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4.0
300 Reviews (300)
5 Stars
162
4 Stars
85
3 Stars
32
2 Stars
11
1 Stars
10
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.6
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.0
82.1%
Recommend this course
258 out of 300 reviews
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4.0
6 Reviews (6)
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.4
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.2
100.0%
Recommend this course
6 out of 6 reviews
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3.9
58 Reviews (58)
5 Stars
20
4 Stars
20
3 Stars
13
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.4
Layout
4.6
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.4
81.0%
Recommend this course
47 out of 58 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Links
Par 72
Length 7166 yards
Slope 135
Rating 74.7
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Harborside International Golf Center - Starboard Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1996
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 4/01 Closed: 10/31
Architect Dick Nugent (1996) CE Golf Design (1996)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Accolades

Reviews

4.0
300 Reviews (300)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 6

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Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Incredible course

Championship style course that makes you feel like you’re playing a links style course on the ocean

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Great place to play

Worth every penny! But the cart paths are terrible...smh

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

They've lost their minds with these prices

$124 dollars for these courses is insane. These are both solid and well kept courses, but that's an insane price for solid courses. I enjoy the courses but they lack the character to charge over $100. So many forgettable holes on both courses.

Conditions Excellent
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Course

Harborside is an easy drive From downtown Chicago. The staff was outstanding the course was in great shape it’s a challenging layout and a great value for the price. I highly recommend the course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Nice But Hard

Hard and expensive course, but it was in amazing shape and well taken care of.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Great day for golf

The course is fun but is in rough shape this early in the spring.
— upon arrival there were no carts available. When we finally got a cart it was not fully charged and the gps was malfunctioning.
— greens need work, very bumpy
— like most chicago roads , the asphalt cart path is riddled with potholes. Major work is needed here.
—overall it is a very nice layout.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

A+ Coarse Layout, F-Coarse Managment. Thanks Kemper for slowly ruining my favorite coarse over the last 10yrs

2pm tee time, sunny beautiful day

Harborside is devolving back into its natural state of a landfill.

Nothing special about this place anymore.

12years snd 73 rounds later I can sadly say this is no longer my favorite golf coarse in Chicago.

Go to Lost Marsh if your playing the south side forget this place

Kemper ruined this once beautiful gem of a coarse, they need to stop bragging about “Golfweek’s” top 50 coarse rating that was once given to Harborside.
That was years ago before Kemper took over.
Go to Golfweek’s site, Harborside is not even in the top 100 public coarse list.

-tee boxes on par 3’s not resurfaced left in horrible condition from previous year. Same story every year!

-Greens still full of holes from aerating, this was not a recent aeration, just lack of attention getting the greens ready for the season. Dried up aged holes, no filler, crusty dry purple greens, just give it some water the grass will grow in. We’ve had a mild winter and a warm dry early spring, no excuses here!

-terrible gas golf carts, no GPS, acceptable at a sub $40 coarse maybe.

-worst cart paths in the city, more potholes than Michigan Ave

-scorched earth landscaping, good bye to all the prairie tall grass and natural plant life, hello weed covered rolling hills

-warm drinks at the halfway house, thanks for my $5 warm gatorade, and great idea selling canned drinks. My drink bounced out of the cup holder after 15 minutes of riding the worst cart paths in the state.

-All Nautical Decor removed from coarse, sad to see those go a few years ago.

This place still has great “bones” that’s the only saving grace, thanks Dick Nugent, but Kemper is letting your once beautiful coarse go down the drain while the price keeps going up.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Championship course

Hole in 1 on starboards par 3 177 yards
My first at 69 years old

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Love Starboard but still too pricey

Course was in ok shape. Some tee boxes were beat up along with the cart paths needing heavy repair work.

Still had a great time although I feel like this course is about 30-50dollars overpriced for the value.

Where is the drink cart? Almost never see it on this course….

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
3.0

Starboard

Course is in horrible shape. Cannot believe this course is honestly priced 100 dollars plus on the weekend. DO NOT PAY THAT FOR THIS COURSE!

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Refund

I only got through 9 holes due to a family emergency and the pace of play. The course said that golf now could provide me with a 9 hole rain check. Please let me know ASAP

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 23
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Can’t be beat!

I love playing this course! It’s a bit pricey but you get what you pay for and it’s well worth it when playing here! Only downside that I have noticed is the wind when playing here. It’s on top of a hill and it catches all the wind. Keep that in mind when deciding to play here. Other than that this course is always fun, challenging, and reminds you why you love playing this game. I WILL BE BACK!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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