West at White Pines Golf Course
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About
Situated just 30 minutes from downtown Chicago, White Pines Golf Club has been a popular spot for both locals and visitors. The club offers two courses, the East and the West. The West Course is longer than the East by 400 yards and considered slightly more challenging. The layout is relatively tight and there is an abundance of trees, which means you'll need to be accurate to do well. The greens are large and challenging with difficult-to-read breaks. There is also minimal, but strategic bunkering along the greensides. The fairways provide plenty of variety with some that are narrow and heavily tree-lined and others that are wide with no trees in sight. The golf course has several challenging holes but it's forgiving enough for beginners to approach with confidence.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 6624 yards | 71.5 | 127 |
| Black (W) | 72 | 6624 yards | 77.8 | 135 |
| Gold (W) | 72 | 6504 yards | 77.1 | 134 |
| Gold | 72 | 6504 yards | 71.0 | 126 |
| Silver | 70 | 6335 yards | 70.2 | 124 |
| Silver (W) | 72 | 6335 yards | 76.2 | 132 |
| White | 72 | 5989 yards | 68.6 | 120 |
| White (W) | 72 | 5989 yards | 74.2 | 128 |
| Maroon (W) | 74 | 5751 yards | 72.9 | 125 |
| Maroon | 74 | 5751 yards | 67.5 | 117 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 71.5/127 W: 77.8/135 | 362 | 173 | 508 | 429 | 499 | 370 | 381 | 138 | 393 | 3253 | 367 | 613 | 371 | 388 | 170 | 515 | 370 | 196 | 381 | 3371 | 6624 |
| Silver M: 70.2/124 W: 76.2/132 | 346 | 161 | 486 | 415 | 471 | 352 | 377 | 118 | 387 | 3113 | 350 | 593 | 354 | 373 | 141 | 505 | 350 | 180 | 376 | 3222 | 6335 |
| Maroon M: 67.5/117 W: 72.9/125 | 342 | 133 | 360 | 394 | 443 | 326 | 304 | 105 | 360 | 2767 | 341 | 515 | 340 | 361 | 132 | 502 | 316 | 171 | 306 | 2984 | 5751 |
| Handicap | 10 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 7 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 10 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 15 |
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Photo submitted by Spaffrackett on 06/09/2021
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Photo submitted by u000006729674 on 08/24/2020
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Photo submitted by u000006729674 on 08/24/2020
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Photo submitted by Jigg7557 on 11/02/2013
Great course. To bad they sold it and turning it into a subdivision
HIDDEN GEM!
Me and my buddy played this course as a twosome on Tuesday at 640 am. We didn’t see the group ahead of us after the first tee. No group behind us rushing us.
The course is a bit beat up and it was under wet conditions after a big rain, but still a great quality course.
Divot marks on the greens were mostly fixed but hit a few bumpy lines they actually give you grass seed to repair fairway divots u like a lot of courses I’ve been to in the Chicago area this month.
The carts have gps that is very accurate and constantly remind you to repair divots. They are a little skiddish before greens or in “wet areas” that are sometimes hard to spot before you enter them and then are forced to reverse out of.
The staff in the club house and handling the carts were all super friendly! Joked around with a cart hand, and some greens keepers. The lovely lady in the pro shop happily exchanged my dollar bills to get a drink out of a vending machine.
Overall we will definitely be back especially at the rate they charged. I have defiantly played worse courses this month for more money.
Very fun layout not too hard. Just check for hidden water hazards and try not to lose your ball in the thick rough! All in all a great time at a fun course for an amazing price!
Rounded up to 4 stars
Course was nice and lush. Good layout. Green's played true. Carts choke up every so often. They just stop sometimes. The course people have a way of restarting the carts. But they should post them on the carts. It is such a hassle when carts die.
Also they had 'cart path only' in effect. If you violate, the cart stops. Fair enough, but they need to make it known.
Hots dogs were good. Pro shop friendly.
Rude staff
The club house staff is extremely rude and ignores customers for their own conversations or cell phones. The halfway house was closed so we tried to grab food at the bar but got the same service
Nice layout and some challenging holes
Everything was good except the pace of play. Took us 5 hours and 10 minutes to play.
Fun Golf
No one can grow grass like White Pines. A good challenge from back tees while allowing high handicappers to enjoy as well. Greens were very good and fairways lush.
OK, but slow.
It’s an okay course, but the pace of play is super slow. At one point there were 4 groups waiting at a tee due to a bottleneck of players ahead. In addition our cart cut off at random times on the course requiring a total reboot before we could move again which was highly frustrating.
