GolfPass Recognizes 33 KemperSports Courses

33 KemperSports Courses Ranked Among Best Golf Courses Played by Recreational Golfers Last Year

Thirty-three (33) KemperSports-owned, -managed and -supported courses have been recognized on a 2024 Golfers’ Choice list, an honor determined by GolfPass reviews from recreational golfers nationwide. Relied on by recreational golfers for its user-generated golf course reviews and expert travel content, the 10th edition of the respected lists by NBC Sports Next’s GolfPass include 69 categories generated by nearly 300,000 reviews to determine the best golf courses played by recreational golfers in 2023.

KemperSports properties rank among the best in several categories, including best in the nation and best in state, as well as the “best of” categories for most friendly, best course conditions, off-course amenities, layouts and top short courses. Additionally, 14 of the 33 KemperSports courses were listed in the top 10 of their respective “Best of State” rankings.

Unlike golf course rankings published by industry insiders who have access to golf courses the public may never have the opportunity to play, the Golfers’ Choice lists are totally consumer driven – by recreational golfers, for recreational golfers. Ages, handicaps and budgets of golfers using the website run the gamut, so the millions of reviews accumulated by GolfPass and GolfNow showcase the golf course characteristics that are the most important to avid golfers across the country in any given year.

GolfPass reviewers rate courses based on six subcategories: value, course conditions, course layout, pace of play, staff friendliness and off-course amenities.

KemperSports properties featured on 2024 Golfers’ Choice lists include:

Golfers’ Choice 2024: Top 50 U.S. Public Golf Courses (see full list)

• #2 – Bolingbrook Golf Club (Bolingbrook, IL)
• #14 – Cantigny Golf (Wheaton, IL)

Golfers’ Choice 2024: Top 25 Public Golf Course Layouts (see full list)

• #15 – Champions Pointe Golf Club (Henryville, IN)

Golfers’ Choice 2024: America’s 25 Friendliest Public Golf Courses (see full list)

• #6 – Riverside Golf Course (Janesville, WI)
• #15 – Bolingbrook Golf Club
• #22 – Champions Pointe Golf Club (Henryville, IN)

Golfers’ Choice 2024: Top 25 Public Courses for Best Conditions (see full list)

• #8 – Bolingbrook Golf Club 

Golfers’ Choice 2024: Top 25 Public Golf Courses for Off-Course Amenities (see full list)

• #3 – Bolingbrook Golf Club
• #12 – Cantigny Golf

Golfers’ Choice 2024: Top 25 Public Short Courses (see full list)

• #17 – Skyway Golf Course at Lincoln Park West (Jersey City, NJ)

Golfers’ Choice 2024: Best of State Golf Courses:

California (full list)

• #19 – Desert Willow Golf Resort: Firecliff Course (Palm Desert, CA)
• #20 – Ridge Creek Dinuba Golf Club (Dinuba, CA)
• #22 – Desert Willow Golf Resort: Mountain View Course (Palm Desert, CA)

Delaware (full list)

• #2 – White Clay Creek Country Club (Wilmington, DE)
• #5 – Heritage Shores Golf Club (Bridgeville, DE)

Florida (full list)

• #14 – Streamsong Black (Streamsong, FL)
• #20 – Cypress Head Golf Club (Port Orange, FL)

Illinois (full list)

• #1 – Bolingbrook Golf Club
• #3 – Cantigny Golf

Indiana (full list)

• #6 – The Golf Club at Eagle Pointe (Bloomington, IN)
• #7 – Champions Pointe Golf Club
• #17 – Covered Bridge Golf Club (Sellersburg, IN)

Maryland (full list)

• #7 – Whiskey Creek Golf Club (Ijamsville, MD)
• #11 – Blue Mash Golf Course (Laytonsville, MD)
• #13 – Swan Point Yacht & Country Club (Issue, MD)
• #15 – Waverly Woods Golf Club (Marriottsville, MD)

Minnesota (full list)

• #10 – The Jewel Golf Club (Lake City, MN)

Mississippi (full list)

• #10 – Tunica National Golf & Tennis (Tunica Resorts, MS)

Missouri (full list)

• #1 – Big Cedar Lodge: Ozarks National (Hollister, MO)
• #8 – Big Cedar Lodge: Buffalo Ridge Golf Course
• #16 – Big Cedar Lodge: Payne’s Valley

New Jersey (full list)

• #8 – Heron Glen Golf Course
• #19 – Galloping Hill Golf Course

New York (full list)

• #8 – Seneca Hickory Stick (Lewiston, NY)

North Carolina (full list)

• #15 – Sequoyah National Golf Club (Whittier, NC)

Oregon (full list)

• #17 – Heron Lakes Golf Club: Great Blue Course (Portland, OR)
• #20 – Heron Lakes Golf Club: Greenback Course (Portland, OR)

Texas (full list)

• #23 – Forest Creek Golf Club (Round Rock, TX)

Washington (full list)

• #1 – Chambers Bay (University Place, WA)
• #16 – Lake Spanaway Golf Course (Tacoma, WA)

 Wisconsin (full list)

• #25 – Riverside Golf Course (Janesville, WI)