West at White Pines Golf Course

Got great rate, and despite knowing this course and it's deficiencies figured it was either this or no play.

The course has some nice holes but at some point they planted hundreds of unnecessary trees, many of which have been lost to ash borer, and removal has not been completed. So many holes are very tight and average golfers will spend a lot of shots pitching out.. The par 5's in particular are tough. Hole 11 badly is in need of a shorter set of tees for average golfers and a bigger green.

Course was in generally good condition though bunkers could use some work and rough around the greens was unnecessarily high.

Big issue was slow play. It took 4 hours 45 minutes for our group to play 16 holes (when I quit). Our foursome waited on every tee. Yes it was a Sunday, but I observed while on 11, that holes 13 and 14 were completely clear ahead of us and there was no ranger in sight all day.

GREAT DAY. FRONT NINE MOVED FAST. COURSE GREAT CONDITION

Course was in great shape. Despite the loss of so many ash trees, the course remains challenging. Some of the sand traps could use a little more sand. All in all great course for this early in the season. Thanks for your efforts.

I'm a bogey golfer and shot 134 on 27 holes - so right in line with my handicap would lead me to call this course average difficulty.

The course was in decent shape considering the standing water and mud from the heavy rain. The staff was friendly and encouraging despite the conditions. There were some areas needing tree clean up - to be expected this time of year. I thought this course was fair for the rate - not an exceptional value but fair.

this course is in terrible shape and has been for years.the bunkers have no drainage(the sand is more like light colored mud),cart paths are pothole infested garbage,carts are filthy messes,massive piles of cut down trees are everywhere.save your money and go to a decent golf course, not this piece of garbage.

Good course for beginners. Played by myself, staff was friendly. There was a foursome in front of me, and the ranger let me tee off before them so I didn't have to wait. He also offered me to play the west course. Back nine very narrow but fun.

Even though they checked play speed and said

it is very slow, but nothing they did not do.

No Marshall.

White Pines East is pretty run of the mill and not bad for the price (I wouldn't pay more than $50; at higher rates there are better tracks to be had nearby). From the back tees the par 3s are challenging and the par 5s are probably going to take 3 shots to get home. The course is not in great shape. That said, we played early in the spring and perhaps they really turn it around as the season progresses. That would be a lot of work. The staff is very friendly and accomodating. There are not many solid public courses near downtown Chicago, so I expect I may be back at some point, probably when I don't want to pay $90 or $100 to play Harborside (or if it's full).

Apparently the course maintenance staff is still on winter vacation. Over a hundred trees either cut or blown over with branches all over the place. Choose another course until they clean this place up.

Course appears to be slightly more difficult than the slope rating. Some narrow tree-lined fairways. However many trees have been cut down most likely due due to the Emerald Ash bore. We played the Red course about 6400 yards and 127 slope. Not much undulation on the greens. Only drawback was there were no carts.

Anytime you can golf around here in November, EVERYTHING is Wonderful. The course was in good shape for this time of the year. Very sad to see so many trees that had to be cut down. Back nine is quite watery!

We always enjoy playing white pines. My playing partner was recently disabled and needs the handicap cart (blue flag). We were told that they don't have handicap flags and besides that---it was cart path only. I offered my partner a choice if he wanted to play or cancel. He said, "Lets just do it". We had a great time and he still broke 90.

Hey listen, I got a tee time right when I wanted it and at a great price.They don;t cut the grass every day but I;m good with that.
Finished 18 in 3.2 hours so played another 9 no Q's asked .
Way to go White Pines

This was my home course in High School 30 years ago. It was tighter than I remember (Tree Growth) Some trees were dead and the ground was really hard compared to other local courses. Greens especially hard.

You have to hit the tree lined fairways after that not to hard greens are really true .
Cart paths need some tlc or seat belts on the carts.

Nice course for the money. First time playing the east course! Loved it ! Will recommend white pines to friends

Fun to play. Well worth the money. Get out and play while weather is good.

Went to my 5:30 tee time and found out that there was a league playing a shotgun format and a HS tourney. If I would have waited on the 1st tee, I would have tee'd off after 6. Golf carts driving everywhere in no order and kids running around all over following parents watching their kid golfing for HS. I tried to get as many holes in as possible because frustration set in. Will not be back.

I could not believe the quality of the green this late in the season. Like brand new carpet. Highly impressed. Great job by the superintendent and his staff!!!!

East Course is a fun, very challenging course. Accuracy from the tee is important. From a value/cost level I believe there are much better choices.
When you go to their web site and view the scorecard, it shows a detailed accurate yardage map from tee to green. They should provide this info in a laminated printed booklet inside the cart or get a GPS device
(which many courses of this price range have). Fairways need a heavy dosage of weed -n-feed, cart paths are terrible.