George W Dunne National Golf Course

Played here many times always enjoy the layout, conditions were good other than the traps need more sand and care all in all a great value

The pace of play was a joke. After 5 hrs and 16 holes, I had enough. I ended up walking off. The sand traps need sand, always an issue at Dunne. The layout makes up for the negatives, fun and challenging.

First time at the course, live in the area as well. Right out of the gate greeted by rude staff. Nearly 10 minutes early means that your late, as we were told that the starter was looking for us and there was another twosome with us that was on the tee….okay well a tee time means you tee off at that time, we had plenty of time. Seems like if your not one of the daily regulars on the course, they treat you like you don’t matter. This really ruined the experience off the bat, we felt rushed and started off poorly. Being rushed to tee off, but the group in front of us held us up…made lots of sense. Course layout is difficult, there’s so much sand here. Every green is protected by at least 2 bunkers. They aren’t really sand bunkers, more like dirt bunkers. Understandable that sand isn’t cheap anymore, but these bunkers were a joke. It was like hitting out of concrete. The fairways are absolutely immaculate. Grass is perfectly green and cut to a perfect height. The greens are also immaculate. Great job on these. However the rough looks like someone sprayed glyphosate all over on accident. It’s been fairly cool and has recently rained. They shouldn’t be dry or dead looking. They were also pretty long. About 3.5-4” long. Played with someone from out of state and he was pretty mentally drained by the 13th hole with how difficult it was. I like a good challenge. But not a course with so many bunkers, and concrete bunkers at that. However, the attitude and rudeness off the bat really set me the wrong way for the rest of the day. I’ve heard this course is or was very politically influenced in the past. It is a cook county owned course on the cook county forest preserve grounds. Seemed like because we had no political affiliation to the cook county crooked machine, we weren’t treated well. Who knows. If you like well kept fairways, greens, tee boxes, bunkers galore, and a rude staff….this is your place.

Cost to what you get is awesome. Lot of sand, and the bunkers could use some work, but other than that course was great.

Nice course and very good value. Interesting course layout with a variety of holes. Bunkers have been fixed (a problem in prior years). Rough inconsistent in some areas, but generally good. Staff pleasant and helpful.

This is a great golf course except for the condition of the bunkers. Most were unplayable. It is such a shame because it is such a great layout. Tees and fairways good, rough tough, greens in good condition but too slow for a course of this caliber.

I never shoot great here, but I still love the course. I've never played it and NOT seen either deer or coyote. Tee boxes are level, greens play true, fairways are decent. But the bunkers need some fresh sand. Also, the bunkers are huge and they have one rake each, which always seems to be laying on the opposite side from where my ball is. It doesn't matter to me, but clearly no one else makes the walk to the rake because I landed in a several footprints and raked out others' divots multiple times. Back 9 is no picnic, I'm usually exhausted after playing this course. But it's still a classic, one of the best Muni Courses in the Midwest.

There are a lot of bunkers through the course - especially the front nine. The issue is that not one of them had been raked by staff at the beginning of the day or potentially the entire year. They were 75% unplayable which added five stroke to an already difficult course / 136 Slope.

For the amount of sand traps on the course .. one would think they would be in great condition and maintained up to par … one thing I wish the course would look into. Overall tho still one of the best layouts around town

Course was in good shape always love this course really could not understand cart path only but I know they have rules there was only 2 holes that were questionable but over all I will always go back!

The course always plays tough for me, but this time you could tell the rough had not been cut recently or was just higher than normal. Also the heat the last few days made for extremely fast greens

Waiting on every hole to tee off. All this due to Starter allowing two somes to go out. Should have paired them with other 2 somes.

Excellent layout and conditions, given the tremendous amount of rain this spring. Greens were fast and smooth. However, the liner material is visible in numerous bunkers. Other large bunkers didn't have rakes. It is definitely an area that needs attention.

Good condition for cart path only

Traps need work

Excellent staff