Attractions & Activities/Golf Courses

Butler National Golf Club

2616 York Rd Oak Brook, IL 60523 630-990-3333

Description: OAK BROOK. Measuring over 7300 yards from the tips, this immaculate course is long and demanding. Avoiding the creek that winds through the course is the first step toward a good round. Although it's a fairly flat course, firm, fast greens will test you. With a number of bunkers scattered about, trouble can be found just about everywhere. Butler National is the former site of the PGA Tour's Western Open, and the exclusive course can challenge the best.

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Chicago Golf Club

25W253 Warrenville Rd Wheaton, IL 60187 630-665-2988

Description: WHEATON. This outstanding course has a wide-open layout resembling old links-style courses. Fairways are lined by a wispy rough that hinders approach shots and makes scoring even more difficult. In addition, a number of bunkers line fairways and guard greens, making shot accuracy a valued skill at this exclusive course.

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Harborside International Golf Center - Portside Course

11001 S Doty Ave East Chicago, IL 60628 312-782-7837

Description: SOUTH SIDE. Dick Nugent's masterful vision and design transformed an old landfill into this championship, links-style course. Absent of mature trees and other native foliage, the "man-made" terrain features elevation changes, wispy rough, mounds, and deep bunkers. Poorly played approach shots can result in long putts on the large greens.

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Hilldale Golf Club

1655 Ardwick Dr Hoffman Estates, IL 60195 847-310-1100

Description: HOFFMAN ESTATES. This popular golf course, designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr., is located just a few miles northwest of downtown Chicago. In past years, Hilldale has hosted qualifying rounds for the Western Open, a testament to the course's 130-point slope. Expect the narrow, tree-lined fairways and fast greens to offer up sufficient challenges to even the most seasoned golfers. Have care! Of the course's 18 holes, 13 taunt golfers with water hazards.

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Kemper Lakes Golf Club

24000 N Old McHenry Rd Kildeer, IL 60047 847-320-3450

Description: KILDEER. At first glance, its flat fairways seem harmless, but on the tee, golfers notice a tight tree line and a number of hazards. With a substantial amount of strategically placed water hazards and bunkers, this course obligates you to hit the driver long and straight on the lengthy course. Kemper Lakes is the site of several major championships, and this private course has a proven track record of being a challenge to all.

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Medinah Country Club Course #3

6N001 Medinah Rd Medinah, IL 60157 630-773-1700

Description: MEDINAH. Sporting an impressive resume that includes 12 major championships, this course is in a league all its own. Brutally long, it features narrow fairways with rather large but extremely fast greens. Undulating terrain and a number of water hazards require accurate shot placement.

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Pine Meadow Golf Club

1 Pine Meadow Ln Mundelein, IL 60060 847-566-4653

Description: MUNDELEIN. With fast greens and a number of perfectly placed bunkers, this course puts up a fight. Open fairways are relatively generous but can leave some uneven lies for approach shots. Subtle breaks in the greens make reading putts a difficult task. Plus, the finishing hole is a classic, with a dogleg fairway leaving an approach shot over trouble to a tiny green. Avoid the greenside trouble, and the round will be more enjoyable (and, of course, your score will be lower).

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Shoreacres

1601 Shoreacres Rd Lake Bluff, IL 60044 847-234-1472

Description: LAKE BLUFF. The challenges faced on this demanding course are unlike any others in the area. Golfers of all skill levels are tested when having to play shots alongside and across the treacherous hazards, which include gullies and ravines slicing through the terrain. Narrow fairways lead into over-sized greens that are exceptionally speedy. A significant number of bunkers protect the greens, adding to the overall challenge.

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Skokie Country Club

500 Washington Ave Glencoe, IL 60022 847-835-0600

Description: GLENCOE. Designed by legendary golf course architect Donald Ross, this classic course is characterized by tree-lined fairways and difficult greens. The rolling hills of the natural terrain come into play, which makes for uneven lies and tough approach shots to exceedingly fast greens. Skokie Country Club is truly one of the best around and has hosted several PGA Tour events and the US Open.

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Balmoral Woods Country Club

26732 S Balmoral Woods Dr Crete, IL 60417 708-672-7448

Description: CRETE. An excellent design and unique variety of holes await golfers at this wonderful course. From fairways varying in width to scattered water hazards and bunkers, each hole is distinctively different. Creative shot making will prove to be a plus at the challenging Balmoral Woods.

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