Golf in Homewood

Homewood is a south suburban Cook County village along the Illinois Central railroad corridor that developed in the early twentieth century as the rail line made this part of Cook County accessible to Chicago professionals. The community has maintained a stable, affluent residential character and a strong civic identity despite the economic pressures that have affected many neighboring south suburban communities. Calumet Country Club and Ravisloe Country Club together give Homewood an unusually strong private golf tradition rooted in the early twentieth-century development of this south Cook County rail corridor. Illinois' position as a crossroads state — linking the Great Lakes to the Mississippi, the industrial north to the agricultural south — creates diverse communities where golf serves as common ground across the state's varied economic landscapes.