Harry Mussatto Golf Course serves Western Illinois University and the Macomb community as a public facility that opened in the mid-1970s. Ken Killian and Dick Nugent, a Chicago-area design team known for their work on affordable municipal and university courses throughout the Midwest, routed the layout across rolling farmland typical of west-central Illinois. The course occupies open terrain with modest elevation changes and scattered tree lines that define holes without creating heavily wooded corridors. The design reflects the practical priorities of university golf courses from this era: playable for students and recreational golfers while offering enough length and strategic interest for competitive college matches. Western Illinois University's golf teams use the facility for practice and home competition, and the course hosts regional amateur events. The routing takes advantage of natural drainage patterns across the property, with several holes playing along gentle ridges and others occupying lower ground. Killian and Nugent incorporated straightforward bunkering and greens of moderate size and contour, creating a layout that rewards accurate approach play without requiring highly specialized shot-making. The course remains accessible to the university community and public golfers, functioning as both a teaching facility and a venue for everyday play. Its setting on the edge of Macomb provides views across agricultural land characteristic of this part of Illinois, where the prairie landscape transitions between flat expanses and modest rolling terrain.