East at White Pines Golf Course

Overall condition of the course is decent for the price. No frills, but solid. We played on a Saturday (mid-afternoon), and the starter had let five-somes out. They were insanely slow, and there was no ranger on course to speed things up.

This course features thousands of trees, many of which are diseased from the emerald ash borer and need to be removed. Visually, all the dead trees makes it unpleasant. Course conditions are average at best. Pace of play slow, but not ridiculous for a Sunday afternoon.

I am not a fan of this course. It's not all that difficult but it could use some bailout areas on some holes and really could use some updating.

Staff was friendly and have no complaints in that area.

Played the east course and torrential rains blew us off at 9. Apart from that I enjoy the mature natural setting.
There is a nice mix of longer holes and challenging par 3's.

The good: wide, generous fairways. Good layout. Decent challenge. Good conditions - greens were speedy as they dried out!

The not so good: cart path only can make for a bumpy ride at times. Some ground under repair.

Overall, a really good value ($25 with a cart at 6:50am on a FRIDAY!), and close to the city.

Course was very good but the cart path were so rough it could loosen the fillings right out of your mouth. They want you to stay on the paths but it was way to rough to stay on them for very long

The course is really nice, decently challenging, excellent course for the money, staff was super helpful, the facilities were excellent! My only issue was with my fellow golfers and golf etiquette! No one on this course understands to repair ball marks and divots on the greens!!! If you wanted to hit a truly straight putt, and were 10-15 feet from the pin. Allow yourself some time to fix about 3-4 divots per golfer, per hole!!! This course is really nice, I hope management can get our fellow golfers to show some pride and respect for the course!!!

Great open fairways and challenging water holes but greens are very big on some holes. Good.

The course was very wet due to recent rains and not due to poor management. We were sent off the back 9 and followed a large group outing.

Course was in good condition and the pace of play was good. One of our for some had a hole in one. Great day

White Pines truly needs to start investing some money into the course. The carts are gas carts from the early 90's with no GPS. But the main problem with this course is the fact that they don't cut their tee boxes and fairways. Time to scratch another course off my list.

Fairways, fine. Greens, fine. Not an easy course but fun. Did a round in 4 hours so not bad for a Sunday morning.

Greens and fairways were rock hard, but otherwise course was kept up and fun to play. Pace was a little slow. $55 is a little pricey for the course, but worth the discounted rate we paid

White Pines West is a pleasant golf course to play for being public. The layout gives a good mix of dog legs, bunkers, hazards, and forest. Since White Pines is paired with a local arboretum, there is a significant number of trees lining the fairways. The fairways are generous, but accuracy is key. If you often slice your shots, then this may not be the course for you unless its the late fall/early spring when the trees do not have their leaves. There are a couple of double dog leg par 5's that require accurate, long ball strikes.

The quality of the course was fairly high - low number of marks on the greens, interesting putting reads, lush fairways, low amount of divots. I would recommend this course to anyone looking for a slight challenge while not breaking the bank.

A basic golf course with a few interesting holes. Played East course but enjoyed the West course more. Sand traps need work but early in the season. Worth playing if you get a discount from full price.

My cart broke down after 8, had to walk the 9th. No big deal. Got a hot dog at the turn, it was the worst I've ever had. I think they picked the bun out of the garbage, it was so stale. Course is fine, the holes aren't all that different from one another, but it's a nice looking course. Not the worst course by far, but nothing to write home about.

The course was in pretty good condition. The sand traps were ungroomed and in poor condition . It is early in the season however and I hope the traps will improve. I would recommend this course to anyone. Channelling and fun to play

Great conditions considering it is winter! Course was actually crowded, but pass was ok

Considering the time of year that I played the course was in very good condition. This is the first time I have played this course and I was a bit surprised by how close the out of bounds were on some holes. If you are the type of player that sprays your tee shot on occasion be careful...the nearby cars and house could make for a pretty expensive round. That being said , the course and facilities were very nice. The price was right. I will definitely play at this course again.

Nice course. Didn't know that the greens were aerated

good bang for you buck.the only downside was the leafs made it difficult to find your ball., but that is fall golf in chicago.