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Pine Meadow Golf Club carries a reputation that reaches well beyond its northern suburban Chicago zip code. Designed by Joe Lee and Rocky Roquemore and opened in 1986, it was almost immediately recognized as one of the finest public courses in Illinois — Golf Digest has ranked it among the best public courses in the state for decades. The layout winds through mature pines and hardwoods on rolling terrain that feels more like Wisconsin than the flat prairie most people picture when they think of Chicagoland, and the tree-lined corridors demand a controlled, thinking-player's game.
Mundelein sits in Lake County, roughly 35 miles northwest of downtown Chicago, where the land begins to take on some genuine contour. Pine Meadow makes full use of that topography, routing holes through elevation changes and natural wetlands that create a genuine sense of separation between fairways. Accuracy off the tee matters here — length alone won't score well.
For golfers in the Chicago area seeking a serious public-access test without a private-club price tag, Pine Meadow has been the answer for nearly 40 years. It plays as a proper challenge at any skill level but rewards those who manage the course intelligently rather than simply overpower it.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black · men | 7,218 | 74.8 | 139 | 72 |
| Gold · men | 6,960 | 73.6 | 136 | 72 |
| Blue/Gold · men | 6,656 | 72.2 | 133 | 72 |
| Blue · men | 6,505 | 71.5 | 131 | 72 |
| Blue/White · men | 6,365 | 70.8 | 129 | 72 |
| White · men | 6,151 | 69.9 | 126 | 72 |
| White · women | 6,151 | 75.4 | 133 | 72 |
| White/Silver · men | 5,789 | 68.3 | 122 | 72 |
| Tournament · women | 5,496 | 71.8 | 125 | 72 |
| Red · women | 5,184 | 70.1 | 121 | 72 |
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