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White Hawk Country Club - Gray Hawk Nine
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Located just an hour south of downtown Chicago, White Hawk Country Club offers 36 holes of championship golf. The holes are divided into four nines called Red Hawk, Grey Hawk, Black Hawk, and Silver Hawk. The Grey Hawk nine was one of the first nines built back when it was just an 18-hole golf course. It's the second longest of all the nines at 3,535 yards from the back tees, but it's still much shorter than the 3,846-yard Silver Hawk Course, which is White Hawk's toughest layout. Grey Hawk has a traditional links-style layout with strategically placed bunkers and water hazards coming into play throughout. In addition to the four golf courses, White Hawk also has a practice facility with a driving range that has target greens and a short game area with a bunker.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 36 | 3535 yards | ||
| White | 36 | 3205 yards | ||
| Gold (W) | 36 | 2935 yards | ||
| Red (W) | 36 | 2635 yards |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green M: 74.7/148 | 525 | 355 | 190 | 620 | 405 | 210 | 410 | 380 | 440 | 3535 | 7024 |
| White M: 71.7/133 | 495 | 345 | 150 | 525 | 375 | 185 | 380 | 360 | 390 | 3205 | 6323 |
| Gold M: 68.7/123 | 475 | 315 | 100 | 500 | 355 | 165 | 340 | 320 | 365 | 2935 | 5786 |
| Red W: 70.1/125 | 430 | 285 | 80 | 475 | 310 | 160 | 295 | 270 | 330 | 2635 | 5159 |
| Handicap | 18 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Par | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
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great total golf exsperience
All around great day. staff was great and the course is coming alive famously.
Tough but fair
Nice clubhouse and pro shop. Course is in great shape and was a very nice experience. It gives you nothing but not so tough to be discouraging. Would love to play it again.
if you less than adverage do not play the silver course it is tuff
the greens are great also the fairways really great staff
Fast Greens
Great course a little bit on the pricey side. Great staff and super fast greens even after it rained.
True greens. Bad bunkers
The greens are fast but receptive. Bunkers need attention. Different types of sand on almost every hole.
This course was great tee to green.
Played the Silver & Black courses and they were outstanding. The course was in great shape with big fast greens. Can't wait to play the Grey & Red courses.
well maintained,staff professional and curtious.
price reasonable, course condition great, staff and clubhouse top notch
Challeging but Fun
The course was fairly well maintained for being early in the year. The greens had recently been arrated, so they were bumpy, but they were fast and fairly true otherwise. From the tips this course is long and when it's wet and windy it's even longer. I am a scratch golfer and struggled to shoot par. Tough but like I said before, it's enjoyable.
Worth the drive, play 36 holes and call ahead for course conditions.
For those of you not familiar with White Hawk, there are 4 nine hole course; Red, Black, Grey and Silver. They apparently mix and match 2 of them every day to give two distinct sets of 18 holes. I played 36 holes and each set of 9s when I went. Personally, I liked the Black and the Grey the best.
My understanding is that the Silver course is the newest. I found it the most challenging and many of the holes for this 9 are set up for target golf. There are many forced carries from the tee box and a few from the fairway across waste-lands. There is also a lot of water on this 9. If you are a grinder like me and only going to play 18 holes, this is the one you should put at the bottom of your list to play.
With respect to the other sets of 9s, many holes on all courses have houses next to the course. Although I did not play the tips on any of the courses, I noticed that playing them on Grey and Silver could be additionally challenging with long forced carries and narrow passages to get your ball through.
The greens were fast, but not slick and in good shape. They rolled pretty true. Fairways were in excellent condition. Only beef I had with the sand traps were a few on the Silver course had standing water.
Really nice people that work there and were helpful with getting around. The nice thing about going midweek was that the staff would send you to the 9 that had the least amount of people on it.
The food at the grill was good and you got a lot for what you paid for.
My recommendation is to make a day of it and come down and play 36 holes and have lunch in between your rounds. You will want to call ahead for the next week or so because I was told that they are going to aerate everything.
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