Holes 3 and 4 at this nine-hole course were Robert Trent Jones Sr.'s first "island" greens and play over the Fox River. The course is owned and operated by the Saint Charles Park District and was the first 9-holer to become a fully-certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary. It opened in 1939 as a WPA project and is still among the most highly-regarded nine-hole courses in the United States. The course's name is in honor of the Pottawatomie nation of Native Americans who are prevalent around Illinois; the name essentially means "those who tend the hearth-fire."

Non-resident walking rates for 18 holes are $32 weekdays, $36 weekends. Resident rates, early-bird, twilight, and shoulder-season rates are all lower.