West at White Pines Golf Course

White Pines West course itself is in excellent condition. However, for the life of me I can't understand them offering pin placements at the starters check in when there are no placement numbers on the scorecards or the golf carts plus the flags are all the same color. It's impossible to tell where the pin has been placed on the greens without a description of some sort. I questioned this in the pro shop when we were finished and was told there were stickers to put on cards but they just haven't gotten around to putting them on yet. How nice for the golfer!! Also the golf carts could be hosed down and cleaned out better. I went to 3 carts before I found one I didn't have to empty of some sort of trash. These carts were all lined up to be used. If you had to have a windshield up, you'd have a hard time seeing thru it! In addition, the women's restroom at the halfway house could definitely smell better! The cart paths have their usual ton of bumps and holes that could really be filled up with gravel at least. Pace of play was over 5 hours and 20 minutes with no rangers to move golfers along. Very slow and frustrating. It's a shame because apparently the groundskeeper is the only one that knows his job from the excellent condition of the course. Someone in management needs to do a better job of making sure these things are addressed.

I just want tobtalk about the cart path on this course. It is bar none the worst I I have ever been on. The potholes literally suk up the entire golf cart not to mention needing a cortisone injection after the round from the bumpy ride. This needs to be adressed.

Great course long the rough was rough but a great run

Gravel cart paths now feature hundreds of water-filled potholes - dangerous to your spine!

There is nothing wrong with this place. That should probably be the official motto. The layouts are fine; the conditioning is fine*; the amenities are fine. And if you get one of the cheaper prices it's a pretty good value.

Great course. Great pace of play. Staff was awesome. Let us play an extra 9 for free

About the fifth time playing the course in the past ten years. Management has many opportunities to make improvements, but don’t see them. On the positive side, greens were in really good shape. Staff was courteous. $49 with cart is reasonable on a holiday weekend. Maintenance on the rest of the course was lacking. Numerous dead trees, inconsistent mowing (clipping clumps everywhere), beat up cart paths, etc. Never saw a ranger to check Pace of play, and limited drinking water spots on the course.

In the Chicago metro area, there are several courses that are better options for about $10-20 more per round.

There are no rangers so this was an extremly painful round waiting at least 5 to 10 min for every single shot

We had fun on our round. Would do it again. My only complaint is that the grass was too long off the fairways. If you hit your ball 5 feet off the fairway good luck finding your ball. There were people all of over the course looking for balls that should have been easily findable. I walked away from atleast 5 of them after searching for 3 min. I'll go back when the grass is managed better.

The west course at White Pines has an interesting and challenging layout. The fairways and rough could be in better shape - partly due to the weather this year and to the general upkeep of the course. The greens were actually pretty good, they rolled nice and reasonably fast despite some aeration that hasn't fully healed. The sand was better than the local average which isn't a rousing recommendation but there is sand in the bunkers despite the weather. It was a cold day and our last two holes were rained out. I will play there again this summer to see how the course has fared with sun and heat. It was well worth the golf now hot deal price we paid.

The East course is in excellent shape!! They have done a very good job surviving our stubborn winter and getting the course ready for the season. The hole positions for the day were innaccurate and did not correspond to the map but the greens are not huge anyway so it was not an issue.There was a maintainence crew on one hole, removing an old dead tree, that showed no regard for the golfers on the course by blocking the cart path, leaving tools sprawled all around and acting like they were at the beach on vacation. But other then that, it was a great experience. I got lucky and played it when there were only a few others out there. I flew around and finished in less than 3 hours. I give White Pines East high marks and would recommend it as a great value for the price and good test of skill.

They really need to redo the cart paths. Currently just mud and gravel.

West is tougher than East. West plays longer and i think has tighter fairways.

Greens were rolling well. Rough was very short. Fairways were a bit muddy from a wet week of rain.

Playing a round in 4 hrs and 15 min on a,Sunday afternoon was good. Course was under upgrades or changes in prep for warmer weather so there was ground under repair areas not marked or sand piled up in traps awaiting repair or replenishing...all in all we had and enjoyable time and was worth it