GET YOUR SHOES ON and go keep your game in shape at the Mistwood Golf Dome on Rt. 53 in Bolingbrook. So jump on Toptracer Golf and test your game, by playing a Top 100 golf course. But other options include lessons, club fittings, and upcoming demo day with Callaway Golf. Hungry or need a beverage, McWethy’s Sports Bar in the dome is the answer. Great burgers and the award winning chicken wings always hit the sweet spot in your stomach. So visit Mistwoodgolfdome.com or call (630)-739-7600.

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Cottage Row at Pinehurst #8-golf views from your room.

Pinehurst Resort President Tom Pashley said a couple of years ago, “the resort needs rooms that have views of our golf courses, currently we don’t have any.”

Pashley was correct, but that was then and this is now. So Pinehurst is in the process of correcting that issue.

Welcome to the new subdivision in the middle of the Pinehurst #8 golf course. Cottage row all nine of them are under construction, with the first five units being open for business on May 1st. The four remaining units will open later this year. Calvin Burkley Pinehurst’s Director of Projects and Planning after a long run at Firestone Country Club, says the other units will be open by October 1st. Burkley ad’s that the huge putting green in the center of the cottages, will need some grow in time. So it won’t be ready until the fall.

Construction is full speed ahead on the new Pinehurst 8 cottages.

The cottages in some cases hold up to 16 guests, which is why the new lodging option is geared towards groups.

But that doesn’t mean two couples can’t get a cottage based on availability. However the cottages will be mostly used for groups of 8 or more.

Cottages will have a host who make sure guests have what they need, at all times. Run out of something-no problem. Want to eat out-take the golf cart up the hill to the newly refinished Pinehurst Course #8 clubhouse. The bar and dining area, have been redone with views of the closing holes.

The Simulator room at the Schaumburg Golf Club, at 401 North Roselle Rd. three simulators and Chandlers Chophouse right upstairs. So book your time today at (847)-885-9000. Schaumburggolf.com and yes you can play the SGC indoors on the simulators.

The design of the new cottages has variety of available options. No they don’t all look alike. Inside or outside.

The amount of bedrooms is different, but the layouts include, gaming rooms. So if you want to play pool, or take out the Ping Pong paddles you can.

Seating near the fire place or at the wet-bar are among other options.

There will be plenty of TV options, if the big game is on, or if you want to watch golf, from that weeks professional tournament. But with new patio decks on the backside of the cottages, sitting outside when weather permits is always an option.

  COTTAGES 1-3 being built around the new putting green area (L). THE SHACK GOLF CLUB at 1717 Chestnut Ave. in Glenview, is open all winter long with 7 simulators. So book your time today at TheShackGolfClub.com or call (847)-904-2905.

CLICK HERE TO HEAR the full interview with Pinehurst Resorts Director of Projects and Planning, Calvin Buckley.

So to learn more about the new Pinehurst 8 cottages, visit Pinehurst.com.