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4.3
114 Reviews (114)
5 Stars
57
4 Stars
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3 Stars
9
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.6
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.7
99.7%
Recommend this course
112 out of 114 reviews
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4.1
8 Reviews (8)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
3
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2
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0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.4
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
4.4
100.0%
Recommend this course
8 out of 8 reviews
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4.1
9 Reviews (9)
5 Stars
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Conditions
3.8
Value
4.4
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
4.4
100.0%
Recommend this course
9 out of 9 reviews
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About

Holes 9
Type Public
Style Executive
Par 27
Length 715 yards
Slope N/A
Rating N/A

Course Details

Year Built 2001
Fairways Blue Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

GPS No
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Yes
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

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Reviews

4.3
114 Reviews (114)
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Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Deer Valley Golf Course A+

Course is well cared for and in awesome shape. Management is friendly and cares about any concerns r issues for the people that play there.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 127
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Need water

Can’t believe there is only one water cooler on each 9

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 06/18/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to review your experience with us, we truly appreciate your feedback and will certainly pass it along to our team. We hope to have another opportunity to welcome you back to the 5-star experience that you deserve.
Played On
Reviews 127
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

wet

was not happy when told when i arrived that only 9 holes were playable due to rain should have been told this when i bought hot deal on line

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

amazing

i have played here a dozen times. just seems to keep getting better.. enough sets oftees too choose from. traps were in great shape. THIS PLACE IS A HIDDEN GEM

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 50
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Always enjoy playing this course.

We always enjoy playing at Deer Valley. It is never very crowded. The course was in excellent condition. Greens were a little slow but ball rolled true. Excellent price for an 18 hole course. Will definitely play again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 133
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Nice course!

Deer Valley GC is a fun layout. Although the fairways were a little long Thursday, the grass is in great shape as are the greens and bunkers. It's a good test of skills and worth the drive (an hour due north of Peoria). I typically play Deer Valley a few times each year and will definitely do so this year as the course is in better shape than ever and we'll worth the price of greens fees.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

First outing 2018

Weather was great the friends were great the course was great will play many more times!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Very nice course with a beautiful club house.

Love to play this at least twice a year.

If closer, 80 miles would play more oftern.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 50
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course!

We love playing here. We drive an hour to play this course. We think it is well worth the drive to play this course. The rates are really good. Would recommend this course to everyone. The only negative is you don't come in to the clubhouse after nine.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Perfect (for the price)

This course is the best $9.00 course I've ever played on and better than most of the $30.00 ones. There's a mix of straight, dog-legs, flat, uphill, etc. throughout the course. I would recommend driving this course whenever possible though because there are some long (would be) walks between holes.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Very Nice but how about some (accurate) directional signs !

This was a very nice and fair layout . Course conditions were good and pace of play was good except we got lost twice between 5 and 6 and again between 9 and 10. The directional sign on 6 lead us to someone's driveway and the turn between 9 and 10 is confusing because the path points you toward what looks like an abandoned half-way house but the tee is back away from 9 green. No signage here. We this caveat I would recommend it .

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great value

I've played Deer Valley several times. The greens and fairways are always in great shape. The clubhouse staff is friendly and accommodating. Expect the wind to impact your game, but hey that's part of playing golf.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

Ok for locals not worth a long drive

Windy conditions didn't help and too many holes were just back and forth with few naturally interesting holes except for a long par 3. Pace of play was slow but not unusual for a late season warm weekend day.

Cart paths were just dirt in many places with ruts.

For $10 it was worth trying but wouldn't go there again.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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