Editing Lincolnshire, Illinois (section)

==Sports and recreation==
Lincolnshire, despite its relatively small size, is home to nine local public parks. Spring Lake Park, which is centered on an eponymous lake and sports a small beachhead, hosts Lincolnshire's festivities during the Fourth of July.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/parks/parkspaths/springlake.php| title=Parks and Paths – Spring Lake Park| access-date=August 30, 2008 |work=Department of Parks and Recreation| publisher=Village of Lincolnshire| year=2008}}</ref> North Park, a major sporting field and nature reserve in northeastern Lincolnshire, collaborates with [[Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103]] to meet both the growing need for youth sports teams and extra recreational public park space;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/parks/parkspaths/northpark.php| title=Parks and Paths – North Park and North Park Nature Preserve| access-date=August 30, 2008 |work=Department of Parks and Recreation| publisher=Village of Lincolnshire| year=2008}}</ref> School District 103 also collaborated with the village of Lincolnshire to create an educational nature center called Rivershire Park, which is located in southeastern Lincolnshire. The nature center runs programs to educate district students and other visitors about the local ecology, alongside the natural fauna and flora of the Lake County area,<ref name=creek>{{cite web|url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/parks/parkspaths/rivershire.php |title=Parks and Paths – Rivershire Park and Nature Center |access-date=August 30, 2008 |work=Department of Parks and Recreation |publisher=Village of Lincolnshire |year=2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214164334/http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/parks/parkspaths/rivershire.php |archive-date=February 14, 2008 }}</ref> and Memorial Park is a rest stop for pedestrians and cyclists traversing eastern Lincolnshire; Florsheim Nature Preserve, which sports an unusually high Floristic Quality Index rating, is shelter to endangered and threatened species of flora rarely found elsewhere in the county.<ref name=shoe>{{cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/parks/parkspaths/florsheim.php| title=Parks and Paths – Florsheim Nature Preserve| access-date=August 30, 2008 |work=Department of Parks and Paths| publisher=Village of Lincolnshire |year=2008}}</ref> Whytegate Park, an athletic complex overshadowed by nearby North Park, sports several sports courts and a fitness course,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/parks/parkspaths/whytegate.php| title=Parks and Paths – Whytegate Park| access-date=August 30, 2008 |work=Department of Parks and Recreation| publisher=Village of Lincolnshire| year=2008}}</ref> and Balzer Park is home to a short hiking trail and sports facilities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/parks/parkspaths/balzer.php |title=Parks and Paths – Balzer Park |access-date=August 30, 2008 |work=Department of Parks and Recreation |publisher=Village of Lincolnshire |year=2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214164242/http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/parks/parkspaths/balzer.php |archive-date=February 14, 2008 }}</ref> Lincolnshire's other two parks, Bicentennial Park and Olde Mill Park, are little more than playgrounds for local children.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/parks/parkspaths/bicentennial.php| title=Parks and Paths – Bicentennial Park |access-date=August 30, 2008 |work=Department of Parks and Recreation| publisher=Village of Lincolnshire| year=2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/parks/parkspaths/oldemill.php| title=Parks and Paths – Olde Mill Park| access-date=August 30, 2008 |work=Department of Parks and Recreation| publisher=Village of Lincolnshire| year=2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080214164308/http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/parks/parkspaths/oldemill.php |archive-date = February 14, 2008}}</ref>

The Lincolnshire [[Marriott International|Marriott]] Resort takes up a large area of land to the west of the Des Plaines River, and has an eighteen-hole [[golf course]] that hugs Illinois Route 22 to the south; the golf course is not only available to guests, but also offers lessons to local residents.<ref name=Theatre>{{cite web|url=http://www.marriott.com/hotels/hotel-information/golf-courses/chiln-lincolnshire-marriott-resort/|title=Lincolnshire Marriott-Chicago Golf Course|access-date=September 6, 2008|work=Lincolnshire Marriott Resort|publisher=Marriott International, Inc.|date=1996–2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724152343/http://www.marriott.com/hotels/hotel-information/golf-courses/chiln-lincolnshire-marriott-resort/|archive-date=July 24, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The resort is also home to the Marriott Theatre, which garnered a reputation through the acceptance of 370 [[Jeff Award|Joseph Jefferson Award]] nominations presented throughout its history.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.marriotttheatre.com/history.aspx| title=History| access-date=June 13, 2009| work=Marriott Theatre at Lincolnshire| publisher=Marriott International, Inc.| year=2009| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512172424/http://www.marriotttheatre.com/history.aspx| archive-date=May 12, 2009}}</ref>

Four notable sportsmen have lived within the borders of the village of Lincolnshire. [[Andrea Jaeger]], a professional tennis player known for her successful, albeit brief, career in tennis that saw progress in Wimbledon and the French Open, graduated from [[Stevenson High School (Lincolnshire, Illinois)|Adlai E. Stevenson High School]];<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ihsa.org/activity/tng/records/ybych1.htm| title=Girls Tennis Individual Champions| access-date=August 20, 2008 |work=Illinois High School Association| date=1996–2008}}</ref> [[Matt O'Dwyer]], a former NFL football player who played for numerous teams ranging from the [[New York Jets]] to the [[Green Bay Packers]], was born in Lincolnshire.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/778/matt-odwyer| title=Matt O'Dwyer Stats| access-date=September 7, 2008 |work=Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN)| publisher=Walt Disney Corporation / Hearst Corporation| year=2008}}</ref> [[Robert Berland]], an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] who won medals at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles]] and the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] in [[Seoul]], lives in the village.<ref>[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=223079 "Bidding for a fight? Believe it"], ''[[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois newspaper)|Daily Herald]]'', published July 24, 2008. Retrieved August 20, 2008</ref> [[New York Knicks]] basketball player [[Jalen Brunson]] moved to Lincolnshire in 2010 to attend Stevenson High School.<ref name=TVoJBl>{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/2014-06-21/sports/50741626_1_jalen-brunson-rick-brunson-temple-and-villanova|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811215129/http://articles.philly.com/2014-06-21/sports/50741626_1_jalen-brunson-rick-brunson-temple-and-villanova|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 11, 2014|title=Temple, Villanova on Jalen Brunson's list|access-date=June 24, 2014|date=June 21, 2014|publisher=[[Philly.com]]|author=Breen, Matt|work=[[Philadelphia Inquirer]]}}</ref>

In October 2013, the Stanley Cup made its first ever-appearance in Lincolnshire and again visited the village in July 2015.