White Pines GC - West
A view of a green from the West at White Pines Golf Course
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4.0
1095 Reviews (1095)
5 Stars
350
4 Stars
476
3 Stars
165
2 Stars
57
1 Stars
47
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.0
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.9
85.9%
Recommend this course
934 out of 1095 reviews
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3.8
24 Reviews (24)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
10
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.7
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.3
87.5%
Recommend this course
21 out of 24 reviews
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4.0
60 Reviews (60)
5 Stars
24
4 Stars
23
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.9
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.2
88.3%
Recommend this course
53 out of 60 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6624 yards
Slope 127
Rating 71.5

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.

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Course Details

Year Built 1930
Golf Season April 11 - October 20
Architect Jack Daray Dick Nugent (1982)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $10
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "Play Better Golf Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Amex MasterCard Visa Discover card(s) Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

4.0
1095 Reviews (1095)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 26
Watching the Game 15
Patio Dining 13
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 33
Narrow Fairways 28
Bunkers 25
This course/club is great for:
Locals 29
Advanced Golfers 20
Walkers 15
This Course's Location is:
Near the Airport 38
Convenient to the City 35
In the 'Burbs 30

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Reviews 19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Good for public course

Layout was very good p, employees were excellent, some areas of fairways were hard as concrete while greens were deceptively slow and soft. Tee boxes were great not chewed up with divots. Sand traps were rocky and needed to be raked as they were compacted sand

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 15
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart

Cart issues

Golf cart broke down and had to walk 2 holes before they replaced it. No compensation offered for the issue. The replacement cart also had issue. Had to use reserve to get from one green to tee box.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

East Course is fabulous

1st time playing the east course and it was a treat. Challenging yet satisfying.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 5-9
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 Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 28
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 43
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Terrible bunkers

I'm usually a good bunker player, but I just can't hit a decent shot out of there sand bunkers. They have just a sprinkle of sand on top or some hard dry dirt. You just can't get under the ball, and there's no way to get sand behind the ball. I found it's easier to catch the ball clean and softly chip it out. Good Luck if you hit in one.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 449
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Illinois Advisor
Top 10 Contributor
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Others have vastly over rated all 36 holes - 2.5 stars

White Pines (both West and East) are value plays. Tree over planting would be an understatement here. Greens are pockmarked and generally are slowish and overall conditioning is just fair. We played on a cool cloudy day so it wasn't all that crowded - but when it is a full course pace of play here is usually a 5 hour turtle crawl - especially if you get behind foursomes of members who think they own the place some weekday mornings. The West course has several long Par 5's and plays a longish 6300 yards plus. East course is shorter but ridiculously tree lined in places - straying off any fairway you're likely punching out ala Club Pro Guy. Thankfully windstorms have blown down a lot of trees on a couple of the West course holes.....but not enough on far too many holes. You can be 10 feet off the fairway and still have tree troubles. Both courses are $35 values at best. Fairly decent facilities...driving range off mats and halfway house, etc but that just doesn't make up for the lackluster overall conditioning and a lot of holes that all look the same - where the lack of trees tell you where to go.....

Conditions Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Bad Shape

The course was in BAD shape. Greens were fuzzy, not cut on a Sunday, SUPER slow. Divot marks all over. The bunkers are dirt, not sand, and the tee boxes and fairways are long.

You shouldn’t have to worry about getting grass between club and ball when teeing up a par 3, but it is true. All of the boxes were terribly long.

Course is charging too much at $59 for the shape it is in.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Our golf cart died just 8 holes into playing. I continuously called the golf course and no one answered. We had to carry our clubs the rest of the way.

Conditions Excellent
Value Poor
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 80
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 40
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 28
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Solid

Chose a course that was near the hotel. Played the West and I was pleasantly surprised. Starter let me know about some of the tee boxes being eaten up but it was no problem. The course was in great shape. Greens were rolling fairways were true. Now it’s on to the East course

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 43
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Terrible bunkers

As I indicated with the title, the sand bunkers have no sand in them and very dry, very hard to get the club under the ball without hitting the ball. They also decided to put sand on the greens, I know they do this every year but there was alot. I would of liked a heads up. Ive noticed this year they aren't keeping the coarse as well as they used to. The tee boxes extremly dry, broke 4 tees trying to t up.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Don’t Bother

Trash everywhere. Chewed up tee boxes. Half dead greens. Don’t let the nice practice greens fool you. The greens at this place are awful. Tee boxes are bad. Bunkers not raked. Garbage all over the course. Embarrassing. Don’t bother. Star away!

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 38
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

This course is good for all levels

We were allowed to have individual carts which is good given the virus uptick. Pace was slow, had to wait on every hole. Course was in great condition but players behind us were anxious & hit down on us a few times when it was obvious that we couldn’t play faster due to over crowding ahead of us. Otherwise a good round.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Easy and fun for the price.

Pretty straight wide open course. Greens a very easy to read, they’re all straight. The sand traps are concrete with a little sand sprinkled on top. But $40 for 18 and $60 for 36 can’t really beat it.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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