The Lakes Country Club

After having played many courses in Illinois this was a downgrade. The staff were extremely friendly which was a plus but I just do not see myself ever coming back here. Fairways are not distinguished from the rough in terms of grass height, tough shots from anywhere you are but the greens. Greens were not well maintained. The sand traps were pitiful to even call a sand trap. Pace of play was awful, seems to be overbooked. Playing 18 here is just playing the first 9 again, which means on your wrap around you wait for the people with tee times at the time you return, which greatly slows down pace of play after your first round. Ultimately, it was still a fun course and nice to try once, but I would not come back here to play again.

9 hole that you play twice, fairways are narrow... grass was long but assume that was due to all the rain... will give it a try again when it dries out. Good beginner course.

Great course for a beginner to get started with. Lots of room for mistakes without losing your balls. Course is relatively easy and very open. Beautiful trees but with wide fairways. Well maintained and well placed sand traps provide some challenge. Friendly staff and not crowded so you can play at a nice pace.

Course plays fast and fun. Wide fairways. Big greens. Great food at the clubhouse.

Nice wide open course... The gentleman working the clubhouse must be one of the nicest people ive ever met..if i lived closer i would go to this course all the time

Not much to this 9 hole course but the greens were in good shape. There is not a lot of trouble as they are filling up most of the bunkers. It needs more challenging holes . I believe there is only 1 dog leg on the entire course.

Very nice greens with the exception of #9. Nice stone yardage markers. Never felt pushed.
We had an enjoyable round.

This golf course has changed ownership several times. Several trees are dead and marked to be taken out. The clubhouse isn't open until 11. The new management is a work in progress. The course needs some TLC. Ground under repair hasn't been repaired. Some traps are full of weeds and no sand. The greens are not extremely bad but not good in all areas. Overall the fairways are good.

Despite seeing a earlier review which gave a different picture of this course, I found the course to be well maintained, especially the greens. It is not a difficult course but there are a few holes that make it challenging. The tee boxes and traps were better then I thought they would be. The off course amenities in term of the bar/restaurant offers a decent atmosphere and good food. I will definitely return to enjoy this course in the future.

This course is in better shape now than it's been in the last 4 years that I've played there

This used to be a great cheap practice course. It had long wide fairways no rough, lots of trees and it was quiet. They don't water the course at all so the greens and fairways are rock hard. They raised their prices and it's no longer worth it. It is now more expensive than high quality courses in the area like nettle creek, pine hills, heritage bluffs etc.. They also used to let juniors golf for free with a paying adult. This brought out a lot of families. They reversed that and charge $36for a junior. No other course in the area charges over 20 for a junior. I used to go regularly, I probably will not golf there again. It's now practice course with a country club rate.s
Reasturant does have good food.

The course was good for what it was. It is a 9 hole course that the 2nd 9 hole tees are not well identified. Otherwise it was a nice day to play and the course was in pretty good condition. Greens were in great shape.
In the description it should state that it is a nine hole course. I would not have played it if I had known in advance.