Excellent Illinois golf courses offering variety and unique challenges greet the amateur or the pro golfer. Illinois courses have superb championship layouts on manicured bent grass greens. Enjoy magnificent vistas through rolling meadows and woodlands. Golfers can play anywhere from nine to 27 holes, all at value prices. With early spring and late fall seasons, Illinois courses offer longer playing times. Even during the winter, many courses are open when weather permits. The region's courses are all located in areas that offer many other tourist attractions: scenic drives, the Shawnee National Forest, historical and cultural attractions, bike and walking trails, lakes, camping, fishing boating, parks, recreational areas and much more. Just the mention of the city of Chicago conjures up many images, pizza, Sears Tower, the Ferris wheel at the Navy Pier, gangsters, O'Hare Airport, The Blues Brothers, Mrs O'Leary's cow and politicians. The root of the moniker (Windy City) is not derived from its politicians, but rather the constant gusts coming off Lake Michigan. It helps to keep the temperature down, and makes for some challenging golf. When you look around all the Illinois golf courses here in Indiana, you might not believe how affordable golf can be in Illinois. We have all the Illinois Golf Courses listed here by the county.