Harborside International (Port)

Chicago, Illinois

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Address11001 S Doty Ave East, Chicago, IL 60628, USA

Alister MacKenzie is known for several iterations of the “boomerang” green, and Dick Nugent was determined to create his own version, or several, at the Port Course at Harborside International.

The most notorious example, perhaps in all of golf, is the par three at No. 15. This 60-yard long green curves like a crescent around an enormous waste bunker. Most won’t even notice the sand portion however, for the enormous anchor-shaped surface that exists to play into the complex’s nautical theme.

Players will finally get a taste of actual water at the following hole, when they play the short par four, with a green that sticks out into the Harborside Marsh Pond. No. 17 is a Cape-style par four, but interestingly relies more on a large sand hazard more so than the pond to enforce its strategy.

Finally, the par five No. 18 plays along the water most of the way down, and ultimately reaches the second boomerang green on the property. Of course, this one is connected to the closing putting surface at the Starboard course, so odds are you won’t be playing to the left side from Port.

Alister MacKenzie is known for several iterations of the “boomerang” green, and Dick Nugent was determined to create his own version, or several, at the Port Course at Harborside International.