Sunset Ridge Country Club

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Sunset Ridge Country Club
Club information
Location Northfield Township, Cook County, near Northfield, Illinois, USA
TypePrivate
Total holes18
Website Club homepage
Designed by William Diddel
Jacobson Golf Course Design
Par 71
Length6,752
Course rating 73.1

Sunset Ridge Country Club is a private country club located in Cook County, just outside the city limits of Northfield, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

Founded in 1923 and renovated in 2005, it features a 6,752 yard 18-hole course. Sunset Ridge features a course rating of 73.0 and a slope of 133. [1] It has hosted the Western Open in 1972 and the Women's Western Open in 1935. [2] The Club hosted the 2018 Western Amateur Championship. [3] The greens are made of a bent grass while the fairways are also made of a bent grass. This facility used to offer a four-hole par 3 course that was primarily for children.

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