Stonewall Orchard Golf Club

Stonewall is a great course with awesome drainage after rain. Greens are in excellent condition. Pace of play is a little slow on weekends. Nicest starter in the business.

Greens were fast, smooth and firm. Fairways were firm. Range had very little grass but was still very nice given early season. Great range balls.

The highlight of this course for me was seeing a coyote and white tails on the course, decent layout. Nothing special to what I get to play in Wisconsin. Looks on the web page super nice, but when you play here its not all that special. Average at best. So many divot makers all over this course, the course is not in great shape. And the putting greens here, are just sad. Very horrible. Like putting on concrete. and if you like to fly the greens like a do, plan on your ball taking so a huge hop and fly off these dry greens, and so many divot greens makers on every hole, wondered if they have a greens keeper at all. But so much water you think they could find some to water the concrete greens. No championship course I have played has these bad of shape greens. Makes this course not worth a second chance. Go play it you will see what I am talking about, definitely not worth there lowest price, thank god I got golf now price, I would never pay the ridiculis prices they ask for this PGA so called qualifier. That's funny to me. The layout is nice . I shot an 90 here from the tips, because of so many 3 putts. not very hard course if you can play golf management. Man those greens are so horrible, for such a course advertising how great jhey think they are. Aweful.. The local father and son team we played with said they get harder and faster in the summer. One and so done with this course.

This was my 3rd time playing at Stonewall this year and I had to post a review. Have played at all the courses that Golf Digest and Golf Week rank ahead of Stonewall in Illinois and they just don't compare. If you are looking for the best greens of any public golf course in Illinois, go to Stonewall Orchard. I live in the city and the drive was well worth the trip, only took about an hour. The three hole stretch of holes 4, 5 & 6 can be challenging but three of the best holes in the state.

Stonewall is one of the best golfing values in Chicago area. The course conditions and greens are country club quality. Course difficulty is challenging but fair.

i personally like the fact the course is not surrounded by houses. Each hole is unique and private.

Other Chicago area courses of "like quality" are typically twice the cost of Stonewall.

This course has a nice balance in the variety of the difficulty of the holes. A good challenge for all skill levels as it also has a good variety of tees.

Always in good condition.

In addition to the great course conditions and greens that are purer than a lot of private club greens I've ever played is the wildlife roaming the course. Yesterday we had three Sand Hill Cranes checking me and my buddy out as we teed off on number 3! I've been playing Stonewall for years and always tell people that if they haven't played here yet, then they're missing one of the best public tracks in the state. Smooth, fast greens: check. 18 holes all different from one another: check. Pine trees, oak trees and wetlands: check. Challenging course: double check! Hopefully, there's still more golf left this year cause me and my buddies will be back. Snapped the pic of the par 3 13th during the round yesterday. Great hole!

On Golf Now we paid 80% of full fee even though the course was empty, very odd.
From the moment our group arrived the rangers were rushing us along. We arrived 45 minutes before our tee time, the rangers came over from the first tee and said "we need you guys ready to go when its your time". I looked over and for the next 20 minutes NO ONE tee'ed off from number one, very odd.
Why isn't Stonewall Orchard selling all these unused tee times a a better discounted rate? again very odd.
Probably 4 to 5 times we saw rangers on the course, why???? Heck there was nobody playing on a beautiful 65 degree day, are the rates too high?? Very odd.

I actually think there was more staff on duty than golfers on the course, again odd.

But again "what a truly beautiful course" loved the experience on the course, funny except when I ran into anybody that worked there.

There were several reviews that boasted how great this course was, and it was far enough out of town that I figured it would not be crowded so I gave it a try while I was in town. HUGE mistake! First off the staff isn't rude, but they aren't nice either......I would say they were a bit aloof and cold. The starter was insistent that we start exactly on time. In order for this to happen he proceeded to tell us where water was located on the holes, bathrooms, and what the yardage markers meant....pretty much like neither of us had ever played golf. Needless to say the foursome in front of us was walking off the first green before we even teed off.

Okay, so not a huge deal.....I could get over that. But try playing a golf course where the greens have so many old divots your ball jumps and moves so bad you can't even get a true putt, all day!! What good are nice tee boxes and fairways if the greens are horrible?? Pair that with NO marshal at all on the course and you end up playing behind a foursome who have no one in front of them for a nice 4:45 minute round.....on a Tuesday afternoon!!!????!!!!

There is NO way I would play this course again. Instead of the starters who take their job WAY to serious camping out on the first tee they should drive around the course and monitor pace!

Loved the course, especially the 8th hole. Greens are quite a test. Only complaint is a bit pricey for the area.

Cant ask for much better. Excellent layout, challenging greens. One of my favorite chicagoland courses, and i've played many of them!

The course received quite a bit of water the past few weeks...a bit soggy. The weather was not the greatest the day we played as well. Overall, a fun track and would love to play again with better weather and course condition. Looks as if they maintain the bulk of the course properly and green/cart fees seem below what the course offers, I would pay more to play agin.

I would recommend you play when you get a chance.

This is a wonderful course completely ruined by an unacceptable pace of play. We started as a twosome, joined the twosome in front of us (no problem with that) and then the twosome behind us joined us so we were six. We still were waiting on each shot. It was a Sunday so maybe better during the week but I will never go back on the weekend.

Cart path only day, which caused for some slow play. Course in relatively good shape considering the amount of rain. Pretty good value.

Great course. Some hard shots to commit to with wetlands blocking the view. Trust your numbers, hit quality shots, and you can post a good score.

Get a yardage book if you are playing for your first time.

Beautiful course for advanced golfers, tough with lots of sand and water,, fast pace of play, staff friendly, lots of drink carts,will go back

Stonewall is a great course very difficult fairways are in great shape green are true. It would help if I hit the ball but still a great round

Very tricky & mentally challenging course here. Lots of visible obstacles that come in to play from the various t-box choices you make. I play white (-2 from tips @6K) which offers the best of both worlds. Not a grip it & rip it course. Course positioning here will be rewarded. Nice mix of brutal & fair holes so one's ego never gets too down. Like the folks say enjoy the wildlife & bring a few extra balls cause the tall grass is bountiful :-) Stopped for the fish fry afterwards w/the family & that was great too. Staff always friendly as I have now played here a few times. Not a course many of us will ace the first time, which means…I’LL BE BACK!

Had not played in several years, still a great challenge, very serene setting and greens very quick. Seemed to have been sanded recent but still rolled true. Only issue pace of play, by back nine extreme wait every shot, every hole. Not sure reason but no where close to the 4-4:15 hours were expecting.

Course was in great shape. Very enjoyable round. The only comment is to include a yardage book since there is no GPS on the carts. Several holes, have blind shots or sloping fairways (8 & 10) and no way to know unless you have course knowledge.