Golf in Grant Park

Grant Park is a small Kankakee County village in the northeastern corner of the county near the Indiana border, where the Kankakee River watershed transitions toward the Lake Michigan drainage divide. The community's name honors Ulysses S. Grant and reflects the patriotic naming conventions common among Illinois communities founded in the post-Civil War era. Minne Monesse Golf Club — named for a Potawatomi phrase — provides recreational golf in a small agricultural community with limited local amenities and a rural character that persists despite proximity to the Chicago metropolitan fringe. Illinois' strong community tradition and the state's extensive park and recreation system create the context for golf clubs that serve as social anchors alongside the natural and civic amenities of community life.