East at White Pines Golf Course
About
White Pines Golf Club is ideally situated for both locals and visitors with a convenient location that is just 30 minutes from downtown Chicago and only 10 minutes from O'Hare International Airport. The club has two 18-hole courses, the East and the West. The East is the shorter and more player friendly of the two at 6,371 yards from the back tees. The fairways are seemingly narrow but there is some room for recovery if you have an errant shot. There aren't as many bunkers or water as on the West Course, but there is enough to provide a fun round. In addition to 36 holes of golf, White Pines G.C. also offers the Golf Dome, one of the world's largest indoor golf facilities. It features five target greens surrounded by bunkers, 50 hitting tees on two levels, and six suspended hitting targets for practicing your accuracy.
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Photo submitted by u3355602 on 10/03/2024
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Photo submitted by Spaffrackett on 06/09/2021
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Photo submitted by u000006729674 on 08/24/2020
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Photo submitted by u000006729674 on 08/24/2020
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Photo submitted by u000006729674 on 08/24/2020
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Photo submitted by u000006729674 on 08/24/2020
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Photo submitted by Jigg7557 on 11/02/2013
Golfer Reviews
Nice place
Course is not bad for the money. Could be a little better taken care of but the staff is wonderful! Pace is usually slow as there is some people who don't know how to play "ready golf" . It is one of the better courses in the area for the money though.
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.
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.
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.