The best courses you can play in Lemont, 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 courses within about 25 miles of Lemont, Illinois, ranked by those community scores.
#4 Dubsdread
Cog Hill Golf and Country Club
Lemont, IL, USAPublicDick Wilson & Joe Lee
- 4.2Conditions
- 4.3Layout
- 4.0Value
- 3.4Scenery
- 3.8Facilities
Dubsdread is about as classic as Chicago public golf gets. A true championship test with a rich PGA Tour history, this Dick Wilson and Joe Lee design still lives up to its “hard but fair” reputation.
Written by
@TGUN312
- Challenging
- Pristine
- Driving range

Prairie Landing Golf Club
West Chicago, IL, USAPublicRobert Trent Jones, Jr.
- 3.5Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 3.7Value
- 3.3Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
Enjoyable course, great practice facilities. Front 9 much more links than the back but still fun. Worth playing on a regular basis. Blows away many comparable priced public courses in the Chicagoland area
Written by
@007
- Driving range
- Bar
- Links
Mistwood Golf Course
Romeoville, IL, USAPublicRay Hearn
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 4.2Facilities
Very nice amenities and an amazing indoor/outdoor bar/range set up that should be more prevalent in the area. Course is fun with unique feature and well maintained. Large restaurant and event space, feel of a nice semi private club w muni availability.
Written by
@RayZanz
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Halfway house

Woodside/Hillside
Cantigny Golf
Wheaton, IL, USAPublicRoger Packard
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.7Layout
- 4.5Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.6Facilities
- Must play
- Pristine
- Driving range

The Preserve at Oak Meadows
Addison, IL, USAPublic
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.3Layout
- 2.8Value
- 3.3Scenery
- 3.5Facilities
The Preserve is one of the better public courses in the Chicago area — definitely a fun spot to tee it up. The practice area is great for warming up, with a nice range and short game setup that sets the tone for the round.
Written by
@TGUN312
- Driving range
- Grass range
- Putting area

#2 Ravines
Cog Hill Golf and Country Club
Lemont, IL, USAPublicBert F. Coghill & Joe Lee
- 3.8Conditions
- 3.7Layout
- 4.2Value
- 3.7Scenery
- 3.5Facilities
The Ravines is one of my favorite value plays around Chicago. You just can’t beat what you get for the price here.
Written by
@TGUN312
- Great value
- Halfway house
- Driving range

Woodside/Lakesise
Cantigny Golf
Wheaton, IL, USAPublicRoger Packard
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 3.0Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 3.8Facilities

Hillside
Cantigny Golf
Wheaton, IL, USAPublicRoger Packard
- 3.5Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 3.0Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.8Facilities
…the only real challenging hole on this nine is hole 6, which requires a long and precise drive to set up an approach to a long but narrow island green that typically plays into a crosswind, making for a challenging approach.
Written by
@NoBog3ys
- Driving range
- Putting area
- Challenging

Bolingbrook Golf Club
Bolingbrook, IL, USAPublicArthur Hills
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 2.5Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.9Facilities
Beautiful course. Lots of wide fairways. The wind is the biggest factor here and can make holes play a lot longer. Very well kept course with nice greens. Good food at the clubhouse too.
Written by
@NoBog3ys
- Driving range
- Links
- Grass range

18 Hole
Village Links of Glen Ellyn
Glen Ellyn, IL, USAPublicDavid Gill
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.5Layout
- 4.0Value
- 3.5Scenery
- 3.2Facilities
- Parkland
- Bar
- Walkable

Phillips Park Golf Course
Aurora, IL, USAPublicGreg Martin
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 4.0Value
- 2.0Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
- Patchy

Blackberry Oaks Golf Club
Bristol, IL, USAPublicDavid Gill
- 4.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRValue
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities

Whitetail Ridge Golf Club
Yorkville, IL, USAPublicGregory Martin
- 4.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRValue
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities

Prairie Bluff Golf Club
Lockport, IL, USAPublicAndy North & Roger Packard
- 3.0Conditions
- 1.5Layout
- 2.5Value
- 2.0Scenery
- 2.8Facilities
- Tourist trap

South/East
Arrowhead Golf Club
Wheaton, IL, USAPublicStanley Pelchar
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 3.0Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.3Facilities

Sanctuary Golf Club
New Lenox, IL, USAPublicSteven Halberg
- 3.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRValue
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities
- Driving range
- Putting area
- Mat range

Ruffled Feathers Golf Club
Lemont, IL, USAPublicPete Dye & P. B. Dye
- 1.5Conditions
- 4.4Layout
- 3.2Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.2Facilities
Such a shame… Arcis golf ruining a Pete Dye design. Really a great layout, tests aspects of your game. But that’s where the good ends and is the only reason it gets the score it does. Course is a free for all, no management bunkers are quite honestly the worst I’ve seen.
Written by
@007
- Fast greens
- Dog track
- Driving range

The Bluffs
Heritage Bluffs Golf Club
Channahon, IL, USAPublicDick Nugent
- 3.5Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 4.0Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 3.2Facilities

South/East
Broken Arrow Golf Club
Lockport, IL, USAPublicBob Lohmann
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.5Layout
- 3.0Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.3Facilities
- Driving range
- Mat range
- Putting area

Naperbrook Golf Course
Plainfield, IL, USAPublicRoger Packard
- 4.0Conditions
- 2.0Layout
- 4.5Value
- 2.0Scenery
- 3.3Facilities
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Friendly

#1
Cog Hill Golf and Country Club
Lemont, IL, USAPublicDavid McIntosh & Dick Wilson
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.5Layout
- 3.5Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 4.1Facilities
Considering every tee time in Chicago is $70+ this course is becoming more and more worth it. Not a single bad hole, not a single amazing hole just a bunch of good solid golf holes
Written by
@T100caddie
- Driving range
- Underrated

#3
Cog Hill Golf and Country Club
Lemont, IL, USAPublicJoe Lee & Dick Wilson
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.3Layout
- 4.7Value
- 2.0Scenery
- 3.9Facilities
- Driving range
- Parkland
- Putting area

Orchard Valley Golf Course
Aurora, IL, USAPublicKen Kavanaugh
- 3.5Conditions
- 3.5Layout
- 3.5Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.5Facilities
They reseeded the entire course tee to green and it shows. Tee boxes have all been laser leveled and are pristine. When we played, greens had just been punched, but were still nice. The layout is primarily the same. It looks like a few bunkers were removed but it was fantastic.
Written by
@NoBog3ys
- Driving range
- Pristine
- Grass range

Deer Creek Golf Club
University Park, IL, USAPublicLarry Packard
- 4.0Conditions
- 2.7Layout
- 5.0Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.7Facilities
- Driving range
- Great value
- Cart attendant

Old Oak Country Club
Lockport, IL, USAPublicKingsman
- 3.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRValue
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities
How we rank
Course Vaults ranks public 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 or guest-friendly courses. City pages include public golf courses within about 25 miles of Lemont, 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 public course rankings in Lemont, Illinois.
The top public golf courses in Lemont, Illinois on Course Vaults are led by Cog Hill Golf and Country Club with a Course Vaults score of 8.1. This page ranks 25 courses, including Cog Hill Golf and Country Club, Prairie Landing Golf Club, Mistwood Golf Course.
Course Vaults ranks public 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 or guest-friendly courses. City pages include public golf courses within about 25 miles of Lemont, 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 Lemont, Illinois list includes public golf courses within about 25 miles of Lemont, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.
Cog Hill Golf and Country Club is currently #1 among public courses in and around Lemont, Illinois on Course Vaults at 8.1 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Nov 12, 2026, 4:10 AM EST. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
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