West at White Pines Golf Course
About
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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Better Every Round
I've been playing White Pines' East and west courses since 1976. The course has never been better managed. Challenging bunker locations. Lots of trees and water. Interesting sequencing of par 3's. Very welcoming and helpful staff. Great deals at the 19th hole; good food.
Solid
People complained about the gravel cart path, that didn't bother me. 30 min from the city, and $45 this place was a steal. Sure nicer courses out there, but obviously you pay for it. Greens were fine and fairways were not burned out. Seemed like the place was well watered
Do not go there
Horrible course. Bad conditions. Never seen so many dead tree standing.
Poorly managed
As soon as you start there are range balls everywhere should have a bigger net or have workers clean them up cart paths are like driving through huge potholes all the time Fill in with rocks. Place for two water coolers and there is only one and it's empty they don't rope anything about Fairways are in very poor condition . They make a lot of money on outings and other events take care of the course you'll get more people to play
Nice course!
It was my first round here. The staff and ranger were so friendly~ I am 20 to 30 handicapped golfer, played on blue of 6500yds. It's fairly challengeable course! Fairway has some divots un-repaired and green is a bit slow with several ball marks, those are the things to be considered by course management. I want to play again soon!
this course needs work
Still has dead trees everywhere needing removal has been plenty of time to remove all the dead Ash trees knowing full well ash borers were going to take them out. Also tees were terrible condition as well little turf and bumpy to stand on. Fairways could use some overseeding and work to improve as well. This course is old and needs some redoing to bring up to date condition wise for what they charge to play it.
We had a wonderful time playing Course is in very good condition and the weather was awesome!!!!
Great course. Fair price.
Great course. Fairways and greens were in good shape. Good layout with some interesting holes.
Super fast check in. Staff was friendly and accommodating.
Totally comfortable!
Excellent shape and the staff was fantastic. I will play again in the near future!
The course was very slow, as no one kept track of groups at the turn. Everyone goes into grill and expects their spot on the tenth tee, 15 mins later.
Course was ok, but greens are very slow and bumpy, expect more for the price.
Improved Cart Paths, Beautiful Course for the 4's.
I shot here for the first time earlier in the Spring and thought the course was terrific. My big complaint then was the horrible condition of the cart paths. It's true they are stone and gravel but the worst part of that was the terrible pot holes on the paths. Maybe that was a result of the winter but I played last week and they evidently graded the paths and they are infinitely better!
Pinball through the trees
The East course was in decent shape, greens were okay, traps were the expected dirt/dust and you have to keep the ball on the straight and narrow on several holes because of way too tight tree lined conditions. It becomes disconcerting hearing all the other players on the course wacking balls into trees/branches/leaves and if you do go into the trees even your punch out shots have to be properly thought out because you can find yourself in the fairway with branches overhanging or no shot at all to recover to the green. I've played White Pines since the early 80's and each year it just gets tighter....and neither course is much fun if your game is off a little. Several smaller old school greens that are rock hard as well. The unpaved gravel cart paths are complete dust storms during dry weather which certainly provides additional annoyance. These are $30 courses at most and bring a chainsaw. Book on line (however even on their own website I believe they still charge a booking fee). If you don't book on line they'll charge their rack rate which is close to $60. Only reason they get that is their proximity to the city. 2.5 stars/3 stars at most. Go farther out of the city and you'll find plenty of other courses that are more fun, less crowded and a much better value.
Fun, but pave the cart paths!
I shouldn't complain, because I got a couple lucky bounces, but the cart path not being paved is annoying. There were places around some of the sand traps that were not well-maintained, but otherwise, a really nice course. I'd set the price at which I would DEFINITELY jump on selecting this course is $35.