Sunset Ridge Country Club Explained

Golf Facility Name:Sunset Ridge Country Club
Location:Northfield Township, Cook County, near Northfield, Illinois, USA
Type:Private
Holes:18
Website:Club homepage
Designer1:William Diddel
Jacobson Golf Course Design
Par1:71
Length1:6,752
Rating1:73.1

Sunset Ridge Country Club is a private country club located in Cook County, just outside the city limits of Northfield, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

Founded in 1923 and renovated in 2005, it features a 6,752 yard 18-hole course. Sunset Ridge features a course rating of 73.0 and a slope of 133.[1] It has hosted the Western Open in 1972 and the Women's Western Open in 1935.[2] The Club hosted the 2018 Western Amateur Championship.[3] The greens are made of a bent grass while the fairways are also made of a bent grass. This facility used to offer a four-hole par 3 course that was primarily for children.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: SkyGolf Courses | SkyGolf 360 .
  2. News: Mrs. Hill Wins Western Open . . . . June 30, 1935 . 18 . December 7, 2010 .
  3. Web site: Western Amateur Future Sites.