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Golf courses in Illinois

Illinois has 624 golf courses: 3.8% of the US total of 16,298. That ranks #8 by count and #27 per person (4.91 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

#27

national rank (per capita)

624

golf courses

4.91

per 100k residents

The data

Source: OpenStreetMap, October 2026. Every feature tagged as a golf course, one point each. The National Golf Foundation counts about 16,000 courses. OpenStreetMap is community-made, so a few may be missing or out of date.

Licence: ODbL: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Reuse must credit OpenStreetMap and keep the data open.

Illinois: 624 rows (CSV)All of the US (CSV)

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Named golf courses in Illinois include

Carthage Golf Club · Nettle Creek County Club · Mill Creek Golf Club · Tee Time · The Grove Country Club · Crystal Lake Golf · Golf course · Ivanhoe Club · Whitetail Ridge Golf Club · The Green · Apple Creek Golf Course · Prairie Landing Golf Club Practice Facility

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