The Directory · Chicago
Chicago golf —
Harborside and the city clubs.
Golf inside the city limits: Harborside International's Port and Starboard courses on the South Side, and three of the city's private clubs, Beverly, Ridge and Ridgemoor.
5 courses · sorted by access & tier
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Chicago golf courses, end to end.
Golf inside Chicago's city limits is a short list, and only two of its courses are public. Harborside International's Port (1995) and Starboard (1996) courses are Dick Nugent's links-style answer to the city: treeless, wind-exposed golf on a former landfill beside Lake Calumet on the South Side, and the Starboard sends both of its back-nine par 3s over water. The rest is private and old. Beverly Country Club, a Donald Ross course on the rim of prehistoric Lake Chicago, has hosted Western Opens and ranks 10th in Golf Digest's 2025-26 Illinois list. Ridge Country Club dates to 1902, and Ridgemoor to 1905, with a William Langford remodel. For more public golf, the nearest options are in the southwest and western suburbs.
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The best golf courses in Chicago.
George O'Neil and Tom Bendelow; redesigned by Donald Ross · Chicago
Beverly Country Club
Donald Ross championship golf on Chicago's South Side, routed across the rim of prehistoric Lake Chicago.
Dick Nugent · Chicago
Harborside International Golf Center — Port Course
Dick Nugent's links-style public course on a former landfill beside Lake Calumet, inside Chicago city limits.
Dick Nugent · Chicago
Harborside International Golf Center — Starboard Course
Dick Nugent's treeless, links-style Starboard Course, the newer of two beside Lake Calumet in Chicago.
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Ridge Country Club
Beverly's 1902 private parkland club, one of the few inside Chicago's city limits.
Thomas O'Neil and David McIntosh; remodeled by William Langford · Chicago
Ridgemoor Country Club
Private club on Chicago's northwest edge where Ben Hogan won the 1942 Hale America National Open.