Broken Arrow Golf Club - North/South
About
Located just 40 miles southwest of Chicago's Loop, Broken Arrow Golf Club is one of the most popular golfing facilities in the area. The club offers 27 holes of championship golf, divided into three unique nines that offer different challenges and scenery. The golf courses: East, North, and South, are played in three different 18-hole combinations. The North/South is the most scenic of the courses. The North is especially beautiful, but it also has another distinction. It is the only course in the Midwest with a dual-green concept. The design allows golfers to control the difficulty of the course by offering the option to play to either of the two flags on each hole. The club's former use as a farm is evident on the South nine where the original farmhouse and silo can be seen from the first tee box.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Gold | 72 | 7027 yards | 74.8 | 134 |
Blue | 72 | 6663 yards | 73.0 | 131 |
White | 72 | 6321 yards | 71.5 | 127 |
Red (W) | 72 | 5255 yards | 71.1 | 125 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Gold M: 74.8/134 | 388 | 411 | 156 | 533 | 406 | 203 | 447 | 424 | 590 | 3558 | 432 | 375 | 356 | 198 | 562 | 161 | 440 | 545 | 400 | 3469 | 7027 |
Blue M: 73.0/131 | 356 | 389 | 147 | 502 | 393 | 185 | 432 | 393 | 578 | 3375 | 389 | 367 | 341 | 172 | 528 | 147 | 429 | 532 | 383 | 3288 | 6663 |
White M: 71.5/127 W: 76.9/137 | 344 | 370 | 137 | 489 | 322 | 171 | 417 | 361 | 533 | 3144 | 377 | 359 | 327 | 165 | 513 | 133 | 418 | 519 | 366 | 3177 | 6321 |
Red M: 66.5/117 W: 71.1/125 | 265 | 313 | 113 | 438 | 286 | 144 | 318 | 310 | 426 | 2613 | 297 | 295 | 255 | 133 | 422 | 107 | 360 | 485 | 288 | 2642 | 5255 |
Handicap | 13 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | |||
Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
Course Details
Rentals/Services
Practice/Instruction
Policies
Food & Beverage
RestaurantAvailable Facilities
Clubhouse, Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities, LockersAccolades
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Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2023 #6)
Reviews
Reviewer Photos
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Photo submitted by dkinchi on 08/02/2023
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Photo submitted by dkinchi on 08/02/2023
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Photo submitted by dkinchi on 08/02/2023
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Photo submitted by dkinchi on 08/02/2023
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Photo submitted by dkinchi on 08/02/2023
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Photo submitted by LadyGolfer18 on 08/11/2017
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Photo submitted by LadyGolfer18 on 08/11/2017
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Photo submitted by DavidLaDuke on 04/06/2015
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Photo submitted by DavidLaDuke on 04/06/2015
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Photo submitted by DavidLaDuke on 04/06/2015
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Photo submitted by DavidLaDuke on 04/06/2015
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9 hole layout on east course Photo submitted by DavidLaDuke on 04/06/2015
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9 Hole layout on South course Photo submitted by DavidLaDuke on 04/06/2015
Course itself was good, but amenities severely lacking. Only Porta-potties!
Rating and slope don't align with the course
Everything about the round was great. The staff was friendly and helpful. The pace of play was very acceptable. We knew ahead of time that the clubhouse was closed and the amenities were slim.
My big issue is the slope and rating. This is an easy course, especially the South course. It is forgiving off of the tea, and easily avoidable trouble once you're off the tee. The rating and slope are too high and unfairly affects one's handicap index.
We played the South-East layout, and the East course was much more challenging. Still overall, easier than the rating indicates
Disappointing pace of play and pin placements
A 8:30 morning round with a cart should never take almost 5 hours to finish. I think for starters they did not space out the tee times far enough part. Then the pace of play was very slow and there were no rangers out monitoring the speed of play. On one hole the group of front of us just stopped to get drinks in the middle of the fairway holding our group and the group behind us on the tee. Also the pin placements were not ideal with just about every pin being placed at the edge the green.
Overcoming the Bad Rap
I've seen a lot of negative reviews on this course since they had a run of bad luck with weather and course management [for whatever reason] and was leery to play it...but I was pleasantly surprised. Fairways were groomed and mowed short, bunkers were soft, greens were running smooth and overall I think this course is rebounding nicely. No clubhouse? Who cares...I didn't go there to lounge around and enjoy the decor. Beverage cart saw us three times over the course of our round too. Glad we gave it a chance to earn our business again.
Broken with a huge down Arrow
Clubhouse closed all season.....too lazy to repair pipes that burst over the winter. No running water (except bottom level of the clubhouse where carts are stored). No bathrooms with running water just two smelly outhouses near a decrepit building by the range (off mats) and outhouses midway through each of the 3 nines. They even have an electrical cord run from the closed clubhouse to power the stuffy/hot "check in" building....and you drive your cart over the cord a few times. The carts themselves were completely filthy. Trash in all of them - basically dirty sticky messes. There was nurse service which was a surprise.
DON"T BOTHER. While the course has decently maintained fairway and traps.....the greens are sandpaper to inconsistent at best and bumpy. They were micro aerated recently but doubtful they'll be remotely smooth the rest of the season.....it was difficult to figure out the pace of the greens......they are that inconsistent. Some putts just stop or hop up out of nowhere and others run out much more than others.
FYI - the north nine features double greens that in years past had two flags. One difficult pin and one easy pin. They are not mapped well on your garmin.....my yardages were way off front to back the entire north nine. Without local knowledge they can be really difficult to club because of the extreme distances front to back....as well as side to side.
Course is not even remotely worth the $40 plus weekday and $50 plus plus weekend rates they are charging. Not recommended.
I will give them another try next season....but may not unless they are back in the actual clubhouse. I don't get the idea they really care.
Great shape...
I read reviews that the course was in bad shape. When we played in early September, the course was in a GREAT shape. We got out early and there was still dew on the ground. This is a no frills course. Pro shop is a shack. No bar. The beverage service on the course has only beer and two alcohols. We teed off at 7:20am and was looking forward to some bloodies to no avail. I would come back.
Greens were a little slow and they were different from south to north! Course was in good shape and the maint staff was doing the best they could with the greens! Would play it again!!
Avg Course, Needs Some TLC
Fairways in decent condition... greens were a battlefield, clubhouse/kitchen/pro-shop were all under construction which was not disclosed to me when I made my reservation (Golf-Now shortfall).
TERRIBLE COURSE
WOW! Terrible course conditions!! 5 GREENS minimum, no putt conditions! Tore up. Dead Greens!! Working out of TRAILER on the side of the course. &30 with promos WAY TO MUCH. Starter was more worried about getting an EXTRA $10 for a single rider cart! Every hole had 3 & 4 carts.!!!!! NEVER AGAIN not even if FREE !!!!!
The greens were in terrible shape. Nothing was mentioned about the greens being aerated. The clubhouse was closed. I have played this course before and enjoyed it, but this weekend's round felt like a terrible waste of money. These issues should have been disclosed.
Good course to try once
I like the 3 different 9 hole course layout. The greens were very rough, balls were skipping. Some of the green layouts were very odd. Would probably play again, but wouldn’t go out of my way to come here.
Greens
Half the greens were dead bc of chemicals put into greens either rejected it or put too much or even the wrong chemicals down so half the greens are unplayable along with the entire south 9 being closed. Clubhouse is closed under construction so the side shack by the range is the temporary check in. $68 round bc of the mess up on the course side they take off $10 not worth it. Hopefully the greens will have healed for next season bc it’s a great course to play.