The Hilton Chicago Oak Brook Hills Resort & Conference Center features the best of being near downtown with the relaxation of a resort getaway. Guests have access to a golf course, a 24-hour fitness center, indoor and outdoor swimming pools with whirlpools and saunas, billiard tables, game rooms, as well as tennis, volleyball and basketball…
The Eaglewood Resort and Spa is a versatile property good for golfers, vacationers and business travelers in greater Chicagoland. The 295 guest rooms and suites are stocked with oversized desks and comfortable seating areas. For recreation and entertainment, Eaglewood, which is adjacent to the famed Medinah Country Club, offers its own public golf…
As home of the Cubs, Wrigley Field may be Chicago's most well known sports venue but with more than 200 courses to choose from, the city also has a growing reputation as a popular golf destination.
With four courses and several options to choose from, Cog Hill Golf & C.C. near Chicago -- home of the the famous Dubsdread Course -- offers package deals to fit every budget.
I will make a prediction: "Open Doctor" Rees Jones' facelift, with an eye toward both daily-fee golfers and a U.S. Open, has easily vaulted Dubsdread at Cog Hill into the top 10 of Golf Digest's ranking of America's top public courses. Golfers in the Chicago-land area are truly blessed to have Dubsdread at their back door.
With extensive renovation under new ownership, White Hawk Country Club in Crown Point, Indiana has been restored to its past glory, reflected in glowing player reviews on GolfNow.com. The golf course features four nines -- the Red Hawk, Grey Hawk, Black Hawk and Silver Hawk. Designed by Tim and Dick Nugent, White Hawk consistently appears on top-10 lists for the state.
Golf course architects Dick Nugent and Jeff Hardin both leave a legacy of fine courses behind. Here's a look at their influence in the design business.
We asked Local Golf Advisor Bryan Tweed about where to play golf around Chicago. See which courses he say you should play on your next visit to the Windy City.
On Brandon Tucker's most recent trip, he discovered Ship Sticks is a valuable tool to help lighten the load traveling through airports with his family.
The Jackson Park and South Shore golf courses have been a part of Chicago's south side for more than a century. A new plan to build an 18-hole championship course by Tiger Woods from their footprints is slowly taking shape.
A list of the top 50 municipal tracks in the U.S. includes five from the Chicago area, more than any other city. Besides quality, what do the Windy City's best tracks have in common? Let's just say size clearly matters.
Chicagoans can hop in their car and choose from several dozen golf resorts in Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Iowa, all within a six-hour drive.
You can't call yourself a golfer if you haven't tried to sneak in a round between client calls. Thing is, there are a lot of cities that are not the best choices for conducting the art of what one might call "squeeze-in" golf. However, Chicago -- one of the nation's most active business-convention towns -- might be the best place in America for both sealing the deal AND sinking a putt. Here's your one, two, three strategy for getting it done.
Prairie Landing Golf Club is laid out on the rolling land next to a small airport in DuPage County, 40 miles west of Chicago. Also, as you move through this layout, you can't miss the train tracks that run the perimeter of the course, reminiscent of some of the great links courses in Scotland. What the planes and trains do is add quaintness to a sprawling complex of remarkably interesting holes, tricky greens and a practice facility that is one of the best anywhere in the area.
Dubsdread at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club is one of the great, classic public courses in America - and someday, it just might be a U.S. Open venue. Best of all, though, Dubsdread is a very difficult track that still lets average golfers play.
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