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Highlands of Elgin Golf Course

Municipal gem along the Fox River in Elgin

Elgin, IL

875 Sports Way, Elgin, IL 60120

About this course

The Highlands of Elgin is a municipal golf course in Elgin, Illinois, operated by the City of Elgin. Its layout incorporates nine newer holes built into a former stone quarry, featuring a twelve-acre quarry lake and holes that run along a bluff thirty to forty feet above the water. Combined with the original nine, the course now offers eighteen holes for public play. The quarry-based terrain gives the Elgin course a distinctive look among Chicago-area municipal facilities.

Type

Parkland

Region

Midwest

Holes

27

Par

72

Yardage

7,200

LooperScore

77.2

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