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2.9
585 Reviews (585)
5 Stars
78
4 Stars
183
3 Stars
131
2 Stars
86
1 Stars
107
Conditions
2.7
Value
3.2
Layout
3.4
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
3.6
Amenities
2.8
54.1%
Recommend this course
336 out of 585 reviews
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3.5
15 Reviews (15)
5 Stars
2
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.2
Value
4.1
Layout
3.8
Pace
3.9
Amenities
2.9
StaffFriendliness
4.6
80.0%
Recommend this course
12 out of 15 reviews
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3.2
34 Reviews (34)
5 Stars
6
4 Stars
10
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
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5
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.6
Layout
3.5
Pace
3.6
Amenities
2.9
StaffFriendliness
4.2
64.7%
Recommend this course
22 out of 34 reviews
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Course Highlights
Exceptionally friendly staff consistently impress golfers, from helpful starters to attentive course employees who go above and beyond. The unique layout featuring narrow fairways, trees, and a river creates a challenging southern resort feel at an affordable price.

About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Par 70
Length 6258 yards
Slope 130
Rating 71.1

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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Course Details

Year Built 1975
Fairways Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 4/1 Closed: 11/30
Architect George Fazio (1975)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Collared Shirts are required for men. Appropriate golf attire for women. No denim, cutoffs, tee shirts or tank tops are permitted.

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities
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Reviews

2.9
585 Reviews (585)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 8
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 14
Narrow Fairways 10
Bunkers 9
This course/club is great for:
Locals 10
A Weekend Splurge 6
This Course's Location is:
At a Resort 14
In the 'Burbs 13
Convenient to the City 6

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Reviews 9
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

COURSE NEEDS MORE CARE

Beside the course needing more care, it was relatively OK. The staff is always kind and easy to accommodate. The staff should be a more attentive to the first tee box, as single players were going off in front of four sums, and a single behind us.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

only play here if it's very cheap to do so

-- very tight course

-- undulating greens make putting difficult

-- fairways in terrible shape

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

This course can be a little tricky to shoot your handicap if you don't play correct tees. The greens were rolling true. course needs time to recover from wet spring. many challenges with crowned greens . These greens will challenge your putting skills, especially longer putts. I trust they will get it back to tip top shape & it will be a gem once again. .

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Hot weather
Walked
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

used to be great !!

fairways in bad shape , can’t find your ball in the rough . grass not maintained ... greens not the worst but could be better . I lost balls w/o even going out of bounds ...

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great staff members

Today’s course pace was poor due to outing and condition of the course was terrible. I’m surprised this course is a part of Marriot resort?

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Joe p

First nine was perfect. Back nine was in bad condition.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Tony's mini review

Very nice course, but fairways on back 9 and hole 8 were in less tha average condition.

Greens were in good shape, and not extremely fast.

I enjoyed playing this course, but needed a cart.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Worst condition ever

I used to like this course. However, the course is getting worse and worse every year. The course is poorly maintained or not maintained at all. Fairway and tee box are full of dirts and weeds. Each green has inconsistent rolls. I do not recommend it even if the price is less than $10 per round.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 80
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Rough all around

Course has deteriorated over the years and this was worst conditions I've seen. Many fairways were rough and in poor condition. Weeds off the fairways were high and encroaching onto the course. Can't take cart into lot to pick up clubs (which has always been the case) but still inconvenient. No beverage cart out on course on a day that was well into the 90s. Greens were slow and some patchy. I know it is a tough year for courses with the virus, but many others in the area in much better condition and operated.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course needs attention

The fairways t boxes and greens are in serious need if attention. This course had a great deal of water in May and they haven’t taken care if damage

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

no kidding worst course

I have never seen a course in worse condition, it’s repulsive that they charge $40 a head. Standing water EVERYWHERE. I did not hit a shot on dry firm ground. Course design is a joke, most par 4s are short and tight, and I can’t help but feel like I’ve played 9-hole courses on larger pieces of property. When we made the turn, nobody was in the pro shop for us to buy drinks from. We waited for 20 minutes and just decided to throw some cash on the counter with hopes that we were covering what we purchased (which we found out as we teed off on 10 was spot on-to the penny) To top it all off the regulars all float around the course and play whatever hole they want, whether or not you’re pulling up to the tee box they’re pulling up to. When confronted, they pretend to be lost. 3 of them asked us if the hole we were on was the second hole. I award this course no points, and may god have mercy on the souls of those who play it.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Second worst course ever!

The place is just a mess! Mud everywhere, like teeing off on a marsh every hole. No markings for distance and patches of bare mud in the fairways and greens. The only other course as bad was a forest preserve course. This is not worth the money or time. Terrible!!!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 5
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course in terrible shape. Not worth playing. Grass not cut in many places. Lost balls because grass too deep. Many areas have no grass due to flooding damage. Would not play there again.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 48
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Deplorable Condition

Fairways full of bare spots, tufts of grass and weeds, greens uneven and inconsistent are what you get at this course. It is way worse than your average muni, which is truly a shame for course that I can imagine was once pretty nice. I don't see how it can be restored any time in the near future, probably 2 years minimum? Stay away!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Poor coditions

The spring floods played havoc with the course. But that does not excuse the poor upkeep. Lots of little things would have helped. Grass could be maintained where possible. Tee boxes were poor. Greens are ok. I expected a resort course and got an poorly kept public course of old. Not a good value

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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