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…
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 Glen Club, the home of the Illinois Golf Hall of Fame, is the centerpiece of a well-established community built up from the former site of the Glenview Naval Air Station. Tom Fazio sculpted the 7,170-yard course run by KemperSports, taking advantage of subtle elevation changes, lakes, streams and a view of the Chicago skyline in the distance.…
The Lincolnshire Marriott Resort has recently been refreshed with a $28-million-dollar renovation of its Porte Cochere, lobby, restaurants, guest rooms and suites and includes the addition of a full-service Starbucks and relaxation spa. The 40,000 square feet of meeting and event space offers flexible ballrooms and three spacious outdoor pavilions…
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.
With his golf course design business based 30 miles away in Libertyville, Ill., highly acclaimed Rick Jacobson was an obvious and convenient choice to build Bowes Creek Country Club in Elgin. Based on reviews on GolfNow.com, locals approve of the work of their native son, giving Bowes Creek an average rating of 4.5 on a scale of 5. The course has many of the player-friendly touches typical of Jacobson courses: wide fairways, big greens and multiple, scattered tee boxes, giving holes an array of different looks.
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 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.
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.