Golf in Centralia

Centralia is a Marion County city in the southern Illinois agricultural interior, positioned along I-64 roughly midway between St. Louis and the Indiana border. The name is geographic rather than political — Centralia sits near the center of the state's north-south extent, giving it historical importance as a railroad junction. The surrounding terrain is flat and agricultural, with the Southern Illinois coalfield traditions gradually giving way to crop farming this far north. Two golf facilities serve the area: Greenview Golf Club on Putter Lane and Meadow Woods on the north side of town. 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.