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There's good practice areas here, and obviously the range is prominent, but the short game areas are really nice. The main green is obvious next to the…
NorthsideDuffer
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White Deer Run
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May 11
The Crook rules. It has a great layout, solid price, easy walk, and the brats are elite.
Pfeil
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Shepherd's Crook
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Jan 21
The course I grew up near and learned the game on almost 30 years ago. Sadly, the course itself feels like it hasn't gotten better in all these years.
It's…
Brian K.
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Stony Creek GC
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Apr 2
Super fun course that plays mostly like a links style on the front with some tighter holes on the back. Wide Fairways and Big Greens make it a great place to…
B-Rad
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Bowes Creek CC
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Jan 21
Hole #13 is great! Always a good time on this course, whether it's playing the actual routing or playing the course virtually on the trackman range! Bonus…
Dylan F
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Prairie Bluff GC
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Jan 21
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Tournaments, outings, demo days & more across Chicagoland
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Jun 22–25
106th CDGA Amateur Championship
North Shore Country Club · Glenview, IL
Tournament
Jun 22
CDGA KemperSports Two-Person Scramble #3
Hawthorn Woods Country Club · Hawthorn Woods, IL
Tournament
Jun 22
Stroke Play #3 @ Naperville CC
Naperville CC · Naperville, IL
Tournament
Jun 24
CDGA Senior Tullymore Trifecta #1
Old Oak CC · Homer Glen, IL
Tournament
Jun 24
Drive, Chip and Putt
Pine Meadow GC · Mundelein, IL
Tournament
Jun 21
Dad & Me Annual Golf Tournament
Golf Center · Des Plaines, IL
Outing
Jun 22
Bricks of Hope Golf Classic
Boulder Ridge Country Club · Lake in the Hills, IL
Outing
Jun 25
Ladies Night
Inwood GC · Joliet, IL
Outing
Jun 26
2026 Par 3 Shootout
Cog Hill · Lemont, IL
Outing
Jun 26
9 and Dine Golf Event
Schaumburg GC · Schaumburg, IL
Outing
Jun 24
Callaway Demo Day
Naperbrook GC · Plainfield, IL
Demo Day
Jun 27
King Cobra Demo Day
St. Andrews · West Chicago, IL
Demo Day
Jun 29
Srixon Fitting Day
Stony Creek GC · Oak Lawn, IL
Demo Day
Jul 1
Titleist Demo Day
Springbrook GC · Naperville, IL
Demo Day
Aug 6
Callaway Demo Day
St. Andrews · West Chicago, IL
Demo Day
Jul 2–5
John Deere Classic
TPC Deere Run · Silvis, IL
Spectator
Jul 6–11
126th Women's Western Amateur Championship
River Forest Country Club · Elmhurst, IL
Spectator
Jul 9
Bourbon & Learning
Inwood GC · Joliet, IL
Instruction
Jul 11
Free Veterans Golf Lessons
White Pines · Bensenville, IL
Spectator
Jul 23–26
Evans Scholars Invitational
Glen Club · Glenview, IL
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Chicagoland Top-10 Lists
Hardest
Longest
Oldest
Longest Holes
- 1 Cog Hill Dubsdread 78.0 rtg
- 2 George W. Dunne 75.4 rtg
- 3 Stonewall Orchard 75.0 rtg
- 4 Oak Grove 75.0 rtg
- 5 The Glen Club 74.9 rtg
- 1 Cog Hill Dubsdread 7,554 yds
- 2 George W. Dunne 7,262 yds
- 3 Pine Meadow 7,221 yds
- 4 Village Links of Glen Ellyn 7,208 yds
- 5 The Glen Club 7,170 yds
- 1 Belmont Golf Club Est. 1892
- 2 Jackson Park Est. 1899
- 3 Calumet Country Club Est. 1901
- 4 Ravisloe Country Club Est. 1901
- 5 South Shore Est. 1906
- 1 Chapel Hill #17 703 yds
- 2 Golf Club of IL #11 678 yds
- 3 Shepherd's Crook #14 654 yds
- 4 University Park #16 623 yds
- 5 Whisper Creek #8 616 yds
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