Crane's Landing at the Lincolnshire Marriott Resort
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Crane's Landing Golf Club is the centerpiece of Lincolnshire Marriott Resort. Designed by George Fazio, the course winds across 110 acres of preserved woodlands. It is a certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary that offers stunning views of the Des Plaines River nearby. At just over 6,300 yards, the golf course is not particularly lengthy but it still offers some formidable challenges. Water is a prominent feature of the course with ponds and a winding river coming into play on 12 holes. The greens are small and raised and the sculpted fairways are tightly lined with mature trees, demanding accuracy off the tee. Crane's Landing Golf Club's back nine is especially difficult thanks to the river, which runs along the entire left side of the 13th hole and also appears on no. 17, the course's longest hole.
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Great Course Conditions, but no first cut of rough
I play Crane's 2-3 times a year. Used to play more. I like everything about the course - except the height of the grass in the rough. The tee boxes, fairways and greens are typical cut and in very good condition. But the roughs are about 1.5 to 2x longer than typical golf courses. I pride myself in following my ball to rest and not having to spend time looking when I'm in the rough. It is definitely a chore to locate a ball hit in the rough at Crane's - even if it's 5-10 ft off the fairway because you only have a few feet of visibility. Our twosome stumbled on to/picked up 15+ balls while looking for our balls. That tells me a) others losing a lot of balls and/or b) the grass isn't getting cut often. This is not a season/fall issue. I have experienced high rough grass in the Spring and Summer here. Penalizing a golfer with extra high grass in the rough adds strokes. I recommend this course with caveats:
a) play if you can't get a tee time on your preferred course b) put a few more extra balls in your bag c) know that you're gonna have some tough lies out of the rough d) be satisfied with a score that is 20-30% above your handicap.
It’s fine.
Fine course. This isn’t the best course in the world - sometimes you’re not sure if you’re on the fairway or the rough. I had a solid time. Good for a beginner.
Fun course from the Blues
From the blue tees a good course for handicappers in the teens. Greens not large so not easy to hit. The course does have wear and tear on the greens and the tees tough. Some more attention to these two and could be a nice course I would return to.
Worst course I have ever played
Course was in very poor condition. Grass was way too high in fairways, greens were all torn up, all said would never play this course again
Maintenance
Greens need some mowing and improvement with several brown patches. Rough was US open thickness. While it rained recently, a good mowing would help.
Cranes Greens
I have play 23 different courses this year. By far, Cranes Landing has the worst grrrnd of all of them. The were uncut and do slow it was impossible to get consistent putts. Furthermore,some of the greens were diseased.
If your working on you drives and irons, it’s a great value. But the greens make it impossible to score.
You won’t be disappointed
This course is just so nice. The fairways are nice. The green are tough but fun and the prices for drinks are really good. Plus they have the best pimento cheese sandwich for like $5-$7. Pace of place is nice. Didn’t have to wait and no one on our tail either! The tee times are spaced 10 minutes apart. It’s awesome. The cart girl came up a few times and we still didn’t have to rush
Course needs lots of work. Most tee boxes are beat up, fairways are on the dry side and most of the greens are in bad shape. Lots of dead spots on the greens and they are on the balls rolling slow. The best thing is the staff, very friendly and helpful!