Ivanhoe Club
Mundelein, Lake County, Illinois · Chicago North Shore golf market
- Access
- equity
- Holes
- 27
- Architect(s)
- Dick Nugent, Arthur Hills
- Gated
- Yes
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Ivanhoe Club has operated in Mundelein since 1950, and today offers a 27-hole, three-nine championship layout designed by Dick Nugent and Arthur Hills across prairie, forest, and ravine terrain -- a course ranked Top 20 in Illinois by Golf Digest and PGA Tour Champions/developmental-tour tournament host (the Rust-Oleum Championship, 2016-2018). The club is member-owned with a limited pool of equity memberships. Physically and administratively, it anchors two separate, purpose-built gated residential communities: the Woods of Ivanhoe (governed by the Ivanhoe Club Property Owners Association, Inc.) and Ivanhoe Estates. Both communities are named for and built directly around the club, giving Ivanhoe Club a genuine developer-driven residential-integration case even though, per the club's own Join page, membership itself is a standard paid equity purchase rather than an automatic homeownership benefit.
Golf & Course
The 27-hole layout, designed by Dick Nugent and Arthur Hills, is organized as three distinct 9-hole courses across prairie, forest, and ravine landscapes, each playing differently from the others -- a design variety that has helped it rank in Illinois's Top 20 per Golf Digest. It hosted the Rust-Oleum Championship, a Korn Ferry Tour (PGA Tour developmental circuit) event, from 2016 to 2018.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Membership is a Regular Equity Golf Membership requiring an initiation fee plus ongoing dues, per the club's own Join page -- neither figure is published. This is a standard paid-application process, not a benefit automatically conferred by buying in the Woods of Ivanhoe or Ivanhoe Estates; a secondary source's characterization of residents simply 'having access' was not corroborated by the club's own materials.
Living in Ivanhoe Club
The club is physically split between two gated communities that share its name and grounds: the Woods of Ivanhoe (governed by the Ivanhoe Club Property Owners Association, Inc.) and Ivanhoe Estates. Both read as purpose-built developments organized directly around the golf club rather than incidental nearby neighborhoods.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Equity members get access to the 27-hole course, clubhouse, tennis, and pool facilities per the club's own membership materials.
Location & Surrounding Area
Mundelein sits in central Lake County, within the same North Shore golf cluster as Hawthorn Woods Country Club and Merit Club.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current initiation fee and dues directly with the club -- neither is published.
- Confirm directly with the Ivanhoe Club Property Owners Association (Woods of Ivanhoe) and Ivanhoe Estates' HOA whether either offers any priority path to club membership beyond the standard equity application.
- Confirm current membership waitlist status directly with the club.
Notable
- Ivanhoe Club's 27 holes, designed by Dick Nugent and Arthur Hills, are organized as three distinct 9-hole courses playing across prairie, forest, and ravine terrain.
- The club hosted the Korn Ferry Tour's Rust-Oleum Championship from 2016 to 2018.
- The club is split between two separately-named, purpose-built gated communities: the Woods of Ivanhoe and Ivanhoe Estates.
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