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Hey golf fans, if you're not playing golf, you're talking golf. Share your expertise here with duffers and pros alike in our "Best of the Southland" golf polls. Every week, you'll fi...

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The good news is that it’s a par-5. The bad news is that you can get in trouble fast if you’re not careful. The par-5, fifth hole at The Sanctuary is listed at 568 yards from the bla...

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A blind tee shot downhill, followed by an uphill shot to a green surrounded by potential traps. No wonder the third hole on the North Course at Olympia Fields Country Club is rated as the...

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A sloping fairway and beautiful setting are the highlights of Silver Lake Country Club's signature hole, the eighth hole on the South Course. A marshland creates a natural water haza...

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George W. Dunne National Golf Course boasts an array of challenging holes, so it's difficult to pick one hole as the most difficult. But the 17th hole was as good as any to demonstra...

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The signature hole at the Odyssey Golf Course isn’t your typical island green, and it’s fitting that for the first three years, the 16th hole green wasn’t surrounded by water.    But afte...

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When standing on the back of an elevated tee box on the 176-yard, par-3 seventh hole at Palos Country Club, the flagstick still looks to be close, the hole almost inviting. It's anyt...

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Chicago Heights resident John Mitchell is like the mailman. He keeps his appointed rounds. He plays the Chicago Heights Park District West Golf Course nearly every day after work. An...