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Hawthorn Woods Country Club sits in the village of the same name, roughly 35 miles northwest of Chicago in Lake County's rolling suburban terrain. The area belongs to the broader Chicagoland golf corridor — one of the most golf-dense markets in the country — where the land transitions from the flat prairie of the city's outskirts into the gentle moraines and wooded pockets left behind by glacial activity. That topography gives designers something to work with, and courses in this part of Lake County tend to have more natural contour than their counterparts closer to the city.
As a country club bearing the name of its small, incorporated village, the course almost certainly anchors a residential community — a format common throughout the northwest suburbs, where golf and neighborhood identity have long been intertwined.
Without more specific records on the designer or opening year, what can be said is that a par-72 layout in this landscape likely rewards accurate iron play through tree-lined corridors, with the glacial terrain offering elevation changes that a flat scorecard reading won't fully prepare you for.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmer · men | 7,091 | 74.5 | 140 | 72 |
| Garnet · men | 6,549 | 72 | 134 | 72 |
| Combined · men | 6,258 | 70.7 | 131 | 72 |
| White · men | 6,001 | 69.5 | 128 | 72 |
| White · women | 6,001 | 74.9 | 136 | 72 |
| Gold · men | 5,198 | 65.8 | 119 | 72 |
| Gold · women | 5,198 | 70.5 | 127 | 72 |
| Forward · men | 4,908 | 64.5 | 116 | 72 |
| Forward · women | 4,908 | 68.9 | 123 | 72 |
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