George W Dunne National Golf Course

The national has been around for a long time. When first opened, cars lined up south all the way to the metra tracks, before online bookings. The course is pretty much exactly the same as then. It was supposed to be a tour course, but never seemed to materialize. Guess Oak Forest doesn't have amenities to host one. My opinion, not fact. The course got really crappy and then was privatized, and the greens and fairways are nice again. The sand traps are still rather hit or miss. some are dirt, some actually have sand in them. There are a lot of them and you will find yourself in them once in a while. Wish more attention was paid to that aspect, but I understand cost vs reward. Water is very playable and the course is quiet and woodsy with deer almost always popping out on various holes. Mom and 2 fawns with spots on 13 and another set of deer on another. Not even scared, yards away. Overall, very good course and easy to get too via I-57 or I-80. Worth the cost, play the tips for a really challenging round, it changes the mindset and play process on just about every hole, i.e. water comes more into play, or angles get worse on drives, etc.

Sand traps are ridiculously, but have been for years.

I think it’s still in the recovery process from the torrential rain a week before. I do like the course layout and difficulty. Pace of play was a bit slow but it was a packed house on a holiday so to be expected.

This was the first time I played this course, and was generally very pleased with the layout and the conditions of the fairways and greens. It must be said that the bunkers are unplayable. They are either hard as a rock, underwater or completely barren. Frankly, it seems like they don't even want you to play in them. For the price, I think this is unacceptable.

This course could be fantastic. There is heavy bunkering on the course but they’re terribly maintained. If the bunkers were taken care of, the rating would be much higher.

Coarse was in horrible shape. All bunkers were knee deep with water. Lost 4 balls in the sand trap. Fairway were full of mud. They charge top dollar also. Ask after round for any compensation and was told nothing. Horrible day terrible experience will never golf there again.

As any other time I've played here, the course was in good shape. Some the sand traps were difficult to play from due to standing water, or very wet sand. Many were unraked with deep footprints in them. Pace of play was good.

Great course layout! We’ll maintained greens & fairways but don’t get into the rough. Sand conditions could be better but then again, it had just rained the night before.

All in all a great course.

Course is in great condition except for the sand traps. Some were ok but most were short of sand and hard as a rock.

Played at dawn. The three groups in front insisted on the champ tees and none could carry the rough to the fairway. No ranger. 5 hour round at dawn.

After years of struggle, National is back. The new superintendent knows what he is doing. I played at 6am so pace wasn't an issue...but don't count on GPS or yardage markers. Fairways are tight and in great shape. Greens are in solid 9am and rolling nice. Bunkers are still a bit of a challenge but not horrible. Make sure take care of bathroom breaks at the turn as there are no immunities. Dan the starter was very nice and welcoming.

Overall..this is a championship course from yellows and a fun challenge from others.. If Troon supports this Superintendent then this will be back on the top 25 list.