Golf in Nelson

Nelson is a small village in Whiteside County along the Rock River where the river's corridor creates natural scenery and the quiet rural character of northwestern Illinois defines the landscape. The community is one of the smaller settlements on the Rock River's Illinois stretch, and Rock River Golf Course provides recreational golf in a setting shaped by the river's natural terrain and the wooded corridors that follow the water through this part of the state. Northwestern Illinois's agricultural character is deeply felt in communities like Nelson. Illinois' changing seasons create an enthusiastic golf community that maximizes every available day of good weather, sustaining the local course as a central gathering point through the compressed but celebrated Midwest golf season.