Golf in Mason City

Mason City is the Mason County seat, a community positioned in the Illinois River lowlands at the center of a county known for the Sand Ridge State Forest and the diverse ecological character of its river bottomlands. The surrounding countryside shifts between agricultural land and the sandy, wooded terrain of the Illinois River valley, giving Mason County a landscape distinct from the unbroken prairie of surrounding counties. Four Willows Golf Course serves the county seat community and the dispersed rural population of a county where the Illinois River's presence shapes everything from land use to recreational culture. Mason City's role as the county's administrative and commercial center gives it an outsized importance relative to its modest population.