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Sunset Ridge Country Club
Club information
LocationNorthfield Township, Cook County, near Northfield, Illinois, USA
TypePrivate
Total holes18
WebsiteClub homepage
Designed byWilliam Diddel
Jacobson Golf Course Design
Par71
Length6,752
Course rating73.1

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 will host 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 is primarily for children.

References

  1. ^ "SkyGolf Courses | SkyGolf 360".
  2. ^ "Mrs. Hill Wins Western Open". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Spartanburg, South Carolina. Associated Press. June 30, 1935. p. 18. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
  3. ^ "Western Amateur Future Sites".

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