Golf in St. Anne

St. Anne is a small Kankakee County village with French Catholic roots dating to the early missionary era along the Kankakee River corridor. The community's heritage reflects the French Jesuit influence on this part of northeastern Illinois before Euro-American agricultural settlement transformed the landscape. Oak Springs Golf Club serves a rural community south of the Kankakee urban core in terrain characterized by the flat Iroquois prairie and the drainage systems that cross it toward the Kankakee River. 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.