Butterfield Country Club: White/Blue Nines

2800 Midwest Rd.

Oak Brook, IL 60523

United States

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PURCHASE YARDAGE BOOK

About

Holes 27

Facility Type Private

Year Opened 2020

Designer William B. Langford, ASGCA/Theodore J. Moreaux/(R) Steve Smyers, ASGCA

Awards

ranking history:

Best in State: Ranked 15th, 2019-'22. Ranked 16th, 2023-'24. Ranked 17th, 2015-'16. Ranked 20th, 2025-'26. Ranked 22nd, 2017-'18. Note: The White/Blue nines were used for the Best in State ranking.
Previous ranking: 16th.
2025-'26 ranking: 20th.

Panelists

Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

Shot Options

6.7904

Character

6.8911

Challenge

6.812

Layout Variety

6.7625

Fun

6.7488

Aesthetics

6.881

Conditioning

7.1903

Reviews

1 / 2

Review

“Butterfield’s Blue and White nines offer a polished but somewhat polarizing experience. The routing is tidy and conditioning is typically strong, but the design often leans into features that feel more manufactured than natural. Elevated greens, narrow landing zones, and forced carries appear with such frequency that the challenge can border on repetitive rather than strategic. The Blue nine emphasizes precision off the tee, but the placement of hazards and mounding sometimes feels contrived. The White nine opens up slightly more, but water hazards and cross-bunkers are used in ways that can feel more like defense mechanisms than thoughtful risk–reward options. Overall, while Butterfield provides a solid private club experience with modern conditioning standards, the Blue/White combination is more about maintaining focus through manufactured tests than offering the kind of organic, flowing strategy that characterizes the area’s best classic courses."

2025

2 / 2

Review

“Solid layout in the Chicago suburbs with a traditional parkland feel. Wonderful set of par threes - both long and short and uphill and downhill with strategic bunkering that requires precision to get close to the pin. My favorite it is the uphill par 3 6th on the white 9. One of the better finishing holes I've played - excellent long dogleg right par 4 to a slightly elevated green guarded by deep bunkers. Well conditioned and worth a stop to play if you are in the Oak Brook area."

2025