Golf in Granite City

Granite City is one of Madison County's major industrial cities, built around the steel and manufacturing economy that made the Mississippi River corridor an industrial powerhouse in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The city name derives from a granite-enameled ware manufacturer — not from actual granite geology — and the industrial heritage remains visible in the mills and manufacturing facilities that continue to operate along the river. Granite City sits close to the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, giving it a strategic position in the regional geography that made it attractive to heavy industry. 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.