Youth Golf Development Center

Youth Golf Development Center offers youth golf instruction through group lessons, private lessons, and summer camps. Participants practice shots up to 50 yards from fairways, rough areas, and bunkers that replicate the golf course at Sunset Valley, and use synthetic turf hitting stations for longer shots.

For 100 years, Sunset Valley Golf Club has been a valued part of the Highland Park community. Sunset Valley’s new state-of-the-art Center is described as a welcoming high-quality environment where young people can learn discipline, fairness, and patience by practicing the game of golf. The Center is the primary Center for youth golf instruction and skill development in the fundamentals of the short game for Highland Park and the surrounding communities, and it also serves as a practice facility for all Sunset Valley’s golfers when not used for youth golf instruction. The Highland Park High School Girls and Boys Golf Teams, IJGA tournament players, PGA Junior Leagues, and Sunset Valley players have access to the Center when it is not being used for instruction. Sunset Valley Golf Club received the Illinois Park and Recreation Association Outstanding Facility of the Year award and the American Society of Golf Course Architects 2018 Design Excellence recognition.

Last updated May 26, 2026.