Bloomingdale Golfers Club

Played here plenty of times and course is always in good shape. Practice facilities are great and bar after the round is great too. I have one rule when I play this course and that’s to tee off early!! You need to tee off about a hour after sunrise or less otherwise expect a long round. My group tee time was 7am and done by 11 on a Saturday.

The course is in good condition and the pace was great!

Ron L

Went to check out the course to see if I could put it in the rotation for a group of guys that play together every week. The course was in real good shape, and the staff was fantastic. Outcome will be to add them to our rotation.

The course was in good shape for this area! Got out early and played 36 holes in about 8 hours

Tee times stacked up every 7 minutes. Started 30mins late after arriving 15mins early. This is a 5hr+ round unless you’re one of the first groups out for the day. Course is very well-kept, staff is very friendly.

I’m not prone to leaving negative reviews online, but anyone debating playing here needs to be warned. I’ve been a regular at Bloomingdale for a couple of years now and it used to be a great place to play. Unfortunately, since the new management has taken over they have run the place into the ground. These are just the experiences from my round today, but they are pretty indicative of how it is there almost every weekend day.

We had a 2:15 tee time and there were not carts available until 2:10. We load up and head to the first tee and there are multiple groups in front of us that still haven’t teed off yet (the course books seven minute tee times, which is bad enough for pace of play, but they also squeeze walk ins in between). We finally tee off about 20 minutes late and the pace does not get any better from there. We were planning to play 18, but gave up after taking 2 hours and 50 minutes to play 9 holes.

Unfortunately, those are all things you experience with every weekend round at Bloomingdale. What was new today was they turned the sprinklers on while people were playing on the holes. Initially assuming it was a mistake, we asked the beverage cart attendant to call into the office to let them know. A moment later, the sprinklers came on more holes were people were playing. It was at this point we decided to end our round. When we made our concerns known to the manager in the clubhouse, he said that it was hot out and the grass needs watered, even if that means watering while people are on the hole.

Fairways and greens are decent. Better than in years' past. Some bare spots around oak trees that should have probably been removed a long time ago. Rough is mostly sparse hard-pan. No real complaints about conditions.

But the course has 7-minute intervals on tee times, which is comically bad and resembles a "Club Pro Guy" joke. We had a 9am (email confirmed) start... which was magically moved to 9:07am to accommodate a random solo golfer... and we still teed off 20 minutes after the 9:07am adjusted time.

On the back nine, a random twosome attempted to cut in front of our group on the 10th tee. They informed us "the pro shop told them to go off the back." We didn't allow them to do so, but his raises a couple of scenarios:

1) The pro shop did approve this, despite knowing the entire course was packed and there were two groups on every tee-box

or

2) Management didn't know some random group was sneaking out on the back nine.

Either way... not acceptable for a course in "decent" shape which charges $70+.

Our round ultimately took 5 hours and 5 minutes to finish. Zero excuse for this. They can literally charge $10 more, and extend tee times to 10 minute intervals. The place would still be packed. But at least it wouldn't be a slap in the face to golfers on the weekends.

Do not travel any distance to play here Saturday or Sunday mornings, unless you're OK with 5+ hour rounds... while starting 20-30 minutes late.

The course layout and staff was great. Just to close of tee times and no ranger to move the pace of play. 3 groups of golfers waiting on each hole so at least you had an audience watching you while you tee off. Longest round of my life. Teed off at 12:15 and finished at 6:30 never going back at least not in season.

Got off early & never waited on a shot. Played in about 2 1/2 hours. Greens are good

Course layout is varied and will definitely play differently from different tees. We played Green tees which was fine for a beginner and an intermediate golfer. Tee boxes and greens were in good condition. Fairways had some bare spots. Sand traps were well maintained. Slow play on front nine but loosened up on back so not too bad but a little concerning. Overall would play again and recommend.

The course itself is nice for the money per round and has one of the better grass driving ranges. That said, do not play on the weekends. 6+ hour rounds. No real marshal to keep order and send people off. Was the 10:20 tee time and didn’t even get to start until 11:00 and then it was 6 hours on top of that.