Stonewall Orchard GC
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4.5
567 Reviews (567)
5 Stars
391
4 Stars
112
3 Stars
39
2 Stars
15
1 Stars
10
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.0
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.2
91.0%
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513 out of 567 reviews
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4.4
38 Reviews (38)
5 Stars
23
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
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1
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Conditions
4.0
Value
3.8
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.5
84.2%
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32 out of 38 reviews
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4.5
52 Reviews (52)
5 Stars
32
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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Conditions
4.2
Value
3.9
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.5
88.5%
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46 out of 52 reviews
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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7124 yards
Slope 150
Rating 75.0
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Course Details

Year Built 1999
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season April - September
Architect Arthur Hills (1999)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Country Club Dress Attire Required. Jeans Not Allowed.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

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4.5
567 Reviews (567)
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Reviews 42
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 08/16/2024

Thanks for the great review!!

Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Top notch

Really fun challenging course staff couldn't be nicer

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/16/2024

Thank you for your great review!! Glad you had a good time

Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 50
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great course

Wish this course was closer to home, I would play more frequently. There are a few very challenging holes where you must have a long drive, otherwise you lose your ball.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 08/16/2024

Thank you for playing and the great review!! Hope to have you out again sometime soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Stonewall Orchard, Country Club Experience

From the arrival and bag drop being handled by someone to the range balls being handed out and overfilled. Stonewall Orchard is always a great day on the links!

Had a really good conversation with the starter who was knowledgeable and friendly!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Very tough track

It's not quite as manicured as some higher end courses but the fairways and greens are in great shape. The rough is well maintained and you won't spend 5 min looking for a ball you know where you hit (cough cog hill), but could be a bit more penal in spots. The staff is very friendly and welcoming for a public course. Practice, warm up and putting area are top notch.

There are a lot of forced carries, but you don't end up swimming after missing the green by a yard or five (usually - 18th). The greens are not large, fast and a bit tricky. Be cautious on the short stuff. Most holes have plenty of that risk vs reward balance that makes golf fun.

Pace of play was good and rangers are on top of groups falling behind without being obnoxious. Their GPS system is very interactive and will help get your attention when needed. The GPS is also a bit draconian when arriving to some seemingly bone dry areas. (??)

The 18th hole is, in my opinion, unreasonably tough. Play for bogey. I look forward to seeing how some lower handicap players can play it, but it seems overly penal without much opportunity to score.

Caddies to impart some of that crucial local knowledge would be nice, but not an option.

Overall it's a great course to test your game and learn how to be humble.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 08/16/2024

Thank you for taking the time to leave such a detailed review. We are happy you enjoyed Stonewall! Hope to have you out again sometime soon.

Played On
Reviews 109
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

So overpriced it’s silly.

This is a fine course overall though multiple holes are TERRIBLY designed as is often the Arthur Hills situation. However at $95 with a cart, the conditions and amenities are subpar. Most north shore area muny courses have better food/bev, clubhouse, practice facility options and turf conditions. Fairways were bear up, multiple tee boxes sat on slopes, and some tee boxes lack grass. Very disappointing given the hour plus drive for our foursome. Won’t be back soon. This is a $50 facility at max

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 06/29/2024

Very sorry your experience in all areas of our operation did not meet your expectations. We do take pride in each aspect of our operation with the intent to provide a great golf experience to all players. We look forward to you giving Stonewall another try sometime soon!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Unreal Course

One of the best courses in the state. Played in 3 hours!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Good course, bad value

Heard nothing but glowing reviews going into the round. Was very excited to play it. Lot of rain the night before, nothing they could do about that. But for $120 a round, I expect pristine tee boxes and greens. Tee boxes were in brutal shape, many weren't flat, par 3s almost always had to be standing in other people's divots. Greens looked like not a single ball mark hadn't been repaired in weeks. There's at least a dozen better courses for the money in chicagoland. Would try it again in case i caught it on a bad day. Hot dog was very mediocre

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 06/25/2024

Hello,

Sorry your round did not go as expected. We did in fact get 6" of rain the night before (morning of). It was a bit of rough day in that regard. The greens have been fantastic lately as most people have stated. Perhaps the softness from all that rain led to larger ball marks that day. We do apologize your expectations were not met. We would definitely love to have you out sometime soon for another round. Thank you you once again for playing!

Played On
Reviews 20
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/25/2024

Thank you for the great review!

Played On
Reviews 47
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Challenging course

This is a great course. Many forced carries off the tees. Bunkers were in fantastic condition. Greens rolled true. The best course I have played this year. Will play again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/25/2024

Thank you for the great review! We are happy you enjoyed your experience!

Played On
Reviews 109
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/17/2024

Thank you fxiao for your great review!

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

In it's current condition, one of the most overrated courses in Illinois

I had heard a lot of hype about Stonewall Orchard and so I decided to try it out. We played the Saturday before Father's day so I knew going in it was going to be busy. I didn't know that the "player's assistants" would do absolutely nothing to maintain pace of play. We had a group in front of us that was absolutely playing from the wrong tees and they were slow on top of that. Absolutely bottled up the back nine and the staff refused to do anything. We waited five minutes to tee off on every hole after about #7.

The course conditions were another issue. They clearly had under watered both the greens and the fairways. Nothing held the greens. They we're hard as a rock. The signs asking to repair divot marks were a joke because none of our balls even left divots. Even decent drives ran through fairways and on this course, anything off the fairway is penal - bounding off mounds and slopes designed to kick balls out of bounds or into sand straps. I will say the traps had good sand in them. And the course layout was interesting. If the course wasn't setup like Pinehurst No. 2 then I actually think we would have enjoyed our round.

BTW, these observations were not limited to our group. The foursome behind us actually stopped me in the parking lot after the round and asked if we had struggled like they did with the conditions. We both said we would never come back. Such a shame because it has the potential to truly be one of the best courses. Maybe, at some point, it truly was.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 06/17/2024

Hello, thank you for your comments. It was extremely busy that day, as is most every weekend day. We did have 3 marshals on the course and there wasn't any one particular group behind pace...just everyone playing 8-10 minutes behind pace. We are watering to capacity every night (million + gallons) as is every golf course during this extreme hot an drought like time period. The course is otherwise in fantastic condition and the greens are rolling pure. We certainly welcome you back for another round sometime soon!

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/17/2024

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review!!

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