Blackberry Oaks Golf Course

Home to the Aurora University men's and women's golf teams, Blackerry Oaks Golf Course is located in Bristol, Illinois, approximately 15 minutes southwest of the AU campus.

Named as one of the best golf courses in the Chicagoland area by Chicagoland Golf Magazine, Blackberry Oaks is a public, 18-hole championship golf course designed by the late David Gill of St. Charles. The course was built to blend and enhance the natural assets of the property, such as Blackberry Creek, the wetlands, the prairie lands, and mature oak groves; Blackberry Oaks is a true “Link with Nature.”

Blackberry Oaks has been honored to host many local and national qualifying tournaments. In addition to numerous Illinois Junior Golf Association events, Blackberry Oaks has hosted the Qualifiers for the 2003 Illinois Open, the 1998 and 2001 U.S. Junior Amateur, the 2012 US Women’s Amateur, the 1998, 2005, and 2013 Illinois State Amateur, and the 1997 U.S. Open.

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