Orchard Valley Golf Course, Aurora, IL
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Address: 2411 West Illinois Ave. Aurora, IL 60506
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Website: www.orchardvalleygolf.com
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Details:
-18 Holes completed in 1993
-Par 72
-6,745/5,162 yards
-Top 5 ranked public course in Chicago (Five years running) /Chicagoland Golf
-Host of the 1994 Illinois Public Links Championship
-Host of the 1996 & 1998 Illinois State Open
-Voted #1 "Most Fun Course in Chicagoland"/Chicagoland Golf
-Voted #1 "Best Golf Experience for the Price"/Chicagoland Golf
-Ranked #23 "Best Public Access Courses" in the U.S. / Petersen's "The Best of Golf"
-Ranked #2, "A Baker's Dozen of Hidden Gems You Can Play" Petersen's "The Best of Golf"Description:
From an unpromising blank canvas of flat, treeless farmland, Orchard Valley has been transformed into a lush, gently rolling tableau, highlighted with waterfalls, vast sandy waste areas, multi-tiered greens, grassy mounds and wetlands. Best known for its exciting diversity of hole settings and risk/reward options, it is acclaimed by course raters and everyday players alike for its variety, playability and memorability. Opened in 1993 in a southwestern suburb of Chicago, Orchard Valley garnered immediate acclaim by Chicagoland Golf magazine as one of the top five public courses in the region, a position it has retained on numerous occasions since. Golf Digest has ranked it among Illinois' Top 10 public courses and it has been a frequent host of the Illinois Open and Illinois PGA.