Wednesday was the first day of the Chicago's Golf season. The weather was absolutely beautiful and many serious golfers in the Buffalo Grove area were seen at the links. Serious golfers in the Buffalo Grove area were playing, Thursday and Friday also. Why weren't they at the golf course on Saturday? I'll tell you why... It was snowing! One day the weather was 65 degrees and sunny, the next day 30 degress and snowing. That's Buffalo Grove weather- oh well! 
Although I was busy with an out of town client and couldn't play golf this week, I'm really looking forward to hit the links the next time the weather in Buffalo Grove is above 60 degrees.
Golf is the time that I'm able to spend time as close to nature as possible. I can experience lush green grass, beautiful flowers, trees, and wildlife. While golfing, I have seen everything from herons to llamas, and coyotes as well as a goose giving birth on the golf course. Golf is the time I can laugh with my friends, and spend quality time with my husband. Golf is also the time I can be without a phone, ( at least i try ) Lastly, golf is the time I even get some level of exercise and have fun doing it.
The game is both challenging and frustrating at the same time. If you get to know me, you will know that I love challenges. Just like I enjoy finding the perfect home for each of my clients or selling a home in the shortest amount of time for the highest price, I love the challenge to develop the perfect, consistent swing. Unfortunately I'm far from that level now.
For those of us who live in Buffalo Grove, Long Grove or a contiguous suburb, there are so many excellent courses to play golf within a 15 minute drive. Although the Buffalo Grove area has such a short golf season, its fun while it lasts. Golfers from Chicago appreciate every day the sun is shining and the temperature is greater than 62 degrees.
I have a compiled a list of golf courses in the Northwest Suburbs within 15 minutes from Buffalo Grove.
Public Golf Clubs in the Buffalo Grove, Long Grove area....
The Arboretum Club is located at 401 Half Day Road in Buffalo Grove. The course is lushly landscaped. It is approximately 100 acres of rolling fairways, large varieties of trees and wildflowers. My only advice when you play this course is to bring a lot of balls- there are a lot of water holes.
Arlington Lakes Golf Club is located at 1211 New Wilke Rd. in Arlington Heights This course also has a lot of lakes and sand traps. Their excellent design and manicured greens make for a quality golf course.
Buffalo Grove Golf Club is located at 48 Raupp Blvd in Buffalo Grove is one of the finest municipal facilities in the area. The course features bent grass greens and bluegrass fairways and tees.
Country Side Golf Course is located at 1 Pine Meadow Lane in Mundelein. The Prairie Course, with bent grass tees, wide-open greens and sand bunkers offers golfers a chance to challenge their game. The Traditional Course, with bent grass tees and tree-lined fairways, offers golfers scenic and challenging rounds of play.
Cranes Landing Golf Club is located at 10 Marriott Drive in Lincolnshire in the Marriott Resort. Cranes Landing features scenic vistas of the Des Plaines River, tree- lined fairways and water challenges on 14 holes.
Nickol Knoll Golf Course This golf course is located at 3800 N. Kennicott Ave in Arlington Heights. If your kids need a place to play or you working on your short game, this is the place to visit in town. All holes are par 3, but it is one of the most unique par-3 courses you will ever play.
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Old Orchard Country Club is located at 700 West Rand Road in Mount Prospect. It is one of the best-conditioned and challenging courses in the Chicago area. Old Orchard Country Club is a mature and challenging course with narrow fairways. The terrain is slightly rolling, and water hazards come into play on at least nine different occasions. Pine Meadow Golf Course is located at 1 Pine Meadow Lane in Mundelein. Known as a fair test of golf skills for any golfer, Pine Meadow also has such picturesque beauty with its fairways lined with towering blue spruce, pines as well as wild life. |
Steeple Chase Golf Course is located at 200 N. Lavista in Mundelein. Steeple Chase is a wonderful Ken Killian design in a beautiful setting amid natural hills, lakes, woods, and wetlands. Scenic beauty, outstanding course conditions, and challenging greens will keep you coming back.
Vernon Hills Golf Course is located at in Vernon Hills . This golf course has been ranked as one of the Top Ten Best nine whole courses in the Chicago land area. The golf course features narrow fairways and small greens. The terrain is rolling with a creek that meanders into play on seven holes.
White Deer Run is located at 250 W. Gregg's Parkway in Vernon Hills. Built on the famed Cuneo Estate in Vernon Hills, White Deer Run Golf Club offers the essential ingredients to an enjoyable day on the golf course. With 240 acres of rolling terrain and picturesque lakes, the golf course offers a fair challenge for any skill level. White Deer Run has generous landing areas off the tee, and immaculately groomed bent grass greens and fairways, perfect for your round of golf!
Private Golf Courses
Hawthorn Woods Country Club This private country club is located at Four Turnbury Court in Hawthorn Woods carved along Lake County's rolling countryside. This 7,100-yard championship golf course incorporates bent grass fairways and greens with enhanced wetlands, meandering streams and towering pine and elm trees
Hillcrest Country Club is located at 3217 R. F. D. in Long Grove, Sixty-three strategic bunkers, out-of-bounds on every hole, water in-play on eight holes and thousands of mature trees assure you'll have to work for a low score. Yet, the golf course has a magical, almost mystical power to bring about a state of peaceful tranquility, no matter how a well or poorly one's round is progressing. Since I am a member here, if you buy or sell a home with me, I will invite you for a wonderful day at this very challenging course!
Kemper Lakes Golf Club is located at24000 N. Old McHenry Road in Kildeer, It has been recognized as one of the finest pure private golf facilities in the country. Kemper Lakes has played host to some of golf's greatest players and most prestigious events, including the 1989 PGA Championship, six Senior PGA Tour events, four Grand Slam of Golf events and the USGA Women's Amateur Championship.
Ivanhoe Golf Club is located at 28846 N Thorngate Dr. in Mundelein. Ivanhoe is unique in the Midwest featuring a rare 27-hole course made up of three separate 9-hole environments --- Forest, Marsh, and Prairie. Each 9-hole course's distinguishing surroundings and personality provide a new experience every time you play.
Royal Melbourne is located at 4700 Royal Melbourne Drive in Long Grove. With an 18-hole parin course carved into the surrounding wetlands, ponds, prairies and trees, Royal Melbourne combines the beauty of sport with the beauty of nature. Members not only get to experience the challenge of the game the way it was meant to be played, but they get to do so in a lushly landscaped world inhabited by deer, swans, hawks and other local wildlife.
Twin Orchard Country Club is located at 22353 Old McHenry Rd |in Long Grove This club has two 18-hole golf courses with rolling fairways boasting magnificent views of Northern Lake County from some of the highest tees and greens in the area. In addition, an ongoing multi-million dollar golf course renovation program including the installation of a state of the art irrigation system was undertaken to ensure both courses maintain excellent playability, pleasing design and appropriate level of challenge for both men and lady golfers of varying handicaps
The above article ,Buffalo Grove , Long Grove, Mundelein and Vernon Hills Golf Courses... Is it time to play? was written by Judy Greenberg, Realtor from Coldwell Banker Buffalo Grove
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