Every golf course in Chicagoland

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The former Topgolf Wood Dale. After Topgolf closed it in 2019, the Wood Dale Park District reopened it as a public range next to Salt Creek Golf Club.

Anetsberger Golf Course

Northbrook Park District par-3 nine with holes up to 187 yards.

Arlington Lakes Golf Club

Built by the Arlington Heights Park District on the former site of a U.S. Army Nike missile base; water is in play on 13 holes.

Designed by Garrett and David Gill. Renovated: 2016, $3 million rerouting and bunker reduction.

Arrowhead Golf Club

Golf has been played on the property since 1927, and the Wheaton Park District has owned it since 1982. Three nines can be paired three ways, and the 28-bay driving range is lit at night.

Courses: East, South, West.

Aurora Country Club

Founded in 1914 with a Tom Bendelow nine that grew to 18 holes in 1915; A.W. Tillinghast was consulted on changes in 1935.

Designed by Tom Bendelow (William Langford may have collaborated). Renovated: 1935, A.W. Tillinghast (selected improvements); restoration master plan by Ray Hearn under way in 2025.

Balmoral Woods Country Club

Barrington Hills Country Club

Private club on County Line Road in Barrington Hills, with later course work by Tom Doak.

Designed by O'Neil, Roseman and Croke. Renovated: Later work credited to Tom Doak and Larry Packard.

Bartlett Hills Golf Club

Dating to 1923, the course was bought by the Village of Bartlett in 1978 and rebuilt in 1982 with new greens, bunkers and irrigation.

Designed by Charles Maddox and Frank P. MacDonald. Renovated: 1982 full renovation; 2002 bentgrass fairways and four greens redesigned.

Belmont Golf Club

Long known as Downers Grove Golf Club, this is the original 1892 home of the Chicago Golf Club, which grew to 18 holes in 1893 and became the first 18-hole course in North America. Six of today's holes keep their original routing.

Designed by Charles Blair Macdonald.

Beverly Country Club

Host of the 1931 U.S. Amateur, four Western Opens and the 2009 U.S. Senior Amateur, with the Western Amateur scheduled again for 2026. Long in unincorporated Cook County, the club was annexed by Evergreen Park in April 2025.

Designed by George O'Neil, with Tom Bendelow; Donald Ross renovation plan (1918). Renovated: 2002 and 2019-2020 restorations by Ron Prichard; short par-3 course and practice area added 2022.

Big Run Golf Club

Opened in 1930 among hundreds of mature oaks, with five lakes and Long Run Creek in play. CITGO bought the course in 2024 as part of a greenbelt around its nearby Lemont refinery.

Designed by Harry B. Smead. Renovated: 1982, Ken Killian; 1986, Dick Nugent.

Billy Caldwell Golf Course

A Forest Preserves nine from 1925 whose western edge is the North Branch of the Chicago River; the 5th, a 293-yard par 4, has water in front of the green.

Biltmore Country Club

Private club with a 1926 Leonard Macomber course.

Designed by Leonard Macomber. Renovated: Later work credited to Bob Lohmann and Larry Packard.

Bittersweet Golf Club

Daily-fee course with a lighted, natural-grass driving range open to the public and PGA instructors on staff.

Designed by Harry Vignocchi and Jack Porter.

Black Sheep Golf Club

Designed by David Esler.

Blackberry Oaks Golf Course

David Gill fit the course around Blackberry Creek, wetlands, prairie and oak groves. It has hosted qualifying for the 1997 U.S. Open, the 1998 and 2001 U.S. Junior Amateur and the 2003 Illinois Open.

Designed by David Gill.

Blackstone Golf Club

Designed by Bob Lohmann.

Bliss Creek Golf Club

Bloomingdale Golf Club

Originally Glendale Golf Course. The Village of Bloomingdale bought the property in 1998, renovated the course and added a clubhouse with a restaurant and banquet space.

Bob O'Link Golf Club

Private club whose logo carries the year 1916; Donald Ross heads its list of course designers.

Designed by Donald Ross. Renovated: Later work credited to Dick Nugent, Larry Packard, Jim Urbina and Jacobson Golf Course Design.

Bolingbrook Golf Club

Village-owned course that hosted LIV Golf Chicago in September 2024, the league's first event at a municipal course, and again in August 2025. The signature 15th is a 156-yard island green, and the course also hosted a Forme Tour event in 2021.

Designed by Arthur Hills and Steve Forrest.

Bonnie Brook Golf Course

Waukegan Park District course designed by James Foulis in 1926 and known locally as "The Brook." The north branch of the Waukegan River crosses the rolling, wooded layout, and an indoor learning center offers a swing simulator.

Designed by James Foulis.

Bonnie Dundee Golf Club

Run by the Dundee Township Park District; the course dates to 1926.

Designed by C.D. Wagstaff. Renovated: Bob Lohmann (year not published).

Boone Creek Golf Club

Boughton Ridge Golf Course

Nine-hole executive course the Bolingbrook Park District opened in 1981 after a public referendum. Lily Cache Creek runs through five holes and water comes into play on seven.

Designed by Roger Packard.

Boulder Ridge Country Club

Designed by Bob Lohmann (with Fuzzy Zoeller).

Bowes Creek Country Club

Designed by Rick Jacobson.

Brae Loch Golf Club

Opened in 1928 as a club that also had tennis, riding stables and boating, and was bought by the Lake County Forest Preserves in the late 1980s. It is a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary and is known as a friendly course for walkers.

Briar Ridge Country Club

A 27-hole private club whose three nines are played as three 18-hole combinations.

Courses: Red/White, Blue/Red, White/Blue. Designed by Dick Nugent and Larry Packard.

Briarwood Country Club

Private club with a 1921 Colt and Alison course.

Designed by H. S. Colt and C. H. Alison.

Bridges of Poplar Creek Country Club

Hoffman Estates Park District course, also called Poplar Creek Country Club, with many bridges and water hazards; a Toptracer range with heated bays sits beside a traditional range.

Designed by Ken Killian and Dick Nugent.

Brighton Dale Links

A 45-hole Kenosha County Parks complex with two 18-hole courses and a nine. GolfDay ranked it the fourth-best municipal course in Wisconsin.

Courses: White Birch (18), Blue Spruce (18), Red Pine (9). Designed by Ed Ault.

Bristol Oaks Golf Club

Designed by Larry Packard.

Broken Arrow Golf Club

Privately owned public facility on more than 215 acres with three regulation nines by Bob Lohmann (par and yardage shown are for South/East) plus a nine-hole par-3 course. The North nine and the West Short Links were added in 2000.

Courses: South, East, North, West Short Links (9-hole par 3). Designed by Bob Lohmann.

Bryn Mawr Country Club

A Langford and Moreau design dating to 1921.

Designed by William Langford and Theodore J. Moreau.

Buffalo Grove Golf Club

Municipal course where Buffalo Creek winds through the middle of the layout and four ponds come into play. It has a grass-tee driving range.

Designed by Ken Killian and Dick Nugent.

Bull Valley Golf Club

Designed by Dick Nugent.

Burnham Woods Golf Course

Named for planner Daniel Burnham, it has small greens, winding streams and some of the largest cottonwoods in Illinois. In 2023-2024 the Forest Preserves studied turning it into a nature preserve, but it remains open for golf in 2026.

Designed by Stanley Pelchar.

Butler National Golf Club

Hosted the PGA Tour's Western Open from 1974 through 1990 and ranks among Golf Digest's 100 Greatest courses. It was founded by Paul Butler, who also founded the village of Oak Brook.

Designed by George Fazio and Tom Fazio. Renovated: 2004, greens converted to A-1 bentgrass.

Butterfield Country Club

A 27-hole Langford and Moreau design whose White and Blue nines appear on Golf Digest's list of the best courses in the Chicago area.

Courses: Red, White, Blue. Designed by William Langford and Theodore Moreau.

Cantigny Golf

Owned by the Robert R. McCormick Foundation on land the Chicago Tribune publisher left for public recreation. It has hosted the U.S. Amateur Public Links and the Illinois State Amateur several times, and runs a separate 9-hole youth course.

Courses: Woodside, Lakeside, Hillside. Designed by Roger Packard. Renovated: Multi-year renovation began 2024; Hillside nine reopened July 2025.

Cardinal Creek Golf Course

Three nines that pair into three 18-hole combinations (par and yardage shown are for one 18); the property is an Audubon-designated bird sanctuary.

Courses: North, South, Center.

Carriage Greens Country Club

A daily-fee course whose clubhouse is known for live entertainment such as tribute bands.

Cary Country Club

Cedar Creek Family Golf Center

An executive nine with a driving range, teaching pro and golf school.

Designed by Gary Justak.

Cedardell Golf Club

A nine-hole course that has been in play since 1926, with alternate back-nine tees so golfers can play a full 18. Known for tree-lined fairways, elevation changes and small, sloping greens; the third hole drops from an elevated tee into a valley.

Designed by Leonard Macomber.

Centennial Park Golf Course

A links-style nine that opened in 2009 in Munster's Centennial Park. From the back tees it plays 3,300 yards, and its longest hole is 542 yards.

Designed by Tim Nugent.

Chapel Hill Country Club

Chevy Chase Country Club

Wheeling Park District course whose original 1920s layout was by Tom Bendelow; a 2002 Lohmann rebuild added the first irrigation system, rerouted a flood-prone creek and created five retention ponds. The Tudor-style clubhouse dates to 1927.

Designed by Tom Bendelow. Renovated: 2002, Bob Lohmann (Lohmann Golf Designs).

Chicago Golf Club

One of the five founding clubs of the USGA, it hosted the 1897, 1900 and 1911 U.S. Opens and the 1928 and 2005 Walker Cups. The USGA picked it for the 2033 U.S. Women's Open and 2036 Walker Cup, and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Designed by Charles B. Macdonald. Renovated: 1923, Seth Raynor.

Chicago Heights East Golf Course

A Chicago Heights Park District nine by Ken Killian, opened in 1991 on land once slated for a trailer park.

Designed by Ken Killian.

Chicago Heights West Golf Course

Opened in 1912 as the private Chicago Heights Country Club on a Tom Bendelow design; the park district took it over after a sale around 2000, and the clubhouse now holds a bar and banquet space.

Designed by Tom Bendelow.

Chicago Highlands Club

A links-style course built on a former landfill site, with views of the Chicago skyline. Golf Digest ranked it 15th in Illinois for 2025-26.

Designed by Arthur Hills and Steve Forrest.

Chick Evans Golf Course

Named for Chick Evans, the first amateur to win the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur in the same year and founder of the Evans Scholars caddie scholarship. The North Branch and West Fork of the Chicago River meet on the course.

Designed by Dick Nugent.

Cinder Ridge Golf Links

Owner George Kappos designed the course on roughly 350 acres left with coal refuse after some 70 years of mining; the name comes from the ridge of cinders still visible on the site. It has 56 bunkers and a 10-acre practice area.

Designed by George Kappos.

Cog Hill Golf & Country Club

Dubsdread hosted the Western Open from 1991 to 2006 and the BMW Championship in 2007 and 2009-2011. Tiger Woods set its course record of 62 in 2009.

Courses: Course #1 (Blue), Course #2 (Ravines), Course #3 (Red), Course #4 (Dubsdread). Designed by David McIntosh (original courses); Dick Wilson and Joe Lee (Dubsdread). Renovated: 2007-2008, Rees Jones (Dubsdread).

Columbus Park Golf Course

A links-style Tom Bendelow nine with wide fairways. A free 9-hole artificial-turf putting course and chipping and putting practice area, paid for by Troon, opened next to it in August 2025.

Designed by Tom Bendelow.

Conway Farms Golf Club

Tom Fazio design on 209 acres that hosted the PGA Tour's BMW Championship in 2013, 2015 and 2017, plus the 2009 Western Amateur and 2012 U.S. Mid-Amateur. The club encourages walking and fast play.

Designed by Tom Fazio.

Countryside Golf Club

The Traditional Course dates to 1927, the Prairie Course was added in 1992, and the Lake County Forest Preserves have owned the club since 1977. An underpass beneath Hawley Street links the two nines of the Traditional Course.

Courses: Prairie, Traditional.

Coyote Run Golf Course

The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District rebuilt the former 27-hole Cherry Hills site into this Greg Martin 18, opened in June 2005. It also has a lighted grass-tee range and a 3-hole practice course.

Designed by Greg Martin.

Craig Woods Golf Club

Designed by Roger Craig.

Crane's Landing Golf Club at Marriott Lincolnshire Resort

George Fazio course at the Marriott Lincolnshire Resort, opened in 1975 as the Marriott Lincolnshire Golf Course. The Des Plaines River and Indian Creek bring water into play on most holes, and it is a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary.

Designed by George Fazio.

Creekside Golf Course and Training Center

Pairs an executive-style course with a training center that includes indoor practice, a golf simulator and a practice hole.

Designed by Don Childs.

Cress Creek Country Club

A private Naperville club whose David Gill course opened in 1963.

Designed by David Gill.

Crystal Lake Country Club

Designed by O'Neil, Roseman & Croke. Renovated: Later work by Bob Lohmann, Dick Nugent and Todd Quitno (years not published).

Crystal Tree Golf and Country Club

A private club built around a Robert Trent Jones Jr. design that opened in 1990, with a slope of 143 from the back tees.

Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr..

Crystal Woods Golf Club

Shares its grounds and website with Craig Woods, a 9-hole course next door.

Deer Creek Golf Course

Deerfield Golf Club and Learning Center

Built in 1963 as the private Riverwoods Country Club, later Deerfield Country Club, and fully purchased by the Deerfield Park District in 1972. Its learning center has 40 grass tees and 32 mat bays staffed by PGA professionals.

Designed by Larry Packard.

Deerpath Golf Course

City of Lake Forest course that opened with 9 holes in 1926 and grew to 18 by 1931. The Skokie River runs along its eastern edge, and a 30,000-square-foot putting green called The Lawn opened in 2022.

Designed by Alex Pirie. Renovated: Redesign by Ken Killian and Dick Nugent; The Lawn putting course added in 2022.

Diversey Driving Range

Dedicated as a lakefront golf course in 1916, the site had become one of the country's first stand-alone practice ranges by the late 1940s. Today it is a two-tier range with covered, heated stalls next to an 18-hole mini golf course.

Renovated: 2008, artificial-turf landing areas; synthetic putting greens added around 2013.

Eagle Brook Country Club

Designed by Roger Packard and Andy North.

Eaglewood Resort & Spa Golf Course

Part of Eaglewood Resort & Spa, the course is unusually hilly for the Chicago area, with elevation changes on nearly every hole.

Edgebrook Country Club

Designed by Ken Killian and Dick Nugent.

Edgebrook Golf Course

A short par-66 layout with no par 5s that began as Edgebrook Country Club and has been Forest Preserve property since 1919; the Chicago River winds through it.

Edgewood Valley Country Club

A private club whose course design is credited to William Diddel and Craig Schreiner, playing 6,968 yards from the back tees.

Designed by William Diddel.

Elgin Country Club

Evanston Golf Club

Founded in 1898 and on its Skokie site since 1917, with Donald Ross on hand for the design. It hosted the 1962 USGA Senior Amateur, and 1935 PGA champion John Revolta was head professional for 30 years.

Designed by Donald Ross. Renovated: 2006, Ron Prichard (course restoration).

Exmoor Country Club

Founded in 1896 with an H. J. Tweedie layout that was later reworked by Donald Ross and others.

Designed by H. J. Tweedie. Renovated: Later work credited to Donald Ross, Bob Lohmann, Dick Nugent, Ron Prichard and Tyler Rae.

Flagg Creek Golf Course

Jointly owned by the City of Countryside and the Pleasant Dale Park District. The site began in the 1920s as Maple Crest, and the current nine opened in 1993 with a lighted range open until 10pm.

Designed by Greg Martin.

Flossmoor Country Club

One of the Midwest's oldest clubs, it hosted the 1920 PGA Championship and the 1923 U.S. Amateur.

Designed by Herbert J. Tweedie; later changes by Harry Collis. Renovated: Mid-2000s renovation by Raymond Hearn.

Forest Park Golf Course

Designed by William J. Spear.

Foss Park Golf Course

Municipally run 18-hole course in North Chicago with bentgrass greens and fairways.

Fountain Hills Golf Club

An Alsip Park District course built on a former landfill site and opened in 1995. Its driving range is lit for evening practice.

Designed by Bob Lohmann.

Fox Bend Golf Course

Opened June 15, 1967, as a nine-hole club on the former Pearse Farm and grew to 18 holes by 1969; the Oswegoland and Fox Valley park districts bought it in 1980. It hosts the Chicago Adaptive Open and is the longest course in Kendall County.

Designed by Brent Wadsworth. Renovated: 1996, Paul Loague.

Fox Lake Country Club

Opened in 1925 as a private club and became a public course in 1983 under local family ownership. The layout has elevation changes that are unusual for the Chicago area.

Fox Run Golf Links

A Bill Newcomb layout on 124 acres with water hazards and a Fox Den bar and grill in the clubhouse.

Designed by Bill Newcomb.

Foxford Hills Golf Course

Designed by Tim Nugent.

Geneva Golf Club

Dates to 1900, with an original layout by James Foulis.

Designed by James Foulis.

George W. Dunne National Golf Course

The Forest Preserves of Cook County's premier 18, it has been recognized by Golf Digest as a top public course. Eight lakes come into play on eleven holes, and it is a certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary.

Designed by Ken Killian and Dick Nugent.

Glen Flora Country Club

Private club in Waukegan with a Robert Bruce Harris course.

Designed by Robert B. Harris.

Glen Oak Country Club

Hosted the 1915 Western Open and the 1943 Women's Western Open, won by Patty Berg. Harry Cooper was the club professional from 1930 to 1937.

Designed by Tom Bendelow. Renovated: 1922, Langford and Moreau rebuild; 1935, A.W. Tillinghast; 1965, David Gill.

Glen View Club

One of the oldest clubs in the area, dating to 1897; William Flynn redesigned and partly rerouted the course in the early 1920s.

Designed by William S. Flynn. Renovated: Bunker restoration by David Esler.

Glencoe Golf Club

Certified as an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary.

Glendale Lakes Golf Club

Owned by the Village of Glendale Heights, this Dick Nugent design is built around water, so it plays tougher than its yardage suggests.

Designed by Dick Nugent.

Gleneagles Country Club

A 36-hole daily-fee facility with two courses, Red and White, both dating to 1924.

Courses: Red Course, White Course. Designed by Charles Maddox and Frank P. MacDonald.

Glenview Park Golf Club

Run by the Glenview Park District, which has operated it since 1955. A renovation completed in 2015 rebuilt the bunkers and converted fairways and greens to bentgrass.

Designed by Joseph A. Roseman. Renovated: 2015, Jacobson Golf Course Design.

Glenview Prairie Club

A Glenview Park District nine-hole layout that opened as Glenview National 9; the clubhouse also hosts platform tennis.

Designed by Rick Jacobson.

Glenwoodie Golf Club

Harry Collis started it with two holes in 1926 and it later grew to 18. The Village of Glenwood bought it from the Archdiocese of Chicago in 1995 and added a 14,000-square-foot clubhouse in 2011.

Designed by Harry Collis. Renovated: 2011, $3 million clubhouse and course improvements.

Golf Academy at Terra Cotta

Practice and teaching center with mat and grass tees, a putting green and short game area, plus indoor simulators from November through March.

Golf Center Des Plaines

Des Plaines Park District complex with a three-tier, 80-bay range and a par-3 nine with water on two holes. It hosts the winter Chili Open on the frozen course.

Designed by Seiji Suzuki.

Golf Club of Illinois

Designed by Dick Nugent.

Golf Vista Golf Course

Grayslake Golf Course

Grayslake Community Park District par-3 course built for walking, with pull carts for rent and no motorized carts. Bunker berms and water hazards make it a good spot to sharpen iron play.

Designed by Martin Design Partnership.

Green Garden Country Club

Two 18-hole courses and a nine-hole links-style course. The original Blue Course runs through dense woods; the Gold Course (1991, Buzz Didier) has an island green at No. 10. The club also runs a golf dome for winter practice. Par and yardage shown are for the Blue Course.

Courses: Blue, Gold, Links (9 holes).

Green Meadows Golf Course

A short 9-hole par-30 layout run by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, popular with beginners and quick-round players.

Greenshire Golf Course

Waukegan Park District par-3 layout with holes from 100 to 210 yards, playable in under 90 minutes. PGA instruction and ladies leagues are offered.

Harborside International Golf Center

Two links-style Dick Nugent courses built over a capped former landfill owned by the Port of Chicago and run by KemperSports. The grass-tee practice facility alone covers 57 acres.

Courses: Port (18 holes, par 72, 7,123 yards, opened 1995), Starboard (18 holes, par 72, 7,104 yards, opened 1996). Designed by Dick Nugent. Renovated: 2017, $1.7 million bunker renovation.

Harry Semrow Driving Range

Forest Preserves of Cook County practice facility with 73 hitting stalls, a grass tee area and the 18-hole Nature Putt mini course next door.

Hawthorn Woods Country Club

Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay design that opened in 2006; its back tees are named the Palmer tees.

Designed by Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay.

HeatherRidge Golf Course

Full-length nine-hole course managed by GolfVisions, with creeks and ponds in play on seven holes.

Heritage Bluffs Public Golf Club

The Channahon Park District opened this Dick Nugent design on Aug. 3, 1993, on 166 wooded acres just north of the Des Plaines River. It is a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary and hosts the annual Heritage Bluffs Open for top area amateurs.

Designed by Dick Nugent.

Heritage Oaks Golf Club

Opened in 1931 as Sportsman's Country Club, whose first managing director was PGA Tour winner Al Espinosa. The Northbrook Park District renamed it Heritage Oaks when it reopened in August 2021 after a $13.3 million rebuild.

Courses: Classic 18, East 9. Designed by Edward B. Dearie. Renovated: 2021, Jacobson Golf Course Design (both courses and a new clubhouse).

Hickory Hills Country Club

The hilly South Course is reached through a tunnel beside the Chateau Del Mar banquet hall, and a 9-hole executive North Course sits alongside it.

Courses: South Course (18), North Course (9, executive).

Hickory Knoll Golf Course

Short nine-hole course that opened in 1947, when service members from nearby bases were bused in to play for five cents.

Renovated: Ongoing redevelopment with 17 new bunkers, new greens and new drainage on 4 holes.

Highland Park Golf Learning Center

Park District of Highland Park practice facility with a 40-station range on grass and mats, a short-game area, putting green and practice bunker. It sits next to River's Edge Mini Golf.

Highland Woods Golf Course

Billed as the Forest Preserve system's northwest suburban championship course, with 52 sand traps and water in play on six holes. Its practice range is lighted with 48 hitting stalls.

Designed by William J. Spear.

Hilldale Golf Club

Robert Trent Jones Sr. design with water on 13 holes; the par-5 11th stretches 602 yards. The land once held a hunting club and skeet range.

Designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr..

Hinsdale Golf Club

Founded in 1898, the club has hosted the Illinois Amateur Championship twice.

Renovated: Restoration work by Ron Prichard and Tyler Rae.

Hughes Creek Golf Club

Owned by the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, which picked Landscapes Golf Management to run it in 2025.

Designed by Gordon Cunningham.

Hunter Country Club

Idlewild Country Club

A private club from 1908 whose course is credited to Al Naylor and Tom Bendelow.

Designed by Al Naylor and Tom Bendelow.

Indian Boundary Golf Course

Built for about $50,000 in 1932 in the southern part of Schiller Woods, it is billed as Forest Preserve Golf's most popular course. It is open year-round, weather permitting.

Designed by Dick Nugent (redesign). Renovated: 2004 redesign by Dick Nugent.

Indian Hill Club

A Donald Ross design that opened in 1920.

Designed by Donald Ross.

Indian Oaks Country Club

Indian Ridge Country Club

Inverness Golf Club

Private club dating to 1926, designed by Brent Wadsworth, with homes along the course and caddies available.

Designed by Brent Wadsworth.

Inwood Golf Course

Built in 1931 on land the Joliet Park District bought in 1929; part of that tract later became the site of Joliet Memorial Stadium, now Busey Bank Field. Has a lighted driving range and hosts the park district's Open Golf Championship.

Renovated: 1989, front nine renovated with water added on six holes.

Itasca Country Club

Ivanhoe Club

27-hole Dick Nugent design from 1991, played as three combinations of its Forest, Marsh and Prairie nines.

Courses: Forest, Marsh, Prairie. Designed by Dick Nugent.

Jackson Park Golf Course

Opened May 11, 1899, it is described as the first public course west of the Allegheny Mountains and is the Park District's only 18. It came back from a full renovation in late June 2026, and has a 36-station range.

Designed by Tom Bendelow. Renovated: 2026, full renovation; all 18 holes reopened June 26, 2026.

Joe Louis "The Champ" Golf Course

Opened in 1928 as Pipe O' Peace and renamed in 1989 for heavyweight champion Joe Louis, who played here often. Its 7th hole is a 614-yard par 5 among 52 bunkers.

Designed by Dick Nugent. Renovated: 1986-1989, $5 million renovation; rededicated August 14, 1989.

Joliet Country Club

Private club whose course appears on architect Dick Nugent's list of remodeling projects.

Renovated: Remodeled by Dick Nugent (year not published).

Kemper Lakes Golf Club

Ken Killian and Dick Nugent design that opened in 1979.

Designed by Ken Killian and Dick Nugent.

Kenosha Country Club

The course design is credited to Donald Ross, and the Albrecht Golf Guide dates the club to 1898.

Designed by Donald Ross.

Kishwaukee Country Club

Designed by David Gill.

Klein Creek Golf Club

A water-heavy Dick Nugent design with a banquet hall and the Pier 19 restaurant.

Designed by Dick Nugent. Renovated: About 35% of bunkers removed since 2019.

Knollwood Club

Private club with a 1924 course by the British design team of Harry Colt and Charles Alison.

Designed by H. S. Colt and C. H. Alison. Renovated: Later work credited to Keith Foster, Larry Packard and Kevin Hargrave.

La Grange Country Club

Hosted the U.S. Women's Open, an LPGA major, in 1974 and 1981. The club began in 1899 with nine holes and moved to its Brainard Avenue site in 1913.

Designed by Herbert J. Tweedie (original nine); Tom Bendelow with William Langford (1913 18-hole course). Renovated: 2001 major renovation; 2025, bunker redesign and new irrigation.

Lake Barrington Shores Golf Club

Larry Packard design from 1978 within the Lake Barrington Shores community.

Designed by Larry Packard.

Lake Bluff Golf Club

Operated by the Lake Bluff Park District, with mature tree-lined bentgrass fairways and a grass-tee practice area. The clubhouse banquet room seats up to 300.

Lake Park Golf Course

An 18-hole par-3 course run by the Des Plaines Park District alongside its Lake Park marina.

Lake Shore Country Club

Private club on Sheridan Road whose course, credited to Tom Bendelow, opened in 1909.

Designed by Tom Bendelow.

Lake Zurich Golf Club

Private nine-hole club in Lake Zurich.

Lakes of the Four Seasons Country Club

Leisure Village Golf Course

Private par-3 course at the Leisure Village community, opened in 1973.

Lincoln Oaks Golf Course

Lincolnshire Country Club

Remodeled in 1964 by architect Dick Nugent.

Renovated: 1964, Dick Nugent.

Links & Tees Golf Facility

An Addison Park District 9-hole course with a driving range.

Designed by David Gill.

Lockport Golf & Recreation Club

A private nine-hole club dating to 1949, with tree-lined fairways on hilly ground.

Lombard Golf Course

The Lombard Park District's 9-hole course, bordered by the East Branch of the DuPage River. Older directories list the course, with the same phone number, as Western Acres Golf Course.

Lost Marsh Golf Course

Built on the former Bairstow slag site, a reclaimed brownfield on the shore of Lake George, and run by the Hammond Port Authority. It has hosted Symetra Tour events and also has a nine-hole par-3 course.

Courses: Lost Marsh (18 holes), Par-3 Course (9 holes). Designed by Charles Howard.

Makray Memorial Golf Club

Opened in 1962 as Thunderbird Country Club, it was fully rebuilt from 2002 to 2004 and renamed for former owner Paul Makray.

Renovated: 2002 to 2004, complete renovation.

Maple Meadows Golf Course

Began in 1924 as Brookwood Country Club and has been owned by the Forest Preserve District since 1987. It is closed for a renovation that aims to speed up play and add wetlands and native habitat, with reopening planned for summer 2027.

Designed by C.D. Wagstaff. Renovated: Rebuilt in the 1990s by Gill & Halberg; full renovation by Greg Martin underway 2025-2027.

Maplecrest Country Club

Marengo Ridge Golf & Country Club

Designed by William James Spear.

Marquette Park Golf Course

Lagoons come into play on seven of the nine holes. The practice area has a range nearly 300 yards deep, two short-game greens and a putting green, and the course is an Audubon certified sanctuary.

Designed by Tom Bendelow.

McHenry Country Club

Designed by Henry Hall King. Renovated: Later work by Bob Lohmann, Dick Nugent and Michael J. Benkusky (years not published).

Meadowlark Golf Course

A nine-hole Forest Preserves of Cook County course whose 563-yard 6th is its toughest hole. The nine holes also convert into an 18-hole FootGolf layout.

Designed by Joe Nevins.

Medinah Country Club

Course No. 3 has hosted three U.S. Opens (1949, 1975, 1990), two PGA Championships (1999, 2006), the 2012 Ryder Cup and the 2019 BMW Championship, and it was chosen for the 2026 Presidents Cup.

Courses: Course No. 1, Course No. 2, Course No. 3. Designed by Tom Bendelow. Renovated: Course No. 3: 1986 Roger Packard, 2006 Rees Jones, reopened 2024 after Ogilvy, Cocking and Mead rebuild; Course No. 1: 2014 Tom Doak.

Mid Iron Golf Club

A nine-hole short course with a driving range and putting green, designed by Buzz Didier in 1988.

Designed by Buzz Didier.

Midlane Country Club

Public 18-hole course built in 1958, with a driving range and full restaurant.

Midlothian Country Club

Opened in 1898 on a 208-acre site. Raymond Hearn's 2021-2022 renovation reworked 82 bunkers and lengthened the tees.

Designed by Herbert J. Tweedie. Renovated: 2003, Ken Killian, Dick Nugent and Bob Lohmann; 2021-2022, Raymond Hearn.

Mill Creek Golf Club

Designed by Roy Case.

Mission Hills Country Club

Designed by Larry and Roger Packard.

Mistwood Golf Club

Privately owned public course with a Scottish look, including 20 sod-wall bunkers in the St. Andrews style; Golf Magazine named its rebuild a Renovation of the Year. Its 147 slope from the back tees is the highest of any Will County course in the Stymie rankings.

Designed by Ray Hearn. Renovated: Multi-year renovation by Ray Hearn (year not published).

Morris Country Club

Private club whose members play its home course seven days a week; the club also owns the nearby Nettle Creek course.

Designed by John Darrah.

Mount Prospect Golf Club

A 2015 restoration by the Mount Prospect Park District brought back a 1920s look, with several holes modeled on famous holes at the Old Course, Muirfield and Riviera.

Renovated: 2015, $9 million restoration.

Naperbrook Golf Course

Opened by the Naperville Park District in 1991. A links-style layout with native prairie grasses, ten ponds, one double green and a 10-acre driving range.

Naperville Country Club

Founded in 1921 with a 9-hole course and sand greens. Its 2006-2007 renovation was named Golf Inc. magazine's 2009 private-club Renovation of the Year.

Designed by Tom Bendelow. Renovated: 2006-2007, Steve Forrest (Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest & Associates).

Nettle Creek Country Club

Links-style course with wide fairways through ponds, wetlands and native prairie; it has hosted Illinois PGA and Chicago District Golf Association events. Morris Country Club owns it, and the public can play on weekends and holidays.

Designed by Buzz Didier.

Nickol Knoll Golf Club

An Arlington Heights Park District par-3 course built on a former landfill hill where Chicago Bears great Walter Payton trained; the third hole sits on Payton's Hill and a retaining wall there shows his number 34.

Designed by Steven Halberg.

North Shore Country Club

Hosted the 1933 U.S. Open, won by Johnny Goodman, the last amateur to win it. The club has also hosted the U.S. Amateur twice, the Western Open and the 2011 Western Amateur.

Designed by Harry Colt and Charles Alison.

Northmoor Country Club

Donald Ross design established in 1918.

Designed by Donald Ross. Renovated: Later work credited to Michael Hurdzan and Jacobson Golf Course Design.

Oak Brook Golf Club

Opened in 1926 as York Golf Club and now part of the Village of Oak Brook's Sports Core. Its back nine hosted part of the 1987 Western Open when flooding hit neighboring Butler National.

Renovated: 1980, expanded to 18 holes by Roger Packard and Dennis Wise.

Oak Club of Genoa

Designed by Charles Maddox.

Oak Grove Golf Course

Designed by Steven Halberg.

Oak Hills Country Club

Originally an 18-hole course, it now plays as a tree-lined nine with water in play on six holes.

Oak Knoll Golf Course

Dates to 1925 and is listed by GolfPass with a year-round golf season.

Oak Park Country Club

Donald Ross laid out the original course along the Des Plaines River valley in 1914. The club has hosted the Illinois State Amateur and the Illinois Open.

Designed by Donald Ross. Renovated: 1996, Ron Prichard (restoration); 2008, Rick Jacobson.

Odyssey Country Club

Owned since 2013 by the nonprofit Odyssey Golf Foundation, which supports veterans. A separate driving range, Odyssey SweetSpot, sits just west of the course.

Designed by Harry Bowers, with Curtis Strange consulting.

Odyssey SweetSpot Sports Bar & Driving Range

A driving range paired with a sports bar, set apart from the Odyssey course just to its west.

Old Elm Club

Donald Ross design that opened in 1913; H. S. Colt is also credited among its designers.

Designed by Donald Ross.

Old Oak Country Club

Old Orchard Country Club

Owned by the Prospect Heights Park District since 1999 after decades with the Wickersham and Newman families. Water comes into play on more than half the holes.

Old Wayne Golf Club

Olympia Fields Country Club

Chartered in 1915 and once a 72-hole club on more than 900 acres, it has hosted the U.S. Open in 1928 and 2003, the PGA Championship in 1925 and 1961, and the 2015 U.S. Amateur.

Courses: North (18 holes, par 70, 7,343 yards, Willie Park Jr. 1923; Mark Mungeam renovations), South (18 holes, par 72, 7,106 yards, Tom Bendelow 1915; Steve Smyers renovation 2007). Designed by Willie Park Jr. (North); Tom Bendelow (South). Renovated: North lengthened for the 2003 U.S. Open (Mark Mungeam); South renovated 2007 (Steve Smyers).

Onwentsia Club

Founded in 1895 with a James Foulis layout; later designers include C.B. Macdonald, Tom Doak and Bruce Hepner.

Designed by James Foulis. Renovated: Later work credited to C.B. Macdonald, Willie Watson, Dick Nugent, Brad Bartell, Tom Doak and Bruce Hepner.

Orchard Valley Golf Course

Owned by the Fox Valley Park District and run by Troon, the course reopened on Sept. 5, 2026 after a 22-month, $8.8 million renovation of its greens, bunkers, tees and irrigation.

Designed by Ken Kavanaugh. Renovated: 2024-2026, Greg Martin ($8.8 million; reopened Sept. 5, 2026).

Palatine Hills Golf Course

Palatine Park District course where water comes into play on more than half the holes; a short-game area called The Hills opened for its 50th anniversary in 2018.

Designed by Larry Packard.

Palmira Golf Club

A 1978 Bob Lohmann design whose longest hole stretches to 609 yards from the back tees.

Designed by Bob Lohmann.

Palos Country Club

A 27-hole daily-fee facility on Southwest Highway, played as combinations of its Red, White and Blue nines.

Courses: Red, White, Blue.

Palos Hills Golf Club

A City of Palos Hills nine-holer with 31 greenside bunkers. Stony Creek runs along the south border and comes into play on the 9th.

Designed by David Gill.

Park Ridge Country Club

Dating to 1906, the course has been shaped by four architects over more than a century and is described as a prairie course with a parkland feel.

Designed by H. J. Tweedie.

Petrifying Springs Golf Course

Kenosha County Parks course in Petrifying Springs, the oldest and largest park in the county system. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writer Gary D'Amato named it the top 'sporty' course in Wisconsin.

Designed by Joseph A. Roseman.

PGN Fun Village

A two-tier driving range beside Hickory Hills Country Club, which has no range of its own.

Phillips Park Golf Course

Golf has been played in the park since the 1920s, and a WPA project rebuilt and expanded the course in the 1930s. A Greg Martin redesign reopened in 2001, and the site also has a Junior Links course and a lighted driving range.

Renovated: 2001, Greg Martin redesign.

Pine Meadow Golf Club

Operated by the Jemsek family, owners of Cog Hill, on land leased from the Archdiocese of Chicago and the University of St. Mary, with Saint Marys Lake south of the course. The site's first course, the 9-hole Libertyville Golf Club, opened in 1927, and the facility has two driving ranges.

Designed by Joe Lee and Rocky Roquemore. Renovated: About $3 million in improvements by the Jemsek family (year not published).

Pinecrest Golf Course

Designed by Ted Locke.

Plum Tree Country Club

Designed by Joe Lee.

Pottawatomie Golf Course

A 1939 Robert Trent Jones Sr. design along the Fox River; its third hole is billed as his first island green.

Designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr..

Prairie Bluff Golf Club

The Lockport Township Park District built this links-style course in 1998 on former farmland of the neighboring Stateville Correctional Center. Few trees come into play, water touches eight holes, and the range has TrackMan bays.

Designed by Andy North and Roger Packard. Renovated: 2012, Greg Martin.

Prairie Isle Golf Club

Designed by Gordon Cunningham.

Prairie Landing Golf Club

Owned by the DuPage Airport, which borders it to the north. More than 300,000 cubic yards of soil from an airport runway project shaped its links-style mounds, and airport rules keep the course nearly treeless.

Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr..

Prestwick Country Club

One of the longest courses in Will County at 7,024 yards from the back tees.

Renovated: Remodeled by Dick Nugent (year not published).

Randall Oaks Golf Course

Ravinia Green Country Club

Private club with a 1962 Larry Packard course in Riverwoods.

Designed by Larry Packard.

Ravisloe Country Club

Founded as a private club in 1901, it opened to the public in 2009 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. The clubhouse is in Spanish Revival style with an 80-foot tower.

Designed by Theodore J. Moreau; reworked by Donald Ross. Renovated: Donald Ross, 1916-1920.

RedTail Golf Club

Designed by Roger Packard.

Renwood Golf Course

Public course that opened in 1922, with one of the lowest Saturday rates among the Lake County 18-hole courses tracked by GolfScout.

Rich Harvest Farms

Hosted the 2009 Solheim Cup and the 2015 Western Amateur, and serves as home course for Northern Illinois University golf.

Designed by Jerry Rich.

Ridge Country Club

A private club dating to 1902 with an H. J. Tweedie original layout that Dick Nugent and Ken Killian redesigned in 1972.

Designed by H. J. Tweedie. Renovated: 1972 redesign by Dick Nugent and Ken Killian.

Ridgemoor Country Club

A William Langford course established in 1913.

Designed by William Langford.

River Bend Golf Club

The East Branch of the DuPage River runs along the course and feeds water hazards on seven of the nine holes. A 1998 park directory lists it under the Lisle Park District.

River Forest Country Club

Designed by Charles Maddox and Frank P. MacDonald.

River Heights Golf Course

Designed by Murray Petersen.

River Oaks Golf Course

Opened in 1973 as a privately owned public course and donated to the Forest Preserves in 1982. The Little Calumet River runs through it, putting water in play on 14 holes.

Designed by Dick Nugent.

River Pointe Country Club

A 27-hole Ken Killian design from 1998, played as three 18-hole combinations of its nines. Some directories still list it under the name Supervisors Country Club.

Courses: Red/White, Red/Blue, White/Blue. Designed by Ken Killian.

Riverside Golf Club

Founded in 1893 along the Des Plaines River, it was a founding member of the Western Golf Association in 1899. It has hosted U.S. Open qualifying (1928, 2007) and the 1968 Illinois Open.

Designed by William Langford (current 18-hole design, 1917-1919). Renovated: 1980s, Dick Nugent and Associates (four holes) and Bob Lohmann (practice area and 18th hole); 2015, David Esler.

Rob Roy Golf Course

A River Trails Park District nine that dates to 1928; its par-5 fifth hole stretches 531 yards.

Designed by Edward B. Dearie.

Robert A. Black Golf Course

Traces back to Edgewater Golf Club, a five-hole private course started in 1896. The current Killian and Nugent nine in Warren Park, with four par 3s, is the newest Chicago Park District course.

Designed by Ken Killian and Dick Nugent.

Rolling Green Country Club

William Diddel design from 1930 with caddies available.

Designed by William Diddel.

Royal Fox Country Club

The Dick Nugent layout opened in 1989 and has hosted the Illinois PGA Open several times.

Designed by Dick Nugent.

Royal Hawk Country Club

Royal Melbourne Country Club

Greg Norman design from 1992; its back tees are called the Shark tees.

Designed by Greg Norman.

Ruffled Feathers Golf Club

A Pete Dye design next door to Cog Hill. Its par-3 11th plays to an island green.

Designed by Pete Dye and P.B. Dye.

Ruth Lake Country Club

Started in 1922 by a group of Hinsdale businessmen and named for Linus Ruth, a Hinsdale man killed in World War I. Its closing hole plays across the lake.

Designed by William Langford and Theodore Moreau. Renovated: 2004, Arthur Hills & Co. redesign; 2019, bunker renovation by J. Drew Rogers.

Salt Creek Golf Club

A Wood Dale Park District executive course made of two nines that can be played separately. It also offers FootGolf, and the 390 Golf range is next door.

Courses: White, Blue.

Sanctuary Golf Course

Steve Halberg laid out the course in 1996 on creekside prairie with tree groves and wetlands; it has 68 bunkers, water on 14 holes and a Toptracer range. The New Lenox Community Park District lists it among its facilities.

Designed by Steve Halberg.

Sand Creek Country Club

The original 18 holes are a 1976 Killian and Nugent design; Charles Howard's Marsh nine came in 1995, giving the club 27 holes.

Courses: Creek, Lake, Marsh. Designed by Ken Killian and Dick Nugent. Renovated: 1995, Charles Howard (Marsh nine).

Schaumburg Golf Club

Twenty-seven holes played as three nines, with a Frank Lloyd Wright prairie-style clubhouse.

Courses: Baer, Players, Tournament.

Scherwood Golf

Alongside the 1967 regulation 18, Scherwood has a par-30 executive nine that was added in 1985.

Courses: Regulation 18, Executive 9. Designed by Ted Locke.

Settler's Hill Golf Course

Built on the old Kane County farm and landfill: 13 holes sit on the landfill and the clubhouse is the former dairy barn. The first nine opened in 1988 and the second nine in 1991.

Designed by Bob Lohmann. Renovated: 2022-2023, $6.8 million property-wide renovation (course, irrigation, new range and a four-hole short course).

Seven Bridges Golf Club

The East Branch of the DuPage River runs through the course, putting water in play on 14 holes. It is often described as one of the toughest public courses in the Chicago area.

Designed by Dick Nugent.

Shepherd's Crook Golf Course

Zion Park District course that opened in August 1999, with a links-style Keith Foster design inspired by 1920s and 1930s golden-age architecture. Its par-5 14th plays 654 yards from the back tees.

Designed by Keith Foster.

Shiloh Park Golf Course

Nine-hole course owned by the Zion Park District, the same owner as Shepherd's Crook.

Shoreacres

Seth Raynor design that opened in 1919 and is listed at No. 47 on Golf Digest's America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses ranking, as cited by Stymie.

Designed by Seth Raynor.

Silver Lake Country Club

Owned by the Coghill family, who also built Cog Hill, with 45 holes across the North, South and Rolling Hills courses. Tinley Creek crosses the South Course, whose 574-yard opening hole carries the creek.

Courses: South Course (18), North Course (18), Rolling Hills (9, executive). Designed by Charles Maddox and Frank P. MacDonald.

Silver Oaks Golf Club

Skokie Country Club

Hosted the 1922 U.S. Open, won by 20-year-old Gene Sarazen, the first U.S. Open to charge spectators admission. Donald Ross reworked the course after Tom Bendelow's earlier 18-hole layout.

Designed by Donald Ross. Renovated: 1938, William Langford and Theodore Moreau; 1981, Rees Jones.

South Shore Golf Course

Began in 1906 as a private club course and sits right on the Lake Michigan shore; the Park District bought the property in 1974. The 1915 clubhouse, now the South Shore Cultural Center, appeared in The Blues Brothers.

Designed by Tom Bendelow.

Springbrook Golf Course

One of two Naperville Park District courses. Spring Brook Creek and other water come into play on 10 holes, and the range has 28 grass-tee stalls.

Designed by Roger Packard. Renovated: 2022-2023, $3.5 million renovation of tees, bunkers, bridges, ponds and drainage (reopened June 2023).

Square Links Golf Course & Practice Center

The Frankfort Square Park District bought the course in 2002. Next to the nine-hole executive layout is a practice center of more than 400,000 square feet with grass tees and an 18-hole natural grass putting course.

St. Andrews Golf & Country Club

Founded in 1926 and run by the Jemsek-Hinckley family since 1938, it was the first public facility to host a U.S. Open qualifier (1947). Patty Berg was head professional for nearly 50 years, and the 1990 practice center has heated, lighted bays.

Courses: St. Andrews Course, Joe Jemsek Course. Designed by John McGregor. Renovated: Updated over the years by Joe Lee and Rocky Roquemore; new bunkers, greens and tees added yearly.

St. Charles Country Club

Designed by Ben Olo.

Steeple Chase Golf Club

Mundelein Park District course on more than 200 acres of hills, lakes, woods and wetlands. It has earned a 4-star rating in Golf Digest's Best Places to Play.

Designed by Ken Killian.

Stonebridge Country Club

Fazio design that hosted the Ameritech Senior Open from 1991 to 1995 and the LPGA Kellogg-Keebler Classic from 2002 to 2004. It returned to tournament golf as host of the 2021 Illinois Open.

Designed by Tom Fazio and Andy Banfield. Renovated: Renovation begun in 2018 by Mike Benkusky, adding about 400 yards.

Stonehenge Golf Club

Charles Maddox design from 1972 on Route 22.

Designed by Charles Maddox.

Stonewall Orchard Golf Club

Arthur Hills design that hosted U.S. Open qualifying in 2003, 2005, 2009 and 2015. The property holds more than 60,000 trees, and water is in play on 10 holes.

Designed by Arthur Hills.

Stony Creek Golf Course

An Oak Lawn Park District complex with an 18-hole executive course, a range with mats and grass tees, year-round golf simulators and an 18-hole miniature golf course. Holes 7, 14 and 16 carry a branch of Stony Creek.

Streamwood Oaks Golf Club

A Bob Lohmann design that opened in 1990, with bentgrass greens and water in play.

Designed by Bob Lohmann.

Sugar Creek Golf Course

Jointly owned by the Elmhurst Park District and the Village of Villa Park. Salt Creek winds through the executive layout, and the 25-station range is lighted.

Renovated: 2003, drainage, bunkers, tees and cart paths.

Sunset Meadows Driving Range

Arlington Heights Park District range where the Arlington Lakes teaching staff hold outdoor lessons.

Sunset Ridge Country Club

William Diddel design that opened in 1923, with bentgrass greens and fairways.

Designed by William Diddel.

Sunset Valley Golf Club

Park District of Highland Park course that hosted the North Shore Open from 1928 to 1938, with players such as Walter Hagen and Tommy Armour. Its 2018 renovation won an ASGCA Design Excellence award and added a peninsula-green par 3 at the 4th.

Designed by Stewart Gardner (per GolfScout); Len Ziehm credits Bill Diddel. Renovated: 2017-2018, Rick Jacobson (Jacobson Golf Course Design), about $7 million with the clubhouse.

Sycamore Golf Club

Sydney R. Marovitz Golf Course

Opened in 1932 as Waveland Golf Course on land built out into Lake Michigan, and renamed for Sydney R. Marovitz in 1991. Its holes run beside the lake with harbor and skyline views.

Designed by Edward B. Dearie Jr..

Tam Golf Course

The remaining nine of George S. May's Tam O'Shanter Country Club, which staged the first nationally televised golf tournament in 1953, won by Lew Worsham with an eagle on the final hole.

Renovated: 2018, flood-recovery improvements.

Tamarack Golf Club

Golf Digest named it the best new public course of the year when it opened in 1989; it is now run by Arcis Golf.

Designed by David Gill.

Tanna Farms Golf Club

Daily-fee course that opens with a par-3 island green and includes two par 5s of more than 600 yards. The layout runs through prairie and wetland areas.

Designed by Roy Case.

Terrace Hill Golf Course

Designed by Charles Maddox.

The Arboretum Club

Village of Buffalo Grove course that opened in May 1990. Eight ponds fed by Aptakisic and Indian creeks come into play, and a tunnel links the nines on either side of the Buffalo Grove Road and Half Day Road intersection.

Designed by Dick Nugent.

The Brassie Golf Club

A 1998 Jim Fazio design that plays just over 7,000 yards from the black tees.

Designed by Jim Fazio.

The Club at Strawberry Creek

A 2006 Rick Jacobson design that stretches to 7,113 yards from the black tees.

Designed by Rick Jacobson.

The Course at Aberdeen

A 1997 design by Jack Kidwell and Dr. Michael Hurdzan that stretches to about 6,900 yards from the black tees.

Designed by Jack Kidwell and Michael Hurdzan.

The Evans at Canal Shores

A not-for-profit short course along the North Shore Channel of the Chicago River, long known as Canal Shores and earlier as Peter N. Jans Community Golf Course. Its current name honors Evanston native Chick Evans, founder of the Evans Scholars caddie scholarship.

Designed by Tom Bendelow. Renovated: 2022 onward, Todd Quitno.

The Glen Club

Tom Fazio shaped the course on the flat runways of the former Glenview Naval Air Station. It hosted the Nationwide Tour's LaSalle Bank Open from 2002 to 2008 and has hosted the Korn Ferry Tour's NV5 Invitational since 2019.

Designed by Tom Fazio.

The Golf Farm

Driving range and practice facility open to the public, overlooked by Deacon's Restaurant and Bar.

The Highlands of Elgin

The municipal course has a lighted practice facility with 20 bent grass hitting stations, a short game area and a 9,000 sq. ft. putting green.

Designed by Keith Foster and Art Schaupeter.

The Links at Carillon

A 27-hole public course by Greg Martin; par and yardage shown are for the longest 18-hole combination. Lessons run through The Links Learning Center.

Designed by Greg Martin.

The Meadows Golf Club of Blue Island

A city-owned course built on a former landfill and opened in 1994 at a reported cost of $5.8 million; it has a grass-tee range and practice bunker.

Designed by J. Porter Gibson.

The Merit Club

Bob Lohmann design that hosted the LPGA's 2016 UL International Crown.

Designed by Bob Lohmann.

The Preserve at Oak Meadows

Opened in 1923 as Elmhurst Country Club, where Ben Hogan won the 1941 Chicago Open. The Forest Preserve District bought it in 1985 and reopened it in 2017 after a rebuild that added wetlands and flood storage along Salt Creek.

Designed by Charles D. Wagstaff. Renovated: 2015-2017, Greg Martin (Martin Design).

ThunderHawk Golf Club

Lake County Forest Preserves course on 241 acres of forest, marsh and prairie. It was the first public course in the U.S. to earn Audubon Signature Sanctuary certification, and it has a 10-acre practice center with a 40-station range.

Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr..

Tuckaway Golf Course

Turkey Creek Golf Course

Golf directories date the course to the 1920s, with opening years given between 1924 and 1928.

Turnberry Country Club

Twin Lakes Country Club

Opened in 1912 with a layout credited to Leonard Macomber.

Designed by Leonard Macomber.

Twin Lakes Golf Club

A short Westmont Park District course with one par 4 and eight par 3s, plus putting and chipping greens.

Twin Lakes Golf Course

Salt Creek Rural Park District executive nine; the opening hole carries Lake Irene, and the range hits out over the same lake.

Twin Orchard Country Club

36-hole private club with Red and White courses.

Courses: Red, White. Designed by C. D. Wagstaff.

University Golf Club

Valley Green Golf Course

An 18-hole executive course that advertises play all winter, weather permitting.

Valley Lo Sports Club

A short course within a private lake club built around a 38-acre lake with a beach and clubhouse.

Valley Ridge Golf Course

18-hole course at the address previously listed as Antioch Golf Club (opened 1954), with lakes, ponds and wetlands around the layout.

Valparaiso Country Club

Vernon Hills Golf Course

Municipal nine-hole course ranked among the top ten 9-hole courses in the Chicago area, with small greens, tight fairways and water on seven holes. It stays open until 9 pm Wednesday through Sunday.

Designed by Ken Killian and Dick Nugent.

Veterans Memorial Golf Course