White Pines GC - West
A view of a green from the West at White Pines Golf Course
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3.9
1087 Reviews (1087)
5 Stars
344
4 Stars
474
3 Stars
165
2 Stars
57
1 Stars
47
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.9
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.8
81.0%
Recommend this course
926 out of 1087 reviews
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3.4
17 Reviews (17)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
3
Conditions
2.8
Value
3.3
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.2
Amenities
3.1
StaffFriendliness
4.1
82.4%
Recommend this course
14 out of 17 reviews
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3.9
68 Reviews (68)
5 Stars
26
4 Stars
22
3 Stars
12
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
7
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.8
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.1
80.9%
Recommend this course
55 out of 68 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

3.9
1087 Reviews (1087)

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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Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good course

Excellent shape, clean course. Not overly challenging.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 11/23/2020

Thank you for your review, RJGRANGER. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at East at White Pines Golf Course. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 11/23/2020

Hello, motaruj. Thank you for visiting us at East at White Pines Golf Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great round

Was paired with three others and had a great time.. Course was in great shape leaves are all picked up. No trouble finding your ball in the rough, grass was cut close. Staff was friendly pace of play was really good, finished our round in under 3 1/2 hours. No complaints enjoyed the unseasonably warm weather and hit the ball pretty well for the most part. I used to work at this golf course many many years ago on the ground crew. Cool to see how the course is doing now. Would recommendThis course to anyone who wants to play a challenging layout but not so challenging that you can't score well.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 11/23/2020

Thank you for taking the time to review us, Dino5299090. Your feedback is valuable, and we look forward to delivering you excellent service again soon. East at White Pines Golf Course thanks you!

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 11/23/2020

We're glad you enjoyed your 5-star experience with us, ernooo. Please comment or reach out to our team in the golf shop to let us know more about your round!

Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Amazing business

White pines is a wonderful course/experience and its a joy every single time I go there. They made it so easy for me to play every day (almost), and enjoy my time spent there. I feel indebted to white pines. Definitely feels like home there

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 11/23/2020

Vrbcp7kq6NZvpNA0M8Pw, thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing East at White Pines Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Nice muni

Played the east course twice this fall. Hard to beat for the money. Course sees a lot of play and the conditions weren’t bad , very playable with some challenging holes will make a point to go in season

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 11/23/2020

Thank you for your review, madiiorio. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at East at White Pines Golf Course. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 137
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

quit sending me to review your course

quit sending me to review your course I haven't played it in like a year

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 11/23/2020

Hi italianirish3212. It sounds like you are on our email list. You can unsubscribe at the bottom of the email. We hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great Day

Course was in good shape and leaves were picked up.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 01/12/2021

Wow, we are so happy you enjoyed your round, motaruj! We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 24
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 Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 11/16/2020

Hello, u000006721143. Thank you for visiting us at East at White Pines Golf Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 11/16/2020

Hello, kk0428kim. Thank you for visiting us at East at White Pines Golf Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
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Commented on 11/11/2020

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, u679597734! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing East at White Pines Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Nice to play in November and on a nice well kept course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 01/12/2021

Wow, we are so happy you enjoyed your round, u560598441! We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 11/09/2020

Hello, u000006721143. Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give us another try in the near future. Thanks for choosing East at White Pines Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

5 hour round minimum

Absolutely atrocious pace of play. The ranger is completely useless

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 11/09/2020

We apologize for the pace of play issue you experienced. We always try to keep a great pace when having our golfers on the course. Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback as we will use your review to better the experience going forward. We hope you give us another try in the near future!

Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 11/05/2020

Hi u314160584564. Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing East at White Pines Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 82
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Used cart

White Pines West Course - Great Value

I was pleasantly surprised to find this course as a

great find to play. Wish we had played it more often this year.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 11/05/2020

Thank you for taking the time to review us ggmyg. Your feedback is valuable, and we look forward to delivering you excellent service again soon. East at White Pines Golf Course thanks you!

Played On
Reviews 40
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Need to change Booking this time of yesr

This is a great course and the staff is always nice. But having 2 hour frost delays and then jamming out groups is ridiculous. We left after 9 which took 3 hours to complete. It seems that frost is pretty normal this time of year, why not stop booing the early tee times, say before 9 AM until 3 days ahead of time so if its supposed to be frost you are not making the rest of us wait 2 hours .We always enjoy the course, but 6 hours is not reasonable. While understanding the course wants all the revenue possible this isn't good, I really hope you might consider my suggestion,

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 11/02/2020

Hi, bhaak2015! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at East at White Pines Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Tee time pushed back nearly two hours. No notification prior

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 01/12/2021

Hi, djott26! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at East at White Pines Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun track

I’ve played her 2 times so far. Today we had a 1:10 and didn’t tee off til 140, unfortunately that was the difference between us finishing and having to stop at 16 due to slow play in front and darkness. If the tee was on time I would have given 5 stars all around.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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Commented on 11/02/2020

Hi jdimagg2. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing East at White Pines Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 10/27/2020

We're glad you enjoyed your 5-star experience with us, chitownplumber91. Please comment or reach out to our team in the golf shop to let us know more about your round!

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