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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 | 72 | 6504 yards | 71.0 | 126 |
| Gold (W) | 72 | 6504 yards | 77.1 | 134 |
| 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: 71.5/129 W: 77.8/138 | 362 | 173 | 508 | 429 | 499 | 370 | 381 | 138 | 393 | 3253 | 367 | 613 | 371 | 388 | 170 | 515 | 370 | 196 | 381 | 3371 | 6624 |
| White M: 70.2/126 W: 76.2/135 | 346 | 161 | 486 | 415 | 471 | 352 | 377 | 118 | 387 | 3113 | 350 | 593 | 354 | 373 | 141 | 505 | 350 | 180 | 376 | 3222 | 6335 |
| Red M: 67.5/121 W: 73.0/128 | 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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Never get tired of golfing here
Everything great except not being able to drive golf cart to parking lot or thru some trees just off the fairway.
Thanks for the great review!
very nice course! .
As a combination of sand trap, water, and distance, very nice fairways and playable roughs. All around very nice course.
We appreciate you leaving us a review, be sure to book another round at White Pines soon!
Beware of Tuesday morning league on the East course
We recently played 18 holes on the East Course. The course was in good shape except for some of the traps, which were waterlogged from recent rains. The biggest problem was a woman's league ahead of us. The last two twosomes in the 18-hole league, no lie, took 15-20 strokes per hole on the 4s and 5s. Needless to say, the time for us to play the course was way too long. Stay away from this course on Tuesday mornings before 10!
Thanks for the review, we appreciate your understanding. Growing the game isn't always easy!
Always great fun!
Have played White Pines for 40 years. Has matured well, like fine wine. Mature trees, great greens, friendly staff, driving range and convenient central location for friends located throughout the Chicago area.
Thanks for the review, and thanks for your continued loyalty over the years! Here's to the next 40, we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Thanks for taking time to review us on Golf Advisor, Rick. We hope to see you at White Pines again soon!
East Course
Aside from all the rain we've had and it being cart path only, it is a good course to play. Not too challenging and always fun.
Hi Kyle, thanks for the 5-star review! We hope to see you again soon.
Always fun to play
White Pines West is a solid course and for $40 after 1pm its a great value. The West course provides a test with some longer par 5's than the East. They recently upgraded their carts with GPS included. Pace of play was slow (5 hour round) but mostly due to cart path only, and bunkers need more sand, but other than that it is a well maintained track. Great option close to the North side of Chicago.
Thanks for the great review! Be sure to book another round with us soon, we look forward to having you back at White Pines.
Soggy course
I enjoy White Pines & it’s a good course. I just think that it could’ve been in better condition. Also the greens were covered in what we call whirly birds. Otherwise for $35 not bad at all.
We appreciate you taking time to leave us a review. We're working hard to keep the course in optimum condition for all our guests, and we hope you'll give us another chance soon!
Fun Course
I enjoy playing White Pines. I prefer the West Course, but both are good plays. There is a good variety of holes in terms of layout and difficulty. They keep the Course in good condition, but there are some areas that hold water (especially with the significant rain lately). The majority of the course is kept in great condition.
Thanks for the 4-star review, be sure to book another round with us soon!
Really Good Shape
Me and my friend really enjoyed the course, which was in great shape.
Thanks for the 4-star review, Jashed.
Always a fun Course
The course was in very nice condition, Greens were fair and pin placement was good. New Golf Carts are a nice addition with GPS. Now the Bad, Tee boxes need to be moved more often, and rolled flat. overall a nice course. Staff needs to be friendlier.
Hi Willie, thanks for the great review! We hope to see you again soon.
Hot deal
Had good layout but all the grass was high and sand traps were more dirt than sand
Extremely Wet
It was cart path only, but should have been closed. There was standing water every where and your shots would stop dead or get plugged. The greens were in excellent shape because the course hadn't been played much because of all the rain.
Hi Owl, we're sorry to hear the course was a bit wet for your liking. We hope to see you again soon as things continue to dry out!
Early season
The course was very wet from heavy rains the last couple weeks. The staff made it worth it.
We're glad to hear it. Be sure to come see us again once things have dried out!
bad experience
Course is in bad shape would not recommend it at least now
Thank you for your honesty, we appreciate you taking time to review us on Golf Advisor. We're working hard to ensure the course is in top shape for all our golfers, we hope you'll give us another chance soon!
Awesome course!!!
The course has just opened maybe a week ago and considering it was in good shape. The tees with a good Shape the fairways was in good shape and the greens was rolling pure. White pine is a good golf course to play on .great place to bring friends and families 4 outings and tournament play this is a good course.
Thanks for the 4-star review! Be sure to book another round with us soon.
First Impressions
Spring weather finally arrived today and I wasn’t the only golfer who had realized it. The East course was busy and I knew it would be at least a 4 hour round to make it around the course. From the start the conditions of the course were quite wet and saturated in some areas, maybe a result of some recent rain, but maybe a lack of sufficient drainage. Bunkers were raked but seemed inconsistent with the sand quality in the 3 I found during my round.
A disappointing part of my experience was all of the tree and shrub work that had likely been started the week prior to my visit, but hadn’t been cleaned up. There were piles of branches and derbies present in multiple areas of the rough and near some green surrounds that had been gathered but never picked up. It was a poor maintenance decision to go all out with trimming if a cleanup crew couldn’t remove the debris.
Also not a fan of greens lacking collars and formal approaches.
I got a good price for the round, which included very nice / brand new leased carts, but I can’t say I’m interested in returning.
We appreciate the honest review, we're working hard to ensure prime playing conditions for our golfers despite the rough spring weather. Hope to see you back at White Pines again soon!
Thanks for the 4-star rating. We hope you join us for another round soon!
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Hi PanTiger, thanks for the review! We hope to see you again soon.