The Directory · West Suburbs
The western suburbs —
Medinah, Butler National and Chicago Golf Club.
DuPage County and the west and northwest suburbs hold the region's championship venues: Medinah's three courses, Butler National, and Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, one of the five founding clubs of the USGA. Cantigny, Arrowhead and Prairie Landing are the public rounds.
17 courses · sorted by access & tier
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west suburbs golf courses, end to end.
DuPage County and the western suburbs hold the region's championship golf. Medinah's three courses lead it: No. 3, a major championship venue since 1949, held the 2012 Ryder Cup and, after a redesign by OCM Golf, the 2026 Presidents Cup, and Tom Doak rebuilt No. 1 in 2014. Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, C.B. Macdonald's club rebuilt by Seth Raynor, tops Golf Digest's 2025-26 Illinois ranking, and George Fazio's Butler National in Oak Brook was home to the Western Open from 1974 to 1990. Chicago Highlands, Butterfield, Oak Park, La Grange and Glen Oak fill out the private side. The public golf is strong too: Cantigny on the former McCormick estate, Robert Trent Jones Jr.'s Prairie Landing, the rebuilt forest-preserve course at The Preserve at Oak Meadows, and park-district golf at Arrowhead, Village Links and Schaumburg.
The Directory
The best golf courses in West Suburbs.
Tom Bendelow; redesigned by OCM Golf · Medinah
Medinah Country Club — Course No. 3
Medinah's championship course, redesigned by OCM Golf in 2024 and host of the 2026 Presidents Cup.
C.B. Macdonald; redesigned by Seth Raynor · Wheaton
Chicago Golf Club
C.B. Macdonald's Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, rebuilt by Seth Raynor and largely unchanged since.
George Fazio · Oak Brook
Butler National Golf Club
George Fazio's championship course in Oak Brook, home of the Western Open from 1974 to 1990.
Arthur Hills · Westchester
Chicago Highlands Club
Arthur Hills's links-style private course in Westchester, built on a former landfill with skyline views.
Tom Bendelow; redesigned by Tom Doak · Medinah
Medinah Country Club — Course No. 1
Tom Doak's 2014 redesign of Medinah's first course, private and set on the club's lowest ground.
William Langford; redesigned by Steve Smyers · Oak Brook
Butterfield Country Club
Three private nines in Oak Brook: William Langford's 1920 design, redesigned by Steve Smyers.
Tom Bendelow · Medinah
Medinah Country Club — Course No. 2
Medinah's family course: Tom Bendelow's No. 2, restored with seven sets of tees in 2016-17.
Roger Packard · Wheaton
Cantigny Golf
A 27-hole public facility on the former McCormick estate in Wheaton, midway through renovation.
Ralph Weimer; renovated by Ken Killian · Wheaton
Arrowhead Golf Club
A 27-hole Wheaton Park District course; this page covers the South and East nines.
Tom Bendelow; rebuilt by William Langford and Theodore Moreau · Glen Ellyn
Glen Oak Country Club
Glen Ellyn's private Bendelow course, rebuilt by Langford and Moreau in 1922.
Tom Bendelow and William Langford; remodeled by Donald Ross · La Grange
La Grange Country Club
A private La Grange club founded in 1899 and twice host of the U.S. Women's Open.
Donald Ross · River Grove
Oak Park Country Club
Donald Ross's 1914 course in River Grove, a private club renovated by Rick Jacobson in 2007.
Robert Trent Jones Jr. · West Chicago
Prairie Landing Golf Club
Public prairie-links golf in West Chicago from Robert Trent Jones Jr., open since 1994.
William Langford and Theodore Moreau · Hinsdale
Ruth Lake Country Club
A 1922 Hinsdale club with a Langford and Moreau course and a par-3 finish.
William Langford and Theodore Moreau · Schaumburg
Schaumburg Golf Club
Park district golf in Schaumburg: 27 holes on a 1928 Langford layout, renovated 2017-19.
Greg Martin · Addison
The Preserve at Oak Meadows
DuPage County's rebuilt forest-preserve course in Addison, routed by Greg Martin along a restored Salt Creek.
David Gill · Glen Ellyn
Village Links of Glen Ellyn
Glen Ellyn's village-owned championship 18, a David Gill course rebuilt by his son Garrett.