Country of Clubs Directory

Country Clubs in Illinois

Country of Clubs currently tracks 142 active Clubs across 105 cities in Illinois. Membership costs, access, golf and lifestyle details appear when they are supported by the directory evidence.

The documented Club timeline in Illinois includes early records such as La Grange Country Club (1879), Bloomington Country Club (1888), and Chicago Golf Club (1892). Across 130 Clubs with a usable founding year, the median documented founding year is 1922; these dates describe the current directory evidence rather than a complete history of golf in the state.

Active Clubs
142
Detailed profiles
113
Cities represented
105

Club profiles

North Barrington, IL

Biltmore Country Club

Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$38,000
Dues
$950 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$49,400Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $38,000 initiation (Equity Golf, effective 2024) + $950 / month dues (Equity Golf, effective 2024).
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North Aurora, IL

Black Sheep Golf Club

Private1 course
Initiation
$35,000
Dues
$7,250 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$42,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $35,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2020) + $7,000 / year dues (Full Golf, effective 2020).
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Lake in the Hills, IL

Boulder Ridge Country Club

Private3 coursesPoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$52,500
Dues
$5,500 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$6,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $5,000 initiation (Golf Membership Unspecified) + $1,000 / year dues (Golf Membership Unspecified). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Lincolnwood, IL

Bryn Mawr Country Club

Private1 coursePoolPickleballFitnessDining
Initiation
$52,500
Dues
$5,500 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$6,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $5,000 initiation (Reported Golf Membership, effective 2023) + $1,000 / year dues (Reported Golf Membership, effective 2023). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private1 courseDining
Initiation
$55,000
Dues
$5,500 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$11,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $10,000 initiation (Golf Membership, effective 2026) + $1,000 / year dues (Golf Membership, effective 2026). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Private3 coursesPoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$52,500
Dues
$5,500 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$6,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $5,000 initiation (Full Golf, effective 2026) + $1,000 / year dues (Full Golf, effective 2026). Uses the documented minimum initiation on file, not the estimate shown above.
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Lerna, IL

Canyata

Private1 courseDining
Initiation
$25,000
Dues
$6,000 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$31,000Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $25,000 initiation (Icon Golf Family, effective 2025) + $6,000 / year dues (Icon Golf Family, effective 2025).
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Private1 course
Initiation
$150,000
Dues
$18,500 / year
Documented minimum first-year cost$168,500Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $150,000 initiation (Invitation Full Golf, effective 2026) + $18,500 / year dues (Invitation Full Golf, effective 2026).
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Private1 coursePoolFitnessDining
Initiation
$2,000
Dues
$315 / month
Documented minimum first-year cost$5,780Published initiation plus annualized dues; other expenses may apply.Based on $2,000 initiation (Family Golf, effective 2017) + $315 / month dues (Family Golf, effective 2017).
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Illinois Club statisticsOpen the price, access, lifestyle and historical report

State research snapshot

What the Club data shows in Illinois

This report turns the currently documented Club records into comparable state-level context while keeping missing information out of the calculations.

Membership market

How documented Club costs in Illinois compare

These benchmarks compare recent records with the same fee type, currency, billing period and membership category. They provide market context, not a quotation for every Club.

Documented minimum first-year cost

$11,000

Median for 31 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $5,999.96 and $59,999.96. That is 65.9% below the compatible nationwide median of $32,302.50, calculated from 1,026 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented initiation fees

$52,500

Median for 40 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $1,250 and $60,000. That is 110.0% above the compatible nationwide median of $25,000, calculated from 1,262 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Documented monthly dues

$458.33

Median for 33 compatible Individual records. The middle half falls between $400 and $750. That is 26.7% below the compatible nationwide median of $625, calculated from 983 records.

Comparable effective years: 2024–2026

Access landscape

How Clubs in Illinois are accessed

Private membership is the largest documented access group in this sample, representing 81.4% of 140 Clubs with a known access type.

Private membership81.4%
114 Clubs in the state sample · 72.6% of the comparable nationwide sample
Other documented access10.7%
15 Clubs in the state sample · 10.2% of the comparable nationwide sample
Public or municipal3.6%
5 Clubs in the state sample · 3.3% of the comparable nationwide sample
Semi-private3.6%
5 Clubs in the state sample · 5.1% of the comparable nationwide sample
Resort0.7%
1 Club in the state sample · 1.3% of the comparable nationwide sample

Club life

What stands out in Illinois Club life

Only meaningful, adequately sampled differences from the nationwide Club data appear as percentages. Positive-only amenity evidence is reported as a documented count, never treated as proof that other Clubs lack the feature.

Golf depth1.07

documented courses per Club across 140 records with a known course count

Multi-course Clubs5.0%

7 Clubs in the state sample compared with 11.1% nationwide

Documented lifestyle combinations

  • Golf, pool and diningDocumented at 86 Clubs
  • Golf, racquets and poolDocumented at 64 Clubs
  • Golf, fitness and diningDocumented at 37 Clubs

Documented timeline

Club history represented in Illinois

Founding years are currently documented for 130 Club records. The earliest entries and distribution by era are shown below.

  1. La Grange Country Club1879
  2. Bloomington Country Club1888
  3. Chicago Golf Club1892
Before 192038.5%
50 Clubs
1920–194930.8%
40 Clubs
1950–197919.2%
25 Clubs
1980–19999.2%
12 Clubs
2000–present2.3%
3 Clubs

Documented culture

Recurring Club culture signals in Illinois

Culture labels appear only when supported by researched Club evidence and should not be read as a judgment of every Club in the state.

  • Golf-first92.1% of 126 researched records
  • Family-oriented69.0% of 126 researched records
  • Socially active61.9% of 126 researched records
  • Traditional57.1% of 126 researched records
  • Dining-focused42.1% of 126 researched records
  • Racquets-focused34.9% of 126 researched records