Best Public Golf Courses in Illinois
According to US Golf Course Registry's registry, Illinois has 100 public golf courses. The complete list below is ordered by public accessibility and course history — every entry is verified against the OpenStreetMap-derived course registry.
| # | Course | City | Access | Established |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal Island Golf Course | Rock Island | Public | 1897 |
| 2 | Geneseo Golf Course | Geneseo | Public | 1923 |
| 3 | Cedardell Golf Club | Plano | Public | 1926 |
| 4 | Highland Florida Golf Club | Hoffman Estates | Public | 1927 |
| 5 | Lakeview Country Club | Loda | Private | – |
| 6 | Riverside Golf Course North Course | North Riverside | Public | 1932 |
| 7 | Bunker Links Golf Course | Galesburg | Municipal | 1937 |
| 8 | Deerfield Golf Tennis Club | Riverwoods | Public | 1955 |
| 9 | River Heights Golf Course | Dekalb | Public | 1960 |
| 10 | Yorktown Golf Complex | Belleville | Municipal | 1963 |
| 11 | Course 4 Dubsdread At Cog Hill Golf And Country Club | Lemont | Public | 1964 |
| 12 | Meadows Golf Club | Blue Island | Public | 1964 |
| 13 | Park Hills Golf Course | Freeport | Public | 1964 |
| 14 | Va Jo Wa Golf Club | Great Lakes | Public | 1964 |
| 15 | Eighteen Hole At Village Links Of Glen Ellyn | Glen Ellyn | Public | 1967 |
| 16 | Nine Hole At Village Links Of Glen Ellyn | Glen Ellyn | Public | 1967 |
| 17 | Royal Golf Club | Long Grove | Public | 1967 |
| 18 | Tamarack Golf Course | Naperville | Semi-private | – |
| 19 | Bunker Hills Golf Course | Coon Rapids | Public | 1968 |
| 20 | Emerald Hill Golf Course | Sterling | Public | 1968 |
| 21 | Gibson Woods Golf Course | Monmouth | Public | 1970 |
| 22 | Arrowhead Golf Club | Wheaton | Public | 1972 |
| 23 | Kellogg Executive 9 | Peoria | Public | 1972 |
| 24 | Round Lake Public Golf Course | Round Lake Beach | Public | 1972 |
| 25 | Edgewood Golf Club (Closed) | Polo | Public | 1984 |
| 26 | Cross Creek Golf Course | Morrison | Public | 1988 |
| 27 | The Bourne | Marseilles | Public | 1990 |
| 28 | Timber Creek Golf | Dixon | Public | 1991 |
| 29 | Hickory Ridge Public Golf Center | Carbondale | Public | 1993 |
| 30 | Prairie Landing | West Chicago | Public | 1994 |
| 31 | Swanhills | Belvidere | Public | 1995 |
| 32 | Deer Park Golf Club | Oglesby | Public | 1996 |
| 33 | Acorns Golf Links | Waterloo | Public | 1997 |
| 34 | Beaver Creek Golf Course | Capron | Public | 1997 |
| 35 | Oak Grove Golf Course | Harvard | Public | 1997 |
| 36 | White Tail Golf Course | Yorkville | Public | 1997 |
| 37 | Atwood Homestead | Machesney Park | Public | 1998 |
| 38 | Prairie View Golf Course | Byron | Public | 1998 |
| 39 | Rolling Hills Golf Course | Godfrey | Public | 1998 |
| 40 | Tpc Deere Run | Silvis | Public | 2000 |
| 41 | Deer Valley Golf Club | Deer Grove | Public | 2001 |
| 42 | Blackstone Golf Club | Marengo | Public | 2006 |
| 43 | The Preserve At Oak Meadows | Addison | Public | 2017 |
| 44 | Acorns Golf Links | Warterloo | Public | – |
| 45 | American Legion Golf Course | Edwardsville | Public | – |
| 46 | Anderson Fields Golf Course | Streator | Municipal | – |
| 47 | Apple Canyon Lake Golf Course | Apple River | Public | – |
| 48 | Arlington Greens Golf Course | Granite City | Public | – |
| 49 | Arrowhead Heights Golf Course | Camp Point | Public | – |
| 50 | Atkins Golf Club at the University of Illinois | Urbana | Public | – |
| 51 | Balmoral Woods Country Club | Crete | Public | – |
| 52 | Belk Park Golf Course | Wood River | Public | – |
| 53 | Bergen Golf Course | Springfield | Municipal | – |
| 54 | Big Run Golf Club | Lockport | Public | – |
| 55 | Billy Caldwell Golf Course | Chicago | Public | – |
| 56 | Bittersweet Golf Club | Gurnee | Public | – |
| 57 | Bonnie Brook Golf Course | Waukegan | Public | – |
| 58 | Boone Creek Golf Course | Bull Valley | Public | – |
| 59 | Broken Arrow Golf Club | Lockport | Public | – |
| 60 | Brookhill Golf Course | Rantoul | Municipal | – |
| 61 | Brookhills Golf Club | Springfield | Public | – |
| 62 | Buffalo Grove Golf Club | Buffalo Grove | Public | – |
| 63 | Bunn Golf Course | Springfield | Municipal | – |
| 64 | Burnham Woods Golf Course | Burnham | Public | – |
| 65 | Cantigny Golf | Wheaton | Public | – |
| 66 | Cantigny Golf Youth Links | Wheaton | Public | – |
| 67 | Carillon Golf Course | Plainfield | Public | – |
| 68 | Chapel Hill Country Club | Johnsburg | Public | – |
| 69 | Cheyenne Shadows Golf Course Coyote Run Junior | Flossmoor | Public | – |
| 70 | Cinder Ridge Golf Course | Wilmington | Public | – |
| 71 | Cloverleaf Golf Course | Alton | Public | – |
| 72 | Countryside Golf Club | Mundelein | Public | – |
| 73 | Craig Woods Golf Club | Lakewood | Public | – |
| 74 | Deer Creek Golf Course | University Park | Public | – |
| 75 | Deerfield Golf Club and Learning Center | Riverwoods | Public | – |
| 76 | Deerpath Golf Course | Lake Forest | Public | – |
| 77 | East Course | Galena | Public | – |
| 78 | Edgebrook Golf Course | Chicago | Public | – |
| 79 | Edgewood Golf Club | Auburn | Public | – |
| 80 | Edgewood Park Golf Club | McNabb | Public | – |
| 81 | Fon Du Lac Golf Course | East Peoria | Public | – |
| 82 | Foss Park Golf Course | North Chicago | Municipal | – |
| 83 | Fox Lake Country Club | Fox Lake | Public | – |
| 84 | Fox Run Golf Links | Elk Grove Village | Public | – |
| 85 | George W. Dunne National Golf Course | Oak Forest | Public | – |
| 86 | Glencoe Golf Club | Glencoe | Public | – |
| 87 | Glenview Park Golf Club | Glenview | Municipal | – |
| 88 | Glenwoodie Golf Club | Glenwood | Public | – |
| 89 | Gold Hills Golf Course | Colchester | Public | – |
| 90 | Golf Club of Illinois | Algonquin | Public | – |
| 91 | Golf Learning Center | Peoria | Public | – |
| 92 | Governors Run Golf Course | Carlyle | Public | – |
| 93 | Greenview Golf Club | Centralia | Public | – |
| 94 | Harborside International Golf Center | Chicago | Public | – |
| 95 | Harrison Park Golf Course | Danville | Public | – |
| 96 | Hazy Hills Golf Course | Hudson | Public | – |
| 97 | Heather Ridge Golf Course | Gurnee | Public | – |
| 98 | Heritage Bluffs Public Golf Club | Channahon | Public | – |
| 99 | Heritage Oaks Golf Club | Northbrook | Public | – |
| 100 | Hickory Knoll Golf Course | Lake Villa | Public | – |
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FAQ
How is this list ordered?
Transparently, not editorially: publicly playable courses first (public, municipal, resort, semi-private), then courses with an official website, then by founding year. We list every verified public course — this is a complete catalog, not a top-10 pick.
How many public courses does Illinois have?
Illinois has 100 public golf courses in the registry (list capped at 100).
Ordering formula and data source: see our methodology & statistics.
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