Golf in Northbrook

Northbrook is a village in Cook County, an affluent suburb in the well-to-do northern reaches of the county, near the North Shore. Largely residential, it grew through the twentieth century into a prosperous community of established neighborhoods, with commercial and corporate development along its corridors. The terrain here is leafy and gently shaped, with mature trees lending the village a green, parklike character. Northbrook's location places it within easy reach of both the city and the lakefront suburbs. Golf is a strong presence, ranging from private country clubs to park district courses, including shorter layouts and full-length tracks. For golfers, Northbrook offers an unusually varied set of rounds within one community, from members' clubs to accessible public-access courses, all set on the wooded ground that defines this prosperous corner of the northern Cook County suburbs near the North Shore.