Golf in Palatine

Palatine is a village in Cook County, a large, established suburb in Chicago's northwest reaches. Largely residential and commercial, it grew rapidly through the twentieth century into one of the more populous communities of the northwest metro, with a mix of neighborhoods, downtown districts, and shopping corridors. The terrain here is the gently worked ground typical of the inner northwest suburbs, with stretches of parkland and small lakes breaking up the development. Palatine's size and location have made it a hub for the surrounding area. Golf here is well represented by park district courses, ranging from a full-length municipal layout to a shorter course built around its namesake lakes. For golfers, Palatine offers accessible recreational rounds within a busy, fully developed suburban community, where the park district's courses provide welcome stretches of green amid the density of the northwest metro.