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4.5
143 Reviews (143)
5 Stars
76
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.7
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.1
97.8%
Recommend this course
139 out of 143 reviews
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4.2
6 Reviews (6)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
1
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Conditions
4.0
Value
4.5
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.5
100.0%
Recommend this course
6 out of 6 reviews
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4.5
32 Reviews (32)
5 Stars
23
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
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Conditions
4.3
Value
4.8
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.8
96.9%
Recommend this course
31 out of 32 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6571 yards
Slope 124
Rating 71.2
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Course Details

Year Built 1974
Fairways Blue Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 3/01 Closed: 11/30
Architect Lowell Beggs

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Beverage Carts

Available Facilities

Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Illinois (2023 #21)

Reviews

4.5
143 Reviews (143)
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Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Always a fun round a Silver ridge

Glad to see them working on the cart paths , it will make a great course even better

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course in great shape considering the drought. Will play here again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 71
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Layout, Friendly staff, Fairly maintained, AWFUL cartpaths

I love the hilly terrain and the layout. Most of the holes have a reasonable elevation change. Holes 2, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16 and 17 are amazing! If you play there you must use the back tees on 11 and 12 , if you can find them. Tee box on hole #14 (par 3) is the only tee box maintained reasonably well because it is along Highway 2. No coincidence I suppose. Please fix the deep pot holes on the cart paths... They are dangerous. If you have a bad back, do not use then. I recommend this course ONLY for the visual appeal.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beautiful day!

Course play was fast, the staff was very accommodating, I arrived a bit early and was able to go off early!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Challenging

Driven by this course for 30 years. First round today. Very challenging, some tight fairways and smaller greens. I thought the layout was great. Wjhoever decided to carve out a course in these woods must have had a good time doing so. I think I would struggle if I tried to walk it. Some long green to tee stolls

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 71
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

A diamond with rough edges

A scenic track, just off Rock River , with plenty of elevation changes on most of the holes. Fairways and greens in reasonably good shape, A few sand bunkers need major restoration. Friendly staff. A recipe for an enjoyable round, right? But................the cart paths are in horrible shape. I avoided them whenever I could. They need to be replace. I know it is expensive to build/replace cart paths, but please put some asphalt into the deep holes for a start.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun course

The course was in great shape. It's a fun place to play. They could use some maintenance to the cart paths as they are starting to detereate.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Challenging Course extremely bad cart paths

The Course has some wonderful challenging fairways. Some so narrow you might have to tee off with your favorite iron just to keep it in play. But also some nice wide ones mixed in to give one a confidence lift for not hitting perfectly straight! But the cart paths were extremely bumpy. Pot holes everwhere. This course is beeter played by walking this will save on your kidney punches at every turn. Also the pace of play was quite pushy. not fun when golfers can't back off and be patient. Other than that it is a challenging and beautiful course set in the hills and woods. Actually saw a Mama deer with her two babies. Almost hit them with my tee off. She sniffed it and moved on. LOL! I quaint moment!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Much Better

Staff is much better since Brian arrived, love playing there now !!!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Steamy day on a great course

Muggy as bleep, but the course was humming. The pace was a tad slow, but not too bad. Course was in great shape, and love playing there. Must do Heavenly 11, what a blast.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 28
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 38
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Favorite Course

Have been playing this course for over 30 years and it is awesome. It’s in better shape now than ever before.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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