The Den at Fox Creek

The Den at Fox Creek is an Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay design located in Bloomington, Illinois. Opened in the early 2000s, the course represents the Palmer Design Company's approach to Midwestern golf, working with the gently rolling terrain characteristic of central Illinois. The layout takes advantage of natural elevation changes and integrates water features and wooded corridors into the routing, creating variety across the property. The course plays through a mix of open and tree-lined holes, with strategic bunkering and water hazards that require thoughtful course management. Palmer and Seay's design philosophy typically emphasized playability for a range of skill levels while maintaining challenge from the back tees, and The Den reflects this balance. The property's natural features, including Fox Creek itself, come into play on several holes and contribute to the course's character. As a daily-fee facility in the Bloomington-Normal area, The Den serves both local golfers and visitors to this college town region of Illinois. The course provides a contemporary golf experience in a part of the state where classic Midwestern parkland golf predominates. Its conditioning and maintenance standards reflect the expectations of modern public golf, with bent grass greens and bluegrass fairways typical of the region's better courses.