How Many Golf Courses Are in Illinois?

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Illinois contains 391 named golf courses and country clubs distributed across 324 cities and 73 counties, according to data drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, the federal gazetteer of named places. Every entry in this compilation represents a real, named facility organized by geographic location.

Because GNIS catalogs named geographic features rather than tracking active businesses, the directory represents a partial and time-delayed snapshot of the state's golf landscape. Newly opened or recently renamed courses may not yet appear in the federal record, and operational details such as public-or-private status, fee structures, and course layout fall outside the scope of the GNIS database. Users searching this directory should treat it as a locational tool: once a course is identified by city and county, its official website should be consulted for current information on hours of operation, rates, and availability for booking.

Directory note. Listings come from the USGS GNIS named-feature gazetteer (2021 vintage) and are partial — public/private status, green fees and course layout aren't in the federal record. Confirm details on each course’s own site.

Listing all 391 named courses in Illinois, A–Z.

How to use the Illinois directory

Start by narrowing to where you want to play — by city, or more reliably by county — then open a course for its locality detail. Every listing is a real, named facility from the federal gazetteer; for tee times, green fees and public-or-private status, check the course’s own site, since those aren’t in the GNIS record.

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