Oak Park Country Club

Overview: Oak Park Country Club is a private Donald Ross course in River Grove, Illinois, known locally as the course of the winding stream. The 18-hole layout has evolved from its early links-style form into a wooded parkland course, with the stream, mature trees, and Ross-influenced green work shaping its identity.

History: The club and course date to 1914, when Donald J. Ross designed the original layout. A 2007 renovation by Rick Jacobson added and refined tees, bunkers, and putting surfaces while preserving the course’s historic relationship with its natural drainage and winding stream.

Did You Know? The original course was described as links-style, but decades of planting and improvement gave Oak Park its present parkland appearance. That visible evolution makes the course a useful example of how an early Ross layout can change without losing its architectural lineage.