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    Winnetka Golf Club

    Winnetka, IL Public

    Overview

    This affordable public course is located among a star-studded roster of neighbors in Chicago’s North Side, most of which are private clubs. The first holes are believed to date to 1917, with nine more added in the 1920s, set on a fairly flat, elongated property that forced the holes to be laid out in north-south directions. Though convenient and accessible, the course drained poorly and the city hired architect Rick Jacobson to renovate it with the principle goal of making it playable after rains and becoming a stormwater retention site for the surrounding community through the expansion of a series of connected lakes and canals that run through the site. Reopened in late summer 2024, Winnetka is more functional than before, and also more attractive due to new turf and Jacobson’s new bunkers that sit better into their surrounds and feature a less formal lacy edge.

    About

    Holes 18
    Length 6517
    Slope 130
    Price $74
    Facility Type Public
    Designer William B. Langford, ASGCA/Rick Jacobson (2023)

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