Golf in Lockport

Lockport is a historic Will County city defined by its role in the Illinois and Michigan Canal era, when the locks that controlled water elevation along the canal were built here in the 1840s. The city's canal heritage and its position above the Des Plaines River valley give it a landscape character with more topographic variety than most Will County communities. Three golf courses — Big Run Golf Club, Broken Arrow Golf Club, and Lockport Golf and Recreation Club — serve a community whose growth has accelerated in recent decades while preserving connections to its industrial waterway past. 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.