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Burnham is a small industrial suburb tucked into the far southeastern corner of Cook County, where Chicago's urban sprawl gives way to the Calumet region — a landscape shaped more by steel mills, rail yards, and the lakefront's weather patterns than by rolling countryside. Golf out here has always been a working-class game, and Burnham Woods fits that tradition squarely. It serves a dense, diverse corridor of south suburban Chicago communities where public access to a full 18-hole layout matters, and where a reasonable greens fee means the course actually gets played hard.
Without detailed records on the architect or the course's founding history, what's clear is that municipal courses in this part of Illinois tend to be flat and open, carved from the characteristically level terrain of the old Lake Michigan shoreline plain. Expect wide fairways, limited elevation change, and a layout that rewards straightforward ball-striking over shot-shaping wizardry.
For residents of the south suburbs, Burnham Woods represents exactly what a city-owned course should be — an accessible, no-frills place to play a full round without a long drive or a private membership.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue · men | 6,447 | 71.1 | 117 | 72 |
| White · men | 6,232 | 70.1 | 115 | 72 |
| Red · women | 6,015 | 74.5 | 125 | 72 |
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