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Lake Geneva, WI
Geneva National
Palmer, Player and Trevino on one shoreline — legends' golf in a storied resort town.
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The place
Geneva National lines the shore of Lake Como with a claim few properties can make: full designs from Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Lee Trevino, each with its own personality — Palmer's sweeping lakeside holes, Player's precise, angular test, Trevino's fun, fairway-first romp. The Lake Geneva resort town nearby has hosted Chicago money for a century and a half, and it shows in the supper clubs, lake cruises and estate-lined shore path. On-site lodging, villas and the adjacent Ridge Hotel keep the crew close to the tees, and The Brute at Grand Geneva — one of the Midwest's burliest resort courses — waits ten minutes away as the away day.
The courses on property
| Course | Designer | Notes | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmer Course | Arnold Palmer | The marquee — sweeping holes down to the Lake Como shoreline. | resort |
| Player Course | Gary Player | Precise and angular — position golf that flatters the thinker. | resort |
| Trevino Course | Lee Trevino | The fun one — fairway-first golf with Trevino's grin built in. | resort |
| The Brute at Grand Geneva | — | One of the Midwest's burliest resort courses, ten minutes away — the heavyweight away day. | public |
Where you crash
The resort
The Ridge Hotel
The modern lakeside hotel at Geneva National's gates — sharp rooms, lake-view bar, and tee times minutes away.
◆ The private house
The Private House
A villa inside Geneva National or a Lake Geneva lake house — pier rights, grill deck, and both the courses and the town's restaurants within fifteen minutes.
4-6 BR · sleeps 8-12 · ~$600–$2,000/nt
The 5-day plan
- 1
Arrive & the shore path
AM Travel morning — into Lake Geneva by early afternoon.
PM Check in, a stroll on the estate shore path, supper club dinner with old fashioneds.
- 2
Trevino Course
AM The fun opener — get the bets flowing.
PM Boat cruise or pool; steak fry at the villa.
- 3
Player, then The Brute (optional)
AM Player's positional test.
PM The Brute for gluttons; lake time for the rest. Dinner downtown.
- 4
Palmer — the Cup
AM The marquee lakeside course for the team match.
PM Trophy dinner overlooking the water; cigars on the terrace.
- 5
Lake morning & home
AM A last nine or a lakeside breakfast, then the trip home.
Why it wins
Three courses by three legends of the game inside one gate, on the wooded shore of Lake Como — with Lake Geneva's restaurants, boat culture and resort-town buzz ten minutes away. A complete trip with almost no logistics.
Booking notes
Stay-and-play packages cover all three legends' courses; add The Brute at Grand Geneva for a fourth round. Summer weekends carry resort-town premiums — spring and fall are the value windows.