Glendale Lakes Golf Club

Interesting layout but could use some work. The bunkers need more sand, as is typical in the Chicago area. The greens are bumpy and the slowest I've seen in years. With the exception of the first one, the par 3's are repetitive. However, the 2nd and 10th holes are short/medium par 5's that are among the most challenging you'll find.

besides the aeration the course is still in terrible shape. Greens are long and super super slow.

Could have been a nice course if it was properly taken care of. will not be returning

Pudding green was worse than my back yard.
So much weeds that can not find ball I lost 4 balls.
Even $1.00 per play is not worth I don't know how did I find this
place. Please stay away this course.

The Glendale Lakes course, though short, offers a unique challenge, with several short but tight par 4's, long par 4s and 5s for the average golfer, and abundant hazards providing a test for the shot maker. The course staff are friendly and helpful. The overall course condition could be better, but the layout is definitely worth making the trip.

This course is not very long at all. However, the challenge lies in hitting your spots. If you are off, you are either hitting houses, hitting water, or hitting woods. Any one of these situations can quickly turn the hole into a double bogey. Bring extra balls if you are a little erratic with your shots.

Dismal weather has kept many of us off local courses til early May. If you're in my boat Glendale Lakes is a really nice way to return to the links. It's a tad short (5868 yds. from the white tees)
for the long boys, but for hitters like me it provides an early season confidence boost. As usual, the fairways are nicely maintained, the traps, though in need of some more sand, are raked smooth, and the fescue has been mowed to its shortest length in as long as I can remember. Which gives the eye an
interestng look at how the various lakes come into play on so many of the holes. The greens, though visually appealing, were cut at inconsistent lengths, and several were rather bumpy--a condition one might want to assign to the record amount of rain we've had. Having played here many times before I'm sure this is an issue that they'll address quite quickly.

May be it is early in the season. Couse will get better as the season progresses.

The agents were kind and the condition of fairway was good.

I've played here a number of times. This is not a course to play if you spray the ball. Lack of bailout areas make some holes much too difficult for the average golfer. The course played very hard and fast making hazards even more in play. Fairways and even roughs were like concrete. Bunkers were very poorly maintained. Small coating of sand over heavy clay base. Forget all you are taught about sand play...it won't work here.

Greens were marginal....hole locations were in some cases unfair on the edge of big slopes.

Decent course, a couple holes don't make sense. Other than that, challenging, tons of houses/townhouses nearby, traffic, businesses. Because of all the nearby distractions, this course is not for me. Not the courses fault, I just prefer a more tranquil atmosphere.

An interesting Dick Nugent design with a good amount of sand and lots of water in play. 2 through 4, 10,12,13,17 &18 all require a plenty of accuracy to keep from blowing your score. Driver is not always the smart play, particularly on those holes. Course conditions are nearly always good but it can be a bit swampy when there's been some rain. No driving range.

the course is set up so you see most of the trouble from the tee, which makes the course fun to play

Great course, lots of water, need to lay up a lot, great par fives, carts are electric, fun course, greens are perfect, fairways are perfect.

The course was in good condition for November, the staff was friendly and up to the challenge of becoming busy on a fair weather November day. The lakes make this course challenging for the slicer.

I had a great time. The course is in good shape. It has some great holes. The layout is not boring at all. It has some holes that are very easy, but at the same time has holes that make you think what and how to hit your next shot.
The staff is very friendly and great customer service.

I use this course as warmup course the day before I am to play a demanding course. Yet, this course can not be overlooked. It requires delicate club selection as there are multiple choke and cut off points that come into play alongside water. This course teaches you to play conservative or bear the consequences. They roll the greens which they never did a year ago and it shows. The greens are a longer cut so I dont expect many one putts but two putts should be guaranteed. Overall for a price as low as $12 there is little to complain about.

This is a short course designed by Dick Nugent to accomodate a subdivision. I really like the design even though it favors a player that hits a draw. Overall the facility is nice but lacks a driving range for warm up. This could be solved by the use of nets at a minimum. The unfortunate part of this course is the poor playing condition. I find it sad that a design this good is spoiled by this. With some work this could again be a really fun place to work on your irons.

This course will be in the dictionary next to "target golf". It is a short course (~5800 yards from the white). Water comes into play on about 10 of the holes. You must fly the ball to the green as most holes have no run-up area. Greens were moderate in speed....a bit beat up as it was late in the season, but I've seen worse. Sand traps were in pretty poor shape....more dirt than sand.

Played for first time and found course to be difficult to navigate with no GPS. Blind shots, undefined landing areas, etc.