The best golf courses in Zion, Illinois
Course Vaults is a golf course logging app where members log rounds and rate what they played. These are the 23 highest-rated public and private courses within about 25 miles of Zion, Illinois, ranked by those community scores.
+287.6ThunderHawk Golf Club
Beach Park, IL, USA
+217.6Shepherds Crook Golf Course
Zion, IL, USA
+217.5Sunset Valley Golf Course
Highland Park, IL, USA- +57.4
Spring Valley Country Club
Salem, WI, USA - +207.3
Stonewall Orchard Golf Club
Grays Lake, IL, USA 
+77.0Bittersweet Golf Club
Gurnee, IL, USA
+87.0Chalet Hills Golf Club
Cary, IL, USA
+86.9Pine Meadow Golf Club
Mundelein, IL, USA
+96.8Foxford Hills Golf Club
Cary, IL, USA
+86.8Deerfield Golf Club
Riverwoods, IL, USA
+126.7Traditions at Chevy Chase Country Club
Wheeling, IL, USA
+146.5Glencoe Golf Club
Glencoe, IL, USA
+106.5Steeple Chase Golf Club
Mundelein, IL, USA
+86.4White Deer Run Golf Course
Vernon Hills, IL, USA
+96.4Bonnie Brook Golf Course
Waukegan, IL, USA
+106.4(Classic 18) Heritage Oaks Golf Club
Northbrook, IL, USA
+56.4Deerpath Golf Course
Lake Forest, IL, USA
+66.1Prairie Isle Golf Club
Prairie Grove, IL, USA
+65.9(Prairie) Countryside Golf Club
Mundelein, IL, USA
+85.9Buffalo Grove Golf Course
Buffalo Grove, IL, USA
+95.9Lake Bluff Golf Club
Lake Bluff, IL, USA
+75.6Arboretum Golf Club
Buffalo Grove, IL, USA
+84.9(Crane's Landing) Lincolnshire Marriott Resort
Lincolnshire, IL, USA
How we rank
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 Zion, 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.
FAQ
Common questions about course rankings in Zion, Illinois.
The top golf courses in Zion, Illinois on Course Vaults are led by ThunderHawk Golf Club with a Course Vaults score of 7.6. This page ranks 23 courses, including ThunderHawk Golf Club, Shepherds Crook Golf Course, Sunset Valley Golf Course.
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 Zion, 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 Zion, Illinois list includes golf courses within about 25 miles of Zion, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.
ThunderHawk Golf Club is currently #1 among courses in and around Zion, Illinois on Course Vaults at 7.6 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Sep 20, 2026, 9:41 AM EDT. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
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