Illinois Golf Courses
Public and Private

Illinois has 777 golf courses to choose from. This directory lists the courses by city. The cities with the most golf courses like Chicago, Springfield, and Rockford are listed first under the Top 10. We list all other Illinois cities alphabetically, below.

Featured Golf Course
The Woodlands Golf Club The Woodlands Golf Club
The 18-hole "Woodlands" course at the The Woodlands Golf Club facility in Alton, IL features 6,401 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 71. The course rating is 71 and it has a slope rating of 123 on Zoysia grass.  Woodlands golf course opened in 1994. Jordan Hansen manages the course as the Executive Director.
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High Trajectory Cure Hitting the ball too high is a major cause of power loss and usually results from releasing too early in the downswing or hanging back on the rear leg, to fix this concentrate on hitting down on the ball and taking a divot after contact
Over The Top: Outside-In Outside in means that you are hitting the outside portion of the golf ball with an inward club path because you are going back below your swing plane and your downswing is above or over the swing plane
Impact When Putting The inches on either side of the ball are the most important in golf; your clubface must be square in that area and constantly accelerating