Golf in Godfrey

Godfrey is an unincorporated Madison County community north of Alton, occupying a broad swath of bluff-and-ravine terrain along the Illinois side of the Mississippi River. Monticello College (now Lewis and Clark Community College) was founded here, and the community has a longer educational tradition than its unincorporated status might suggest. The Piasa Bird (a legendary creature depicted by Native Americans on the bluffs near Alton) is part of the cultural mythology of this stretch of river country. Godfrey's terrain carries the same bluff character as Alton, with elevations and creek drainages that give golf here a distinctive setting.