Golf in South Jacksonville

South Jacksonville is a separate municipality immediately south of Jacksonville in Morgan County, functionally integrated with the city it borders but maintaining its own governmental identity. The community is primarily residential, sharing the west-central Illinois upland landscape that characterizes this part of Morgan County. Two golf facilities serve South Jacksonville — Jacksonville Country Club and The Links of Jacksonville — making the combined Jacksonville-South Jacksonville area one of the better-served golf markets for a city of its size in this part of the state. The agricultural countryside surrounding the community extends south toward the Illinois River country. Illinois' strong community tradition and the state's extensive park and recreation system create the context for golf clubs that serve as social anchors alongside the natural and civic amenities of community life.