CARRIAGE GREENS COUNTRY CLUB

Dick Nugent's routing through this southwest Chicago suburb maximizes every inch of rolling prairie terrain, creating elevation changes that feel impossible for northern Illinois. The par-4 14th demands a blind approach over a steep ridge to a green that seems to float above the fairway, while the closing stretch features three consecutive holes that play dramatically downhill. What separates this municipal gem from countless other public tracks is Nugent's genius for making flat farmland feel like Scottish highlands.