Makray Memorial Golf Club

This is our Test course because of the challenge it presents to aspiring and bragging partners. It can simply take the wind out of sail on certain holes if you make a dumb decision. Even when are on the green at wrong place, it will make you pay the price. fast and unpredictable contours on the green Back Tees are real test and all facets of your game got to be fairly well in order to shoot average score.

Staff is OK, pace is fine generally. Green sometimes are beaten up but still great value.

They treat you like second class citizens if you book through golf now, guy at front desk hardly said a word and ranger wasn't much better just drove right by us when we were only people sitting on the first tee. For the money they charge you think they would be a little friendlier. Great course greens were kind of beat up for this early in the year but like I said if you book though golf now don't look for much in customer service aspect

I got a great price for this wonderful course. I got there just in time and had a great time. The course is hard and you get a sense that you are on a very high quality course. The staff is great, the facilities are excellent and the course is challenging and well maintained. I am looking forward to golfing this course again.

Played after a day of rain and light rain on the day of play. The greens were stilllll lighting quick. Above the hole,...you might as well concede to a three putt cuz you don't hit the cup you can kiss it good bye. I played twice here in a week and even with that knowledge it still cost me several strokes. Apart from that there are maybe 4 stand out holes, everything else follows the same routine for the most part. Greens were elevated, protected and rolling undulation on every hole. Overall I enjoy this course but just don't see it being worth the amount they are charging because its BARRRRington. C'mon! $94? Loco. Don't pay more than $30.

Great Course, be ready to lose some balls.

1st time golfing out there and it was pleasant and the course is in great conditions !

The only time I've played here is with deep discounts which are only available in cold weather months. Normally, the course is too pricy for my blood. This course is everything that's wrong about golf these. It's far too challenging for the average golfer to enjoy. I played the silver tees and even those had a slope of 131. I don't mind a challenge but the 9th green complex is ridiculous. I hit a nice high 8 iron shot to the front right of the green. My ball ended up in a deep bunker left and short of the green. Didn't have an issue with pace as the course was nearly empty on a Saturday. That tells me something.

The condition of the course was impeccable and some of the holes are very nice. But this is a course for only the single digit guys and is borderline unfair even for them on certain holes.

The course is just so beautiful. It was a perfect day with very pleasant weather, and the course just makes a plus! We enjoyed very much and everyone was quite happy. The scenic enjoyment is part of the game. The green is quite challenging and very fast. The course provides bottled water and very good restaurant menu. We definitely will come back if the price can be a little cheaper.

I play all over the Chicago area but for some reason had never made it to Makray until this past weekend. What a mistake on my part! Not only was this the best conditioned course I've played all year but each hole seems to offer unique challenges. We played from the gold tees and our group consisted of 4 solid 8 - 12 handicappers and it was a great challenge. We all especially loved several of the very short par 4's that really challenge your strategy of club selection from the tee box. In our opinion this ranks with Bowes Creek as the top two public courses in Chicago. Pace of play was slow and the group in front of us could have used some help with the never seen marshal to push them along instead of looking for balls in every hazard. The staff at the restaurant were especially nice and the food is top notch. Will definitely make this a regular stop for our group.

I played in 50 degree weather with 30mph wind and it was very difficult (especially the putting), but what a great course. The greenskeeper has done an excellent job. I was playing with a severely bruised ribs and it was a painful experience, but well worth it to be so lucky to enjoy such a beautiful place.

Greens were incredible and the fairways pristine.

great value

The greens were some of the most beautiful, best and true rolling that I have seen only on a few other courses. More public courses need to do what Mackray does on greens. Beautiful day topped off by beautiful course. And the clubhouse is outstanding, suitable for my wife and I to dine after our round. Not that many clubhouses are that elegant, that good of food, nice environment. It is nearly an hour drive for us from Hinsdale, but well worth it.

One of the most difficult courses in the area, the green are Masters like super super fast

The course challenging and the greens are very fast.

Having paid $92.00 I was expecting an immaculate course with fast even greens. I was hugely disappointed! The fairways were not well maintained with lots of patches of dead grass, we were told by the starter that the greens rolling at around an 11, evidently he had no idea what he was talking about. Not only were they slow and sluggish, they were uneven and very poorly maintained.
To add to my entire groups frustrations with the course the pace of play was bad, my group and that in front were held up for the entire round by a foursome who allowed nearly two entire holes to open up in front of them, resulting in U.S. Waiting for 5 minutes on every tee box.
Having played regularly in the area I can only conclude that the price point has been set bases on the zip code and nothing more. There are 20 courses within a half hour drive that will cost you half as much to play and are significantly better maintained.
Needless to say I with not be going back to Makray again!

74$ on the weekend to walk is a price to keep certain people away. The redesign is great but the greens were beat up around the hole. I play at a 9 and I played with a gent who is a 1 and we both agreed on our level of disappointment at how beat up the area around the hole was. It was like a nice IPA, hoppy. From the tee box though the course can be breathtaking. Especially on 4, 10, 11, and 18. My playing partner and I also commented on how the course was hard, but not unfair. If you just crack into the single digits on your index, play the tees one set forward. If you're under a 5 go play the backs and try to break 80. This course doesn't meet the $74 walking rate. Blackstone, Golf Club of Illinois, and Whisper Creek are better and cheaper. $30 bucks on Golf Now was a steal though. At $74 bucks all I could think of was Judge Smails saying, "Some people just don't belong." Get over yourself Makray.

A little pricey but fairways were perfect, greens were lightning fast and sometimes you couldn't stop the putt. Approach shots would hold. Greens could use a little work as there were ball marks from people not repairing the correctly

Recommend for experienced player.Beautiful lay out .Course is in very good condition from tee to green.

This is an excellent, top-tier golf course. Fairways are well manicured and the greens run true and fast. Good mix of long and short holes. They don't have a "snack bar" where you can run in and get a "dog 'n a beer" at the turn. You have to go into the dining room and wait for the bartender - which could be a while. Regular price at this course is pretty high. I found a last-minute hot deal for $40 which is the only reason I chose this course. I rarely pay over $50 for a round of golf.

I have played Makray 10-12 times over the past 8 years and loved playing it every time. It is challenging and long but just a wonderful track. I haven't played here in 4 years and I have to be honest, it was beaten and bruised. Not because of lack of maintenance but seemingly from abusive and neglectful players. It usually draws a prim and proper crowd so I am guessing non-caring kids have been playing here lately. I say this because I can think of anyone else that would leave big marks and gashes on the tee boxes and all over the greens. Not just one or two but on just about every hole.

My only complaint outside of that was the cup placements were placed in very strange and complicated areas. One was 7 feet from left fringe on far left side and another was placed to roll 20-30 feet downhill if you didn't drain the put no matter how soft you hit it.