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The Fantastic Par Fours of Chicago Golf

November 14, 2020 by Greg Miles

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A score of “four” made on a golf hole is either a bogey, birdie, or par.  Consensus would say that a birdie-four is better than a par-four, and way better than a bogey-four, but there are times when the ‘four’ as ‘par’ can delight a golfer nearly as much as a birdie-four. When level to […]

Filed Under: Featured, Featured Courses, Most Popular Tagged With: Bittersweet Golf Club, Chalet Hills Golf Club, Cog Hill, Glen Club, Mistwood Golf Club, Oak Grove, Orchard Valley Golf Course, Ravisloe Country Club, Ruffled Feathers Golf Club, Seven Bridges Golf Club, Silver Lake Country Club, Tamarack Golf Club, Whitetail Ridge Golf Club, Willow Glen Golf Course

Chicago’s Top-10 Elevated Tees (and then some)

July 17, 2020 by Greg Miles

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High tea or high tee? Over in England for the working class folks in the region around Buckingham Palace a “high tea” means a worker’s substantive meal (supper with tea) that is served at a table while seated on high back dining chairs and is meant to be differentiated from the afternoon tea that is […]

Filed Under: Featured, Featured Courses, Top 10 Tagged With: Broken Arrow Golf Club, Cary Country Club, Chalet Hills Golf Club, Cog Hill, Countryside Golf Club, Eagle Ridge, Foxford Hills Golf Club, Glen Club, Harborside International Golf Center, Mistwood Golf Club, Prairie Isle Golf Club, Redtail Golf Club, Settler's Hill Golf Club, Silver Lake Country Club, The Glen Club, Vernon Hills Golf Course, Water's Edge Golf Club, Willow Crest Golf Club

Chicago’s Top 10 Forced Carry Golf Shots

September 15, 2018 by Greg Miles

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In real life, when faced with dangerous situations humans and other critters have three choices: run, fight, or hide. However, there are occasions out on the links when the twisted mind of cruel golf course architects provide just one alternative — the forced carry — golfers can’t go under, they can’t go around, they must […]

Filed Under: Featured, Featured Courses, Most Popular, Top 10 Tagged With: Bolingbrook Golf Club, Cantigny Golf, Chalet Hills Golf Club, Eagle Ridge, Oak Grove, Odyssey Golf Course, Orchard Valley Golf Course, Redtail Golf Club, Village Green

Ultimate Ultimates: Chicago’s Top-10 Toughest Finishing Golf Holes

July 9, 2017 by Greg Miles

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The Merriam-Webster online dictionary provides multiple definitions for the word “ultimate”, two of which are a) the best or most extreme of its kind (synonym: utmost), and, b) the last in a progression or series (synonym: final). Using this word twice provides a great topic for an article and list pertaining to our area’s most […]

Filed Under: Featured, Featured Courses Tagged With: Chalet Hills Golf Club, Cog Hill, Links at Carillon, Mistwood Golf Club, Prairie Landing Golf Club, Steeple Chase Golf Club, Stonewall Orchard Golf Club, The Glen Club, Village Links of Glen Ellyn, Whisper Creek

Chalet Hills Golf Club

February 5, 2012 by Walter Lis

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Northwest suburban Cary is home to one of the most scenic and challenging layouts in all Chicago golf. Chalet Hills Golf Club has been honored by Golf Digest with a “Four 1/2 Star” rating and was rated #5 in the State of Illinois by recent survey of best American Courses. Designed by well known golf […]

Filed Under: Featured, Featured Courses Tagged With: Chalet Hills Golf Club

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