West at White Pines Golf Course

Course was in great shape, although decent amount of unrepaired ball marks on the greens - I did my best to repair any I saw, could tell most were fresh so not the course’s fault. Aside from the 2 guys we were paired with, the pace was pretty solid by Chicago standards (more on that later). Hot day and the cart girl circled around plenty, which was great. Played the west course and nothing too crazy about the layout. I preferred the front 9 over the back, but either way it was a solid round and great value for the money - will be back.

Pace of play: (before you read on, the pace was pretty solid at White Pines, so kudos to the club) Having lived and golfed in the greater Chicago area for a couple years now, I’m convinced the locals are not taught the phrase “ready golf”, which explains why 4 hrs 30 mins is considered a “fast” round in this state. Sure, you can blame the tee times being <10 mins apart and rangers for not regulating the bottlenecks, but the amount of time our group (2 randoms we paired with) spent looking for their balls in the fescues or on the edge of the water, standing around waiting for others to walk up to their ball before hitting their own, taking mulligans on in-play shots, etc. was very unfortunate. (I have nothing against breakfast balls or the occasional mulligan if no one is behind you, but there is a limit.) I tried offering free drops, telling them to go ahead and hit out of turn if they’re ready, and each time they looked at me like I was insane. We’re not on tour, we’re not playing for money, we’re here to have fun and get home in less than 6 hours (same as everyone else who is golfing behind us). All that said, we did finish in just over 4 1/2 hours which again, by Chicago standards is a win. But if people had a bit more self awareness and played “ready golf”, we would’ve been done in 4:15 at the MOST. So, kudos to White Pines for at least allowing the possibility of a 4-hr round! Cheers.

The course is in good shape except for the bunkers which are pretty much hard pan on hotter days. They make you double up on carts which can be a pain but understandable on high volume weekends. Pace of play slow but that’s the case at most puck i courses on the weekend. Overall you can’t beat the price for 18 so you can live with the not so good stuff.

Started on 10 but never had anyone in front of us and only a twosome behind us. It was a great day.

Friendly staff, course was in good condition, and pace was decent for a public course

Played the East course and had a wonderful time. Perfect weather; pace of play was good but we never felt rushed; staff was helpful - and not just spotty, but everyone we interacted with. Course was in good shape. Will definitely play again!

This is the second time playing this course but I haven’t played it in over a year which the conditions before wasn’t that bad. I’ve been back playing golf about 60 to 70 rounds a year for the last two years since back surgery three years ago. I’m a seven handicap and I’ve played About 15 courses up here in the Chicago area. I am from South Florida and play a few courses around the medalist course that tiger is a member at. And actually Michael Jordan‘s course 23 is right down the road but I’ll never get on that. I go to this link because it’s like I said it’s my first time ever reviewing the golf course I generally just don’t have time for it. But this golf course really was a joy to play from the time I entered The property everybody I spoke to my teatime a piece of play the course conditions were just almost perfect. The tea boxes have been worn a little bit from debits but that’s really no big deal. Most were just fine and other than that cook horse was perfect. Very nice people nobody behind us no one in front of us pushing us. Just wonderful

I wore my championship belt to the course and all the ladies flocked to me. I signed a few autographs for the kids then I hit the course. I was locked in, as usual. Dropping bombs all day that left the random dudes in my foursome awestruck. I signed autographs for them as well. The course was in great condition for as dry as it has been lately. Dr. SausageTits stands no chance in our rematch for the belt.

-Macho Man Ron Savage aka World Heavyweight Golf Champ

I played with my friend Marty on the east course. The course was in great shape and we had a great time. It was a little warm outside but again everything was good. I would highly recommend plain white pines golf course..

I hadn't played WP a few years and was pleasantly surprised to find well manicured fairways, greens in good shape and bunkers actually full of sand!! A major improvement from years past. The only down side of the day was manager in the pro shop who was not very pleasant and gave me a warning about being a single riding in a cart saying that I needed to share a cart. The other people in the group were not checked in (I didn't know them at all as I booked as a single) so there wasn't much I could do. Happy to comply with this request but the manager could have been nicer about it. Other than that, the staff were great.