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Address 1030 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201, USA Hours Closed now Thursday7AM–6PMFriday7AM–6PMSaturday7AM–6PMSunday7AM–6PMMonday7AM–6PMTuesday7AM–6PMWednesday7AM–6PM Profiles | ||
The Evanston Wilmette Community Golf Course, formerly known as the Peter N. Jans Memorial Golf Course and often locally called the Canal Shores Golf Course, is an 18-hole par 60 golf course located in a suburban residential neighborhood on the east side of Evanston and Wilmette, Illinois. Founded in 1919 on the banks of the North Shore Channel of the Chicago River, the course is 3,904 yards in length featuring a narrow and tree-lined fairway and two over-the-water holes. Eleven of the holes are located in Evanston, Illinois and 7 holes are in Wilmette, Illinois.
The golf course is located within walking distance of the Central Street El and Union Pacific North Central Street Metra Line and offers free parking.
History
Peter N. Jans, a golf professional and Evanston civic leader, championed the reclamation of the undeveloped canal banks for a golf course in North Evanston. Todd Sloan, who also laid out the back nine of the Racine Country Club in Wisconsin, is credited as the architect of the present day Canal Shores golf course which has been renamed several times during the past century. The course was built on the site of the previous location of the Evanston Golf Club, which relocated due to the construction of the North Shore Channel drainage project. The course is substantially built on public property while being managed and funded by the Evanston Wilmette Golf Course Association, a volunteer organization composed of golfers and neighbors in the city of Evanston and village of Wilmette.
In the 1970s brothers Joel and Bill Murray worked as caddies and concession workers on Canal Shores Golf Course. Bill and his brother Brian Doyle Murray based parts of their movie Caddyshack on experiences gained at this course. In August 2014 Joel Murray hosted the Tour of Duty Golf Classic at Canal Shores, a benefit to assist first responders.