Building a golf course on a landfill is a creative use of normally unusable property, but in the case of Settler's Hill in Batavia, it has delayed the opening of the course for the 2012 season as Waste Management renovation work has affected several holes. The course is planning an early May opening, dependent on completion of the project and the growth of new turf.
Additionally, the course is also removing several trees from behind and around the 6th & 7th holes to improve air flow and the conditions of the greens.
Settler's Hill is a scenic Kane County Forest Preserve Course that occupies the site of a former Waste Management landfill, and provides some of the biggest elevation changes and views in the Windy City area. It is located on Fabyan Parkway just west of Kirk Road, about 5 miles north of I-88 at the Farnsworth exit, and just south of the Kane County Cougars home field.
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