Blackstone Golf Club

Blackstone Golf Club sits in the rolling farmland of McHenry County in northern Illinois, about an hour northwest of Chicago. Designed by Bob Lohmann and opened in the late 1990s, the course occupies former agricultural land that has been shaped into a modern daily-fee layout serving the region's golfers. Lohmann, a Chicago-area architect with numerous courses throughout Illinois and the Midwest, worked with the natural terrain to create a routing that incorporates gentle elevation changes and open vistas characteristic of the area. The course features a mix of parkland and links-inspired elements, with fairways that move through stands of mature trees and across more exposed stretches where wind becomes a factor. Water comes into play on several holes, and bunkering provides strategic interest around greens and landing areas. The property's scale allows for a variety of hole lengths and shapes, offering different challenges throughout the round. Blackstone operates as an accessible public facility in a region with strong golf participation, drawing players from the western and northwestern Chicago suburbs. The club provides standard amenities for daily-fee play, including practice areas and a clubhouse with food and beverage service. The course serves both casual weekend golfers and league play, typical of public golf in the northern Illinois corridor where numerous courses compete for rounds during the relatively short Midwestern season.