STONEBRIDGE COUNTRY CLUB

The rolling prairie terrain thirty miles west of Chicago delivers one of the Midwest's most underrated championship tests, where strategic bunkering and native fescue rough punish wayward drives on this Dick Nugent design. Water comes into play on half the holes, but it's the subtly undulating greens that separate good rounds from great ones, demanding precise distance control on approach shots. Members rave about the risk-reward par-5 16th, where a perfectly placed drive opens up an eagle opportunity over a creek-guarded green.