Illinois Golf Tour – A Public Affair

Abraham Lincoln has been its most famous residents and the arrival of the railroads in 1850s made it one of the richest prairie lands in the country but today Illinois has one more reason to be famous – more than 450 public courses attracting golf holiday makers from all over the country.

The Prairie State has been around in the Golf Universe for quite some time and offers a large number of interesting and equally challenging courses. Golf packages to Illinois have seen a rise in the recent years mainly because of a plethora of public courses available. Where this automatically translates into affordable golf, Illinois’ offering of good winter golf has also helped attract golf vacation enthusiasts to the state. The presence of 6 ‘100 Greatest Public Courses’ by Golf Digest helps the cause further and its historical Native American heritage gives non – golfers on a golf holiday a great time as well.

The first stop on your Illinois golf travel is most likely to be Chicago which promises to capture a good part of your golf holiday with more than 200 public courses. The Chicogoland area is home to some of the best courses in the state; to wit, The Glen Club, Beverly Country Club, Kemper Lakes Golf Course, Dubsdread at Cog Hill, Harborside International, Pine Meadows Golf Club and Prairie Landing Golf Club.ÂÂ

With such a strong case for the game in the Windy City, a golf holiday maker has few reasons to look elsewhere for a satisfying round of golf. But, Central Illinois has courses that are able to tempt even the sternest of Chicago loyalists. Do yourself a world of good by including these courses in your golf vacation: Weaver Ridge Golf Club in Peoria, Piper Glen Golf Club in Springfield Prairie Vista, in the city of Bloomington and Arnold Palmer’s The Den at Fox Creek. Include Western Illinois in your golf package to save some with very affordable courses like the Eagle Ridge in the town of Galena.ÂÂ

Your golf tour is unlikely to be a hit without spending some time on three delightful courses in downstate Illinois: The Annbriar Golf Course in Waterloo, Kokopelli Golf Club and the Purgatory Golf Club. Located in Noblesville, Purgatory Golf Club is the longest non-mountain golf course in the world at 7,754 yards. Often described as “more Heaven than Hell” Purgatory provides superb golfing experience.

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