Golf in Macomb

Macomb is the McDonough County seat and home of Western Illinois University, a regional comprehensive university that shapes the city's economy, demographics, and recreational culture. The city sits in the hilly western Illinois terrain east of the Mississippi bluff country, in a landscape that shows more relief than the flat prairie farther east. WIU's presence creates demand for recreational amenities including Harry Mussatto Golf Course on campus and Macomb Country Club for the broader community. The university's enrollment cycles and the surrounding agricultural economy together define a city that functions as the commercial hub for several surrounding counties, offering a wider range of services than its population of roughly 14,000 might otherwise support.