Best Golf Courses in Illinois
The best golf courses the Golf Course Gurus have played in The Prairie State.
Top 17 Courses
- Chicago Golf Club (C.B. Macdonald 1894; Wheaton, Illinois)
- Shoreacres (Seth Raynor 1921; Lake Bluff, Illinois)
- Rich Harvest Golf Links (Jerry Rich and Greg Mart1998; Sugar Grove, Illinois)
- Olympia Fields Country Club (North) (Willie Park Jr. 1922; Olympia Fields, Illinois)
- TPC Deere Run (D.A. Weibring 2000; Silvis, Illinois)*
- Butler National Golf Club (George Fazio 1972 (subsequent renovations by Tom Fazio); Oak Brook, Illinois)
- Skokie Country Club (Donald Ross 1914 (Original layout by Tom Bendelow 1904; remodel by William Langford 1938); Glencoe, Illinois)
- Medinah Country Club (No. 3) (Tom Bendelow 1928 followed by a redesign the early 1930s and a renovation by Rees Jones 2002 and 2011; Medinah, Illinois)
- Cog Hill Golf and Country Club (Dubsdread) (Dick Wilson 1964 and Rees Jones renovation 2008; Lemont, Illinois)*
- Black Sheep Golf Club (David Esler 2002; Sugar Grove, Illinois)
- Butterfield Country Club (Langford and Moreau 1920 / Steve Smyers renovation 2010; Oak Brook, Illinois)
- Merit Club (Robert Lohmann 1992; Libertyville, Illinois)
- Chicago Highlands Club (Arthur Hills 2010; Westchester, Illinois)
- Glen Club, The (Tom Fazio 2001; Glenview, Illinois)*
- Stonewall Orchard Golf Club (Arthur Hills 1999; Grayslake, Illinois)*
- Spencer T. Olin Golf Course (Arnold Palmer 1989; Alton, Illinois)*
- Bull Valley Golf Club (Dick Nugent 1989; Woodstock, Illinois)