Course Information & Rates
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Downers Grove Golf Club
2420 Haddow Avenue
(630) 963-1306
The Golf Course and Driving Range is open for its 119th season!
Belmont Road Lane Reductions
Click here to view the map of alternate routes to the Golf Club
Beginning May 3rd, Belmont Road will be reduced to one lane in each direction between Haddow Avenue and Curtiss Street. Also Warren Avenue will be closed at Belmont from May 3 to July 7. You may wish to take alternate routes to the Downers Grove Golf Club and the Recreation and Fitness Center during this time.
Alternate routes to the Golf Club include Prairie Avenue and go south on Belmont then turn right on Haddow Avenue OR Odgen Avenue and head south to Cross Street and turn left on Haddow Avenue.
Golf Course E-Newsletter
The Tees & Greens Golf Course E-Newsletter is distributed bi-monthly, providing information about Golf Course events, programs, leagues and outings. Messages from the Golf Course Manager, Golf Course Superintendent and the PGA Professional are also included in the Golf Course E-Newsletter.
How do I join the Golf Course E-Newsletter mailing list?
1. Click here to be directed to the Downers Grove Park District home page.
2. Locate the "eNews Sign Up" box (located at top right corner) and type in your e-mail address.
3. Once you are on the registration page, check the box titled "golf". The "enewsletter" box will already be selected, this box represents our Park District Monthly E-Newsletter. If you wish to receive both E-Newsletters, make sure that both boxes are checked. If you wish to only receive the golf course newsletter, make sure to select "golf" only.
Golf Course History
The Chicago Golf Club in 1892 was established by a group of Chicago businessmen on the site of the current Downers Grove Golf Course. The founding father of the Chicago Golf Club was Charles Blair Macdonald who was, according to Golf Journal, "a true and imposing pioneer of golf in America." Macdonald has been credited with having great influence in establishing the United States Golf Association, the development of golf course architecture in America, and "defending the faith" as taught to him at the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews in Scotland.
Early in 1892, Macdonald, motivated by England's Sir Henry Wood, Commissioner General to the Chicago World's Fair, persuaded thirty of his Chicago Club colleagues to contribute ten dollars each to design and construct a nine-hole golf course. The site that was chosen was a sixty-acre stock farm owned by A. Haddow Smith. A. H. Smith was a Lanarkshire golfer who had immigrated in 1890 to the United States from Musselburg, Scotland, where the game of golf was first played in 1774. When Smith heard of Macdonald's plan, he enthusiastically offered his land as the location for the new golf course.
The golf course was completed and ready for play in the late spring of 1892. Thus America's first golf course west of the Allegheny mountain range had been established. When the inaugural season had ended, MacDonald convinced Chicago Golf Club members to add nine more holes to the course. Therefore, in 1893, the first eighteen-hole golf course in the United States was established on this site.
By 1895, Chicago Golf Club members had become so taken with the sport that they decided to build a new eighteen-hole golf course on two-hundred acres of land located near Wheaton, Illinois. The Chicago Golf Club is still in existence there today.
From 1895 to 1968, the site of the Downers Grove Golf Course was owned by several different individuals and was operated under the name of Belmont Country Club. In 1968, the course was purchased by the Downers Grove Park District and was renamed the Downers Grove Golf Course.
2010 Golf Club Rates
Discount Card
For an annual $10.00 fee, residents of the Downers Grove Park District have the opportunity to purchase a Discount Card. When presented upon registration for a round of golf, this card entitles the cardholder to a resident greens fee discounted from the regular golf fee. Resident members ages 22 years or younger and 62 years or better are eligible for additional discounts on greens fees. These discounts apply to the resident cardholder only. Residents who opt not to purchase the Discount Card are NOT eligible for the discounted rates.
2010 SEASON RATES |
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| Season Passes | Discount Card Holder | Regular |
| A Pass - unlimited | $700.00 | $915.00 |
| AA Pass - unlimited 2nd person in family | $640.00 | N/A |
| B Pass - M-F before 4pm, S-S-H after 4 pm | $590.00 | N/A |
| C Pass (Senior) - M-F before 4pm, S-S-H after 4 pm | $565.00 | N/A |
| Greens Fees | Discount Card Holder | Regular |
| M-F | $15.25 | $18.25 |
| M-F - Junior/Senior | $13.00 | $16.25 |
| S-S-H | $16.50 | $19.00 |
| Replay | $10.00 | $10.00 |
| M-F - 10 rounds | $137.25 | $164.25 (save 10%) |
| M-F - 20 rounds | $244.00 | $292.00 (save 20%) |
| M-F - 30 rounds | $320.25 | $383.25 (save 30%) |
| M-F - Jr./Sr. - 10 rounds | $117.00 | $146.25 (save 10%) |
| M-F - Jr./Sr. - 20 rounds | $208.00 | $260.00 (save 20%) |
| M-F - Jr./Sr. - 30 rounds | $273.00 | $341.25 (save 30%) |
| Carts | Fees | |
| Double | $15.50 | |
| 10 double - Prepaid | $139.50 (save 10%) | |
| 20 double - Prepaid | $248.00 (save 20%) | |
| 30 double - Prepaid | $325.50 (save 30%) | |
| Single | $12.00 | |
| Pull | $2.50 | |
| Driving Range | Fees | |
| Small (30 balls) | $4.00 | |
| Medium (60 balls) | $6.00 | |
| Large (90 balls) | $8.00 | |
| 10 Large Prepaid | $72.00 (save 10%) | |
| 20 Large Prepaid | $128.00 (save 20%) | |
| 30 Large Prepaid | $168.00 (save 30%) | |
| Other | Fees | |
| Clubs w/ bag | $9.00 | |
* All pricing subject to change. |
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Driving Range
Accentuated with a large practice putting green, sand trap and chipping area,the 24 permanent and turf hitting stations provide opportunities forgolf enthusiasts of all abilities to perfect every aspect of their game. Target areas are located throughout the range and are prominently marked.We are happy to provide loaner clubs for use on the range by golfers of all ages.
