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Few public courses in the Chicago suburbs have earned the kind of steady regional reputation that Golf Club of Illinois has built over the decades. Opened in 1987 and designed by Ken Killian — the Chicago-area architect behind Kemper Lakes and Stonewall Orchard — it plays across a gently rolling landscape in the Fox River Valley, where open fairways give way to water features and the kind of strategically placed bunkering Killian favored. The par-71 layout rewards placement off the tee more than raw distance, and its conditions have historically punched above their weight for a daily-fee facility.
Algonquin sits in McHenry County, about 40 miles northwest of downtown Chicago, where the Fox River corridor provides a natural break from suburban sprawl. The area has a genuine golf culture, with several well-regarded courses competing for the same audience of northwest-suburban regulars.
For golfers touring the Chicago metro's public options, Golf Club of Illinois represents the kind of honest, well-conceived design that holds up to repeat play — familiar enough to score on, interesting enough that you keep coming back to figure it out.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black · men | 7,011 | 74.6 | 139 | 71 |
| Blue · men | 6,580 | 72.6 | 134 | 71 |
| Red · men | 6,244 | 71.1 | 130 | 71 |
| Red · women | 6,244 | 76.8 | 139 | 71 |
| White · men | 5,569 | 68 | 123 | 71 |
| White · women | 5,569 | 73 | 131 | 71 |
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