The best golf courses in Mundelein, Illinois
Course Vaults is a golf course logging app where members have logged 8,848 rounds in Illinois and rate what they played. These are the 25 highest-rated public and private courses within about 25 miles of Mundelein, Illinois, ranked by those community scores.

Shoreacres Golf Club
Lake Bluff, IL, USAPrivateSeth Raynor
- 4.9Conditions
- 4.8Layout
- 4.4Scenery
- 4.2Facilities
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.
Written by
@bdunc418
- Must play
- Pristine
- Views

Old Elm Club
Highland Park, IL, USAPrivateDonald Ross & Harry S. Colt
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.4Layout
- 3.9Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
The course is short but offers many risk reward opportunities from drivable par 4s and reachable par 5s.
Written by
@CTR12
- Pristine
- Must play
- Fast greens

#3
Medinah Country Club
Medinah, IL, USAPrivateRees Jones & Tom Bendelow
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.2Layout
- 3.5Scenery
- 4.8Facilities
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.
Written by
@bdunc418
- Driving range
- Must play
- Pristine

Conway Farms Golf Club
Lake Forest, IL, USAPrivateTom Fazio & Andy Banfield
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.5Layout
- 4.2Scenery
- 4.7Facilities
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.
Written by
@TGUN312
- Caddies
- Driving range
- Halfway house

Bob O'Link Golf Club
Highland Park, IL, USAPrivateDonald Ross
- 4.7Conditions
- 3.8Layout
- 3.5Scenery
- 1.0Facilities
- Pristine
- Driving range
- Bar
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Skokie Country Club
Glencoe, IL, USAPrivateDonald Ross
- 4.8Conditions
- 4.5Layout
- 3.9Scenery
- 4.4Facilities
Skokie is a fantastic set of challenging, interesting holes. The routing is superb, with great bunkering and fantastic green complexes.
Written by
@CarsonBaugher
- Walkable
- Caddies
- Halfway house

Lake Shore Country Club
Glencoe, IL, USAPrivateTom Bendelow
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.3Scenery
- 4.5Facilities
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.
Written by
@raynorenthusiast
- Pristine
- Driving range
- Restaurant

The Club at Strawberry Creek
Kenosha, WI, USAPrivateRick Jacobson
- 4.6Conditions
- 4.6Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- 3.8Facilities
It's open off the tee, but the green complexes are challenging and provide a defense for the course. Conditioning is always fantastic and the greens are generally the star of the show. Different winds provide different challenges. Back is harder than the front, especially the par 3s.

Written by
@brett.derousse
- Driving range
- Pristine
- Underrated

Onwentsia Club
Lake Forest, IL, USAPrivateJames Foulis
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.5Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
- Driving range
- Pristine
- Restaurant

Knollwood Club
Lake Forest, IL, USAPrivateHarry S. Colt & C. H. Alison
- 4.5Conditions
- 3.5Layout
- 3.5Scenery
- 4.1Facilities
- Driving range
- Fast greens
- Restaurant

Exmoor Country Club
Highland Park, IL, USAPrivateC. B. Macdonald
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 3.9Scenery
- 4.2Facilities
- Pristine
- Driving range
- Restaurant

North Shore Country Club
Glenview, IL, USAPrivateHarry S. Colt & C. H. Alison
- 4.5Conditions
- 3.5Layout
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.8Facilities
In great shape from tee boxes to greens. Course is a bit flat with some great bunkering.
Written by
@IggyPutts
- Challenging
- Pristine
- Driving range

Evanston Golf Club
Skokie, IL, USAPrivateDonald Ross
- 3.5Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

#2
Medinah Country Club
Medinah, IL, USAPrivateTom Bendelow
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- 5.0Facilities
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

#1
Medinah Country Club
Medinah, IL, USAPrivateTom Doak
- 5.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 3.0Scenery
- 2.9Facilities
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.
Written by
@ADK
- Driving range
- Grass range
- Putting area

River Forest Country Club
Elmhurst, IL, USAPrivateCharles Maddox & Frank P. MacDonald
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

Sunset Ridge Golf Club
Northfield, IL, USAPrivateBill Diddel & Richard Jacobsen
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.8Layout
- 4.5Scenery
- 4.5Facilities
- Driving range
- Hidden gem
- Restaurant

Merit Club
Libertyville, IL, USAPrivateBob Lohmann
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.7Layout
- 3.7Scenery
- 4.3Facilities
- Driving range
- Must play
- Pristine

The Highlands of Elgin
Elgin, IL, USAPublicLarry Packard
- 4.3Conditions
- 4.1Layout
- 4.5Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 3.5Facilities
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
Written by
@Joemcinerney
- Links
- Hidden gem
- Underrated

Westmoreland Country Club
Wilmette, IL, USAPrivateDavid McCurrach Jr.
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- 4.8Facilities
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

Glen View Club
Golf, IL, USAPrivateDavid Esler & H. J. Tweedie
- 2.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

Bull Valley Golf Club
Woodstock, IL, USAPrivateDick Nugent
- 5.0Conditions
- 3.5Layout
- 3.5Scenery
- 4.3Facilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Fast greens

Kemper Lakes Golf Club
Kildeer, IL, USAPrivateKen Killian & Dick Nugent
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 3.3Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Restaurant

ThunderHawk Golf Club
Beach Park, IL, USAPublicRobert Trent Jones, Jr.
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.9Layout
- 3.7Value
- 3.8Scenery
- 3.7Facilities
The 2nd hole is where the round really kicks into gear — a par 5 with a split fairway that gives you options off the tee. You can take on a longer carry down the right for a better angle in, but it brings the marsh more into play. A pot bunker guards the front of the green…
Written by
@TGUN312
- Challenging
- Must play
- Hidden gem

Glen Flora Country Club
Waukegan, IL, USAPrivateRobert B. Harris
- 4.3Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 3.7Scenery
- 3.2Facilities
The front 9 plays as a more traditional 1900s era parkland style course. Some great holes like the #2 reverse redan like par 3. The #5 par 5 can play ~600+ yards when the wind is howling. Really cool Biarritz style green on #8.
Written by
@middleseatsimon
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Halfway house
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Course Vaults ranks golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to public and private courses. City pages include golf courses within about 25 miles of Mundelein, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
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Common questions about course rankings in Mundelein, Illinois.
The top golf courses in Mundelein, Illinois on Course Vaults are led by Shoreacres Golf Club with a Course Vaults score of 9.4. This page ranks 25 courses, including Shoreacres Golf Club, Old Elm Club, Medinah Country Club.
Course Vaults ranks golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to public and private courses. City pages include golf courses within about 25 miles of Mundelein, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
Yes. The Mundelein, Illinois list includes golf courses within about 25 miles of Mundelein, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.
Shoreacres Golf Club is currently #1 among courses in and around Mundelein, Illinois on Course Vaults at 9.4 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Nov 12, 2026, 3:50 AM EST. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
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