Green Garden CC
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4.3
269 Reviews (269)
5 Stars
128
4 Stars
104
3 Stars
24
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
6
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.4
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.3
91.3%
Recommend this course
246 out of 269 reviews
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4.3
3 Reviews (3)
5 Stars
2
4 Stars
0
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.3
Value
4.0
Layout
4.7
Pace
5.0
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
5.0
66.7%
Recommend this course
2 out of 3 reviews
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4.3
32 Reviews (32)
5 Stars
18
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.3
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.6
87.5%
Recommend this course
28 out of 32 reviews
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Course Highlights
Green Garden's Blue Course delivers well-maintained conditions, pristine greens, and wide forgiving fairways that welcome golfers of all skill levels. Exceptionally friendly staff, strong value, and a solid on-site restaurant make this a top Chicagoland destination.

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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6670 yards
Slope 118
Rating 71.2
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Green Garden Country Club - Blue Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1973
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Illinois (2024 #18)
  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2015 #12)
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4.3
269 Reviews (269)
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Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
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I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Love.. love this course

It appears the new management is not very flexible ... rain.. no rain check... 5 min late.. pay extra over online rate! I still love the course! Hope I don’t have to find another favorite???

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 102
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Green Garden - Course in good shape for Aprol

The greens were in great shape and I enjoyed a 70 degree day, which was perfect for April as I caught one of our very few good weather days. I had no complaints regarding the course conditions in April.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Course with racist history unadressed

The course has a notorious past for known racist behavior and it was my understanding that the course was closed some time ago due to various reasons. Seems like the issues with racism have not been addressed. While playing our round in under 4 hours we were attacked verbally by a fellow golfer who was wearing knickers. He felt that we were playing too slow for him and used all kinds of racial slurs while talking to us.I will probably not play here again until this course proves to be more friendly to minority golfers.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 04/06/2018

Dear Sir:

I would first like to apologize for the unfortunate incident which occurred while you were playing at our golf course. We certainly do not condone such behavior and welcome all golfers to our facility. If you would contact me by phone I would like to discuss this further and extend an invitation to come play our golf course again. I can be reached at 815-469-3350.

Rick Schmitz

General Manager

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course

This is my favorite course... everyone is so nice. Pace of play great!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Solid for the money

Course is well maintained but some traps need work. Hole positions are difficult, making the course a bit harder than it might appear. Green fees are priced right, always under $50, but range is a bit pricey. It seems like the other golfers on the course are always friendly and I feel like the ettiqutte here amongst players is the best of any course. My biggest criticism is the course is understaffed. My biggest endorsement is that it's the best value on the southside.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course is in good shape

I enjoyed playing there , fairways and greens are in good playing condition

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course is improving but....

The course is improving over prior years, however, there is still a bit too much weed growth to call the course beautiful. Simple fertilizer with weed killer would really help. Dead ash trees have been removed so the course looks much, much better than last year. Fairways are in pretty good shape, as are the greens. The course (gold or blue) plays well and fellow golfers are always friendly. Snack shops around the turns are now open (hurray!) and there has been a snack cart out each time we have been there. This is helpful and always worthy of a good tip. We were scheduled for the Blue course, but 5 foursomes of high school boys walking were ahead of us. (Agh!) As we approached the tee area, their coach asked us why we were there and told us we would be very slow. Quite odd. We returned to the starter, who allowed us to move to the Gold course where we had a good pace of play. The course is hooked into YamaTrack, but be sure your iphone is fully charged as the carts do not have chargers.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Green garden

For the amount of money $48 we could have played a much better course. The dollar amount for this course is too much.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Over priced

You'll spend as much here, if not more than you would at other courses in the area. Definitely not worth the price. Course is short and relatively easy. Not taken care of whatsoever. I played in late February in high 60s temperature and the player in front of me didn't bother to putt on any hole because of how poor the greens were. I give it a 2/10.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 55
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather

Perfect Day for Golf in February

Course was in great condition considering it is February. Nice layout. Course was crowded but still was done in under 5 hours. Will be back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great value for $30.00

Course was in decent shape but I think they cut the fairways too thin. For a majority of the holes you are almost hitting off dirt eventhough your ball is in the fairway. The pace of play is very slow even on the weekday due to all the twosomes allowed to go out.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great personnel

Very nice clubhouse personnel and starter. Course in prett good shape considering how much rain we had a couple days earlier.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course was in great shape

The course was in great shape and for the price you can't beat it we played the blue course and for a average golfer it was great not too easy not too hard I recommend this to everyone

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

great pace for Sunday

great shape greens a little bumby but otherwise excellent

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 144
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Good value.

Blue course was ok, but turf was a little dry, and the greens were very bumpy. Could be some sort of disease.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

great time

course was in good condition. Rate of play was slow rangers should have paired foursomes.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Blue's Not Bad

I got a rock bottom price from Golf Now for an early afternoon week day round. We had the place to ourselves. Decent layout for a shorter course with a couple longer par 3's and 4's. Half of the greens were in excellent shape, the rest were fairly worn. They were also pretty slow & could use a mow. The cart paths need a lot of attention.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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