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4.4
783 Reviews (783)
5 Stars
380
4 Stars
295
3 Stars
67
2 Stars
26
1 Stars
15
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.4
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.2
93.8%
Recommend this course
698 out of 783 reviews
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4.6
31 Reviews (31)
5 Stars
19
4 Stars
11
3 Stars
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0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.6
Value
4.5
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.8
96.8%
Recommend this course
30 out of 31 reviews
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4.5
52 Reviews (52)
5 Stars
32
4 Stars
17
3 Stars
1
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2
1 Stars
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Conditions
4.5
Value
4.4
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.7
94.2%
Recommend this course
49 out of 52 reviews
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Course Highlights
Chevy Chase consistently impresses with outstanding course conditions, from firm and playable fairways to well-sanded bunkers and treated rough areas. Friendly staff, smooth pace of play, and strong value make this a course worth returning to.

About

Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Style Parkland
Par 72
Length 6610 yards
Slope 128
Rating 71.9

Chevy Chase Country Club (formerly known as Traditions at Chevy Chase Country Club) in Wheeling is one of Chicagoland's top public golf facilities. Thomas Bendelow designed the golf course in 1925. The classic layout remained largely the same until 2002 when a major renovation updated the course and made it more challenging. The layout now has deep pot bunkers lined with tall native fescue that border the generous, rolling greens and undulating fairways. Though it is more challenging than it was, the golf course still offers a player-friendly round. Four sets of tees also ensure that golfers can play to their skill level. The course finishes with its signature hole, a par 5 that features water both left and right of the landing area off the tee. Three massive bunkers and yet another pond all fiercely guard the green as well.

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Course Details

Year Built 1925
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 4/01 Closed: 12/01
Architect Tom Bendelow (1925) Bob Lohmann (2002) Dick Nugent Todd Quitno (2002)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

4.4
783 Reviews (783)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 8
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 9

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Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Awesome

Exceeded my expectations. First time playing this course, I will definitely be back with friends

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 07/21/2026:
Thank you for the five-star review! We're thrilled you enjoyed your visit and appreciate you choosing to spend your time with us. We look forward to welcoming you back soon.
Played On
Reviews 29
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 59
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good local public course

This course is always in very good shape. Despite being flat, there is some visual interest and challenge. They should add a set of combo tees to the score card because the tips are 6,600 yards, and the next set are 6,000. I think there’s a similar gap/opportunity among the more forward tees. The only other downside is the lack of a driving range, and they just don’t have the land for one.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Chevy is in nice shape.

This course maintenance is immaculate.

Fairways running, greens running, bunkers in great shape, rough somewhat mild clovery.

Practice putting green but no driving range.

First time I have played this course since the the mid-late 80s so the remodel is new to me.

I've always liked the layout...it's more than just up and back.

It was a hot day and I was a single with no place to go...I ended up only playing 11 holes.

This is a nice course...go play it.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 07/04/2026:
Thank you for the five-star review! We're thrilled you enjoyed your visit and appreciate you choosing to spend your time with us. We look forward to welcoming you back soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Phenomal

Chevy Chase Golf Course is by far the best golf course around. The staff was very professional and extremely Nice. The food was extremely delicious, but the golf course was immaculate. Every hole was perfect. No flaws. I will be going there again soon.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 07/03/2026:
Thank you for the wonderful feedback! Knowing you enjoyed your experience means a lot to our team. We can't wait to welcome you back again soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful Course

Immaculate course! Moderate speed greens! Friendly staff and perfect pace of play. We’ll be back!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

No Range

We showed up early to hit balls at the range, but no range. Maybe this is common in the Chicago area and we are not used to it, but that was disappointing.

GolfNow should make this known to their customers, not the golf courses fault.

EVERYTHING else was fantastic! The course was great, pace of play was great, staff was great!

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course, clubhouse with great potential.

The course is beautiful, great value for the price. The clubhouse is very new but with an inconveniently located, and oddly small restroom. A small complaint to be sure, but I found it very strange. I'd go they're again and recommend it.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

No ranger

Great course, love this place. Cart path only due to previous nights rain. No problem. Keep the fairways in good shape, except the 20 something boys discovered that they could drive up the fairways in reverse. No ranger to be found. Lack of effective management.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Better than expected

Having paid only $65 to walk on a Sunday morning , I wasn’t expecting to be overly impressed. But this course has a pretty interesting layout. Only a few boring holes. From the midnight tees, the length was moderately challenging. Conditioning was mostly good, although it would be better if greens were faster. Overall I was pleasantly surprised and will definitely come back.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great place, but not great pace

First time here and booked a twilight tee time on a whim. My first solo round also resulted in my first ever birdie and continued improvements to my game. Had to tee off at the 150 mark due to a wedding on the first hole, grouped with a dad & younger sons before I zoomed off. It was very windy on the first 9, not as much on the back 9. Fairways were great, tee boxes were so-so given it was late, and the greens were fast. The wind wasn't the issue, it was the pace of play.

Normally I hate being hounded for pace. If you really want to be a rule reader, do that at a private course. I spend the same as other golfers, I'm just having a good time...but today I understood. Maybe that's twilight golf in a nutshell (first time twilight round). Didn't see a ranger once, idk, no cart girl either. I was able to play through other groups (including multiple walking groups of kids basically playing pattycake) until around hole 13 when pace completely stalled. Me, another solo, and a group of 3 were racing against sunset basically as a group of 5 rest of the way (shoutout to those guys). That compounded at hole 15 behind a group of ladies straight up chatting on the tee box with nobody on their fairway or green. We didn't have enough time to play 15-18 due to sunset, so we skipped all of them to just flip around and play 8 & 9 again.

Overall good experience and nice looking course, but no ranger presence and not even getting to play the entire course due to the pace of others soured things a bit at the end. I'll be back at some point.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great place to play

Great course awesome staff we play here all

The time and love it

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 05/04/2026:
We’re so glad you had a great experience! Thank you for the support — we’ll be ready to welcome you back for another great round.
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