The best golf courses in Buffalo Grove, Illinois

“Just a special place worthy of the praise it receives in national rankings. The golden age golf course architecture is the star of the show here. Despite the length not being overly intimidating, the course has various ways to protect itself, specifically the fairway bunkers.”

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@Luke

• ❗️Must play
• |✨Pristine
• |🚶🏻Walkable

“Seth Raynor did his magic laying out this course while not placing a single hole on Lake Michigan. Holes 10-15 is one of the best stretches of holes you’ll find anywhere and the greens are lightning with much undulation. Any day at Shoreacres is a magical day.”

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@bdunc418

• ❗️Must play
• |✨Pristine
• |🏞️Views

“The course is short but offers many risk reward opportunities from drivable par 4s and reachable par 5s.”

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@CTR12

• ✨Pristine
• |❗️Must play
• |💨Fast greens

“Played pre-renovation. Course was tough parkland course. Tight, trees, rough, length, water etc. Par 3s were a bit repetitive which has since been changed. Holes 7-11 all felt the same.”

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@bdunc418

• 🏌️‍♂️Driving range
• |❗️Must play
• |✨Pristine

“One of the most difficult courses in the U.S., will absolutely beat you up. Mend only club as there’s only a few left in the country, must play for sure. Green complex and speed is hard to describe. Great finishing holes.”

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@Mister_Nobody

• ✨Pristine
• |💨Fast greens
• |😅Challenging

“Conway Farms definitely gives off that big time feel the second you pull up to bag drop. The staff was awesome — super friendly and welcoming right from the start.”

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@TGUN312

• 🤝Caddies
• |🏌️‍♂️Driving range
• |🌭Halfway house

“Skokie is a fantastic set of challenging, interesting holes. The routing is superb, with great bunkering and fantastic green complexes.”

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@CarsonBaugher

• 🚶🏻Walkable
• |🤝Caddies
• |🌭Halfway house

“The only course I have played that has essentially the same land as shoreacres. Lakeshore's routing, however, does everything possible to take the ravines out of play. They are often right behind greens or right over tee boxes.”

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@raynorenthusiast

• ✨Pristine
• |🏌️‍♂️Driving range
• |🍔Restaurant

“In great shape from tee boxes to greens. Course is a bit flat with some great bunkering.”

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@IggyPutts

• 😅Challenging
• |✨Pristine
• |🏌️‍♂️Driving range

“Course was in good shape but our whole group said it wasn’t impressive. We were there for an outing and didn’t get to play 3. 1 felt like a muni that was in good condition. Enjoyable enough but nothing memorable and never got the “wow I’m playing Medinah” feeling.”

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@ADK

• 🏌️‍♂️Driving range
• |🌱Grass range
• |🟢Putting area

“Impressive build for a golf course built on a dump. A good club as well. Some quirky holes but a fun round.”

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@thetemplatehole

• 🏌️‍♂️Driving range
• |✨Pristine
• |🟢Putting area

“Great $50 walk. Fescue is overly penal. Impossible to find the ball even if it’s six inches in, despite the fescue being only a couple inches tall. I don’t need to be able to play it but I’d like to at least find it when i know exactly where it went”

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@Joemcinerney

• 🌾Links
• |💎Hidden gem
• |🤩Underrated