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Golf Illinois
Illinois has a wealth of great public golf courses. Take a golfing holiday and discover the best places to golf in Illinois.
Golf in the Heart of the City
Minutes from the Chicago Loop
Harborside brings championship style links golf to Chicago in homage to Scottish golf courses.
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Arlington Lakes Golf Club
The challenging 18-hole layout spans 90 acres of superbly manicured fairways and greens wi...
Cantigny Golf - Wheaton
Full-service event facility with 27 holes offers both 18-hole and 9-hole play.
George Dunne National Golf Course
Located in southwest suburban Oak Forest, Dunne National offers the unique features of ben...
A Traditional Links Course in an Untraditional Setting
Harborside International’s quirky city golf courses were designed by Dick Nugent to bring the great Scottish tradition of seaside links golf to Chicago. Sure, our sea is a great lake, but this fascinating course, built on a former landfill and scoured by the winds from Lake Michigan, is often compared to the iconic public golf courses of Scotland. Minutes from Chicago’s Loop, Harborside offers two courses, Port and Starboard, a driving range and practice facility.
Meet Dubsdread
BMW Championship Host
Are you up to the test? Play the toughest public course in the Chicago area.
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Grand Victoria Casino
Get in on the action! With hot new games, a cool new look and awesome cash prizes, it's al...
Harrah's Joliet Casino & Hotel
Harrah’s Joliet is your epicenter for fun!
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club
Cog Hill Golf and Country Club sits southwest of Chicago in the Des Plaines River Valley. There are four courses at Cog Hill, but the reason you’re going is to play the infamous No. 4 course nicknamed Dubsdread, so called because rookie golfers (dubs) dread playing this difficult course.
Golf course architect Joe Jemsek was called the patriarch of public golf. His vision was to create a private-club experience for public golfers. He succeeded with this course, opened in 1964, and recently renovated by Rees Jones. Heavily bunkered undulating greens test the skills of the wiliest player. Come and test your game on this great American public golf course.
A Suburban Oasis
Memorable golf on a beautifully engineered course
Play a challenging course laid out on an old naval air base north of Chicago.
The Glen Club
The 18-hole golf course at the Glen Club in Glenview is designed by Tom Fazio. An old naval air base has been beautifully transformed into an exciting golf course with rolling berms and picturesque vistas of prairie grass, lakes and streams. The course features dramatic elevation changes up to 40-feet, astonishing when you remember that the original site was crisscrossed with runways and flat as a pancake.
Rolling Hills & Magnificent Views
Relaxed country club vibe
As near as you can get to a private club experience, without the cost.
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Arlington International Racecourse
Live Thoroughbred racing Thursday through Sunday during May - September. Family-fun every...
Stonewall Orchard Golf Club
Stonewall Orchard Golf Club in Grayslake is designed by acclaimed golf course architect Arthur Hills. It’s a beautiful course, with rolling hills, abundant mature trees, wetlands and wildlife, including some assertive sand cranes! A public course with a relaxed country club feel, golfers rate Stonewall Orchard one of the top golf courses in the Chicago area.
The course offers a challenge to golfers of all skill levels, including forced carries, water hazards and bunkers. Reviews rate it as one of the more testing course layouts in Illinois. The view from the veranda with a drink in hand after a round is magnificent.
Stay & Play
Play golf in a resort enviornment
Perfectly situated for other outdoor adventures, biking, hiking and horseback riding trails.
Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa in Galena
Set amid the rolling hills of northwestern Illinois, Eagle Ridge has four golf courses. Their jewel is the multi award-winning General, an 18-hole, par 72 course with over 250 feet of elevation changes throughout.
Eagle Ridge offers a wide range of places to stay, three restaurants, a spa and fitness centre with indoor/outdoor pool, sauna and steam room. If you fancy a break from golfing, you’re perfectly situated to enjoy outdoor activities including, miles of biking, hiking and horseback riding trails, as well as tennis, hot air balloon rides, boating and fishing on Lake Galena.
Golf the South
Best golf in Southern Illinois
Experience even more Midwest charm with these southern Illinois golf courses.
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Hickory Ridge Golf Course
The beautiful 18 hole championship public golf course will offer a challenge to golfers of...
Governors Run Golf and Country Club
This championship 18-hole course has 13 lakes scattered throughout the par 72 layout. It b...
The Links at Kokopelli
The Links set the standard in southern Illinois for a great golf experience with family-friendly green fees. Designed by internationally-renowned golf course architect Steve Smyers, Kokopelli has been recognised by Golf Week Magazine as a top course in Illinois. The Links is the perfect walking course—just make sure you don’t have to stroll through too many of the bunkers that guard the fairways and greens.
Rend Lake Golf Course
Overlooking 18,000-acre Rend Lake, this 27-hole course is part of a recreation complex that includes dining and lodging options. Five sets of tees make this course extremely playable for all levels.
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