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Shoreacres

Lake Bluff, IL
🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴5/5 grail
Designed by Seth Raynor  ·  4.8★ players
✈ ORD 22 mi · Chicago 31 mi
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Why it’s a grail

4x Western Open host, featuring a dramatic Seth Raynor design along Lake Michigan's bluffs and distinctive ravines.

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About the course

Shoreacres is a private golf club in Lake Bluff, Illinois, renowned as a premier Seth Raynor design. Opened in 1917, the course is spectacularly set on bluffs overlooking Lake Michigan, incorporating dramatic ravines and natural contours into its strategic layout. It has a distinguished championship pedigree, having hosted four editions of the Western Open, a significant early PGA Tour event. The club has also welcomed the U.S. Amateur, U.S. Mid-Amateur, and the Curtis Cup, solidifying its place among the nation's most historic and architecturally significant courses.

Course timeline

  1. 1916Designed by Seth Raynor
  2. 1917Opened
  3. 1924Hosted the Western Open
  4. 1926Hosted the Curtis Cup
  5. 1928Hosted the Western Junior
  6. 1929Hosted the Western Open
  7. 1930Hosted the Western Amateur
  8. 1932Hosted the Western Amateur
  9. 1933Hosted the Western Open
  10. 1937Hosted the Western Amateur
  11. 1938Hosted the Western Junior
  12. 1944Hosted the Western Open
  13. 1946Hosted the Western Amateur
  14. 1947Hosted the Western Junior
  15. 1952Hosted the Western Amateur
  16. 1954Hosted the Western Junior
  17. 1957Hosted the U.S. Amateur
  18. 1959Hosted the Western Junior
  19. 1960Hosted the Western Amateur
  20. 1972Hosted the Western Junior
  21. 1974Hosted the Western Amateur
  22. 1989Hosted the Western Junior
  23. 1990Hosted the Western Amateur
  24. 2003Hosted the Western Amateur
  25. 2012Hosted the U.S. Mid-Amateur

Player reviews

Google 4.8★ · 78 ratings
5★ · Christian Meidel · 3 months ago

A beautiful and peaceful country club with a stunning golf course and a very classic atmosphere. The grounds are extremely well maintained, the setting feels exclusive and quiet, and the whole place has a timeless charm. A wonderful location for anyone who app

5★ · J. Byrnes · 6 months ago

I never played the course, but like Tom E. I was a caddy at Shoreacers in '64 and '65. My tips were not that great, but my favorite memory was caddying during the Childrens' Memorial Hospital charity Pro- Am that was held in the summer of '65. After my fours

5★ · Tom Eastman · 9 months ago

I was a golf caddy at Shoreacres back in 1963 and 1964 when I was 13 and 14 years old. Dad was in the Navy and we were just a fence away from the Mansions and golf course. I'd usually walk down to the lake and up the beach and then climb the bluff to get ther

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Played here before

  • Paws Fore a Cause Golf Outing 2026 · 2026
  • Birdies & Books Charity Golf Classic benefiting Bernie’s Book Bank · 2026
  • Charity outing benefiting CDGA Sunshine Programs
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