Canal Shores Golf Course

Canal Shores Golf Course, (formerly known as the Peter N. Jans Memorial Golf Course and the Evanston Wilmette Community Golf Course) is an 82-acre, 18-hole, par 60 golf course located in a suburban residential neighborhood on the east side of Evanston, Illinois and Wilmette, Illinois.[1] 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.

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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 built substantially on public property and is 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 August 2014 Joel Murray hosted the Tour of Duty Golf Classic at Canal Shores, a benefit to assist First responder(s).[2]

North Shore Open

Canal Shores Golf Course, together with Skokie Sports Park, has played host to the annual North Shore Open golf tournament since 2015. The winner receives a ceremonial picture taken sitting in a tire. The North Shore Channel plays a role on most of Canal Shores' 18-hole layout and the channel runs just east of Skokie Sports Park.

YearChampionRunner-up
2015 North Shore OpenDan SkowronskiBennet "HD" Hayes
2016 North Shore OpenBennet "HD" HayesPeter Mullen
2017 North Shore OpenNA (Open was not held)NA (Open was not held)
2018 North Shore OpenDan SkowronskiPeter Mullen
2019 North Shore OpenPeter MullenDan Skowronski
2020 North Shore OpenBennet "HD" HayesDan Skowronski

References
  1. Canal Shores Golf Course website |http://www.canalshores.org/
  2. KATE HEDLIN For Sun-Times Media, @SportsLoisLane. "Tour of Duty Celebrity Golf Classic for first responders | Evanston Review". Evanston.suntimes.com. Archived from the original on 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2014-04-09.

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