Golf in Barrington

Barrington and its surrounding unincorporated area represent some of the most deliberately preserved open space in the entire Chicago metropolitan region. Estate-lot zoning, equestrian trails, and active land conservation have kept the Barrington Hills corridor from the subdivision pressure that transformed most of Cook and Lake Counties in the postwar decades. Three golf facilities operate in and around Barrington, reflecting both the community's affluence and its disposition toward recreational amenities that coexist with landscape stewardship. The area's position at the Cook-Lake county line gives Barrington golfers convenient access to the broader Northwest Suburbs corridor as well. Illinois' changing seasons create an enthusiastic golf community that maximizes every available day of good weather, sustaining the local course as a central gathering point through the compressed but celebrated Midwest golf season.