Golf in Waukegan

Waukegan is a city in Lake County, set on the Lake Michigan shore north of Chicago and serving as the county seat. Shaped by its lakefront and its industrial and maritime history, the city grew through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries into one of the larger communities on the Illinois shore, with a working character distinct from the affluent North Shore suburbs to the south. The lakefront and the gently worked ground inland define the local landscape. Golf here ranges from a municipal course owned by the park district to an established private country club, both set among the city's neighborhoods. For golfers, Waukegan offers rounds on the Lake County shore, from an accessible public-access layout to a members' club, in a city whose character is shaped by its lakefront setting and its place as the county seat north of the city.