Itasca Country Club

Itasca Country Club sits in the western suburbs of Chicago, a part of Illinois where the Fox River valley and the broader DuPage County landscape give golf courses room to breathe across gently rolling terrain. The area has a long and serious golf culture — this corridor west of the city is home to a dense collection of private clubs and notable layouts, shaped in part by the region's history of affluent commuter communities developed in the early 20th century.

As a private country club, Itasca would have been the social and sporting center of its community for generations, the kind of place where members develop a deep, almost proprietary affection for every quirk of every green. That relationship between a club and its membership tends to produce a course that rewards local knowledge — where you learn to play the course, not just the hole in front of you.

DuPage County's mature hardwood tree cover, combined with the area's four genuine seasons, means conditions shift dramatically across the calendar year, offering a genuinely different test in spring, summer, and fall.