Golf in Evanston

Evanston is the first community north of Chicago on Lake Michigan's shoreline — home to Northwestern University, a dense and walkable urban core, and a progressive civic culture that coexists with substantial inherited wealth in the lakefront neighborhoods. Canal Shores golf course, known as The Evans at Canal Shores in its refreshed iteration, occupies the North Shore Channel corridor and offers something rare: affordable, accessible golf in one of Illinois' most expensive communities. The course's nine-hole and par-3 layout has made it particularly welcoming to juniors, beginners, and golfers for whom Canal Shores is the first step into the game.