Golf in Chester

Chester sits on the Mississippi River bluffs in Randolph County, deep in the region locals call "Little Egypt" — the fertile southern Illinois bottomlands where the Mississippi and Ohio rivers converge. The city is best known as the birthplace of E.C. Segar, the cartoonist who created Popeye the Sailor in 1929, and downtown Chester features statues and murals celebrating its most famous native son. The riverside bluffs give Chester dramatic views across the river to Missouri, and the historic downtown preserves the commercial architecture of a once-thriving river trade hub. Chester Country Club brings recreational golf to a community that has maintained its identity through the long decline of the river commerce economy.