club Management Company of the Year in 2012 b
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The company is led by CEO Steven K. Skinner and President Josh W. Lesnik, son of chairman and co-founder Steven H. Lesnik.

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* {{official website, http://www.kempersports.com Sports in Cook County, Illinois Golf in Illinois Hospitality companies of the United States