The Directory · Fox Valley & McHenry
Fox Valley and McHenry —
Rich Harvest Farms and the far west.
The Fox River valley and McHenry County, from Aurora and Sugar Grove to Woodstock and Marengo: Rich Harvest Farms (2009 Solheim Cup), Black Sheep and Stonebridge among the private clubs, and Blackstone, RedTail and Highlands of Elgin on the public side.
7 courses · sorted by access & tier
The Region
Fox Valley golf courses, end to end.
West and northwest of the city, the Fox River valley and McHenry County are open, rolling country, with more room and more wind. Rich Harvest Farms, Jerry Rich's private course in Sugar Grove, hosted the 2009 Solheim Cup and ranks seventh in Illinois in Golf Digest's 2025-26 list; Black Sheep, also in Sugar Grove, is a 27-hole, golf-only club on windswept prairie. Dick Nugent's Bull Valley in Woodstock and Tom Fazio's Stonebridge in Aurora complete the private list. The public golf is the reason most visitors drive out: Bob Lohmann's Blackstone in Marengo, Roger Packard's RedTail in Lakewood, and the City of Elgin's Highlands of Elgin, where nine holes were reclaimed from an old stone quarry.
The Directory
The best golf courses in Fox Valley & McHenry.
Jerry Rich and Greg Martin · Sugar Grove
Rich Harvest Farms
Jerry Rich's ultra-private, tournament-tested course on his Sugar Grove estate west of Chicago.
David Esler · Sugar Grove
Black Sheep Golf Club
A 27-hole, golf-only private club on open, windswept prairie in Sugar Grove, west of Chicago.
Dick Nugent · Woodstock
Bull Valley Golf Club
A private Dick Nugent course in Woodstock, routed over moraine hills, wetlands and prairie.
Bob Lohmann · Marengo
Blackstone Golf Club
Bob Lohmann's wetland-and-woodland public course in Marengo, with 54 bold bunkers.
Elgin
Highlands of Elgin
City of Elgin public golf, with nine holes reclaimed from an old stone quarry.
Roger Packard · Lakewood
RedTail Golf Club
Roger Packard's village-owned public course in Lakewood, with elevation changes across 240 acres.
Tom Fazio · Aurora
Stonebridge Country Club
Tom Fazio's 1989 private course in Aurora, routed through oaks, creeks and ponds.