Sunset Ridge Country Club is a private

country club A country club is a privately-owned Club (organization), club, often with a membership quota and admittance by invitation or sponsorship, that generally offers both a variety of recreational sports and facilities for dining and entertaining. Ty ...

located in

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, just outside the city limits of

Northfield, Illinois Northfield is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, located approximately north of downtown Chicago. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the village's population was 5,751. It is part of a collection of upscale reside ...

, a suburb of

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. 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. It has hosted the

Western Open The Western Open was a professional golf tournament in the United States, for most of its history an event on the PGA Tour. The tournament's founding in 1899 actually pre-dated the start of the Tour, which is generally dated from 1916, the ye ...

in 1972 and the

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in 1935. The Club hosted the 2018

Western Amateur The Western Amateur is a leading annual golf tournament in the United States for male amateur golfers. It is organized by the Western Golf Association. The Western Amateur features an international field of top-ranked amateur golfers. It was firs ...

Championship. 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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