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3.1
700 Reviews (700)
5 Stars
111
4 Stars
267
3 Stars
155
2 Stars
90
1 Stars
77
Conditions
2.8
Value
3.3
Layout
3.8
Friendliness
4.0
Pace
3.4
Amenities
3.0
56.9%
Recommend this course
474 out of 700 reviews
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2.9
51 Reviews (51)
5 Stars
4
4 Stars
14
3 Stars
15
2 Stars
9
1 Stars
9
Conditions
2.6
Value
3.1
Layout
3.7
Pace
3.3
Amenities
2.9
StaffFriendliness
4.1
56.9%
Recommend this course
29 out of 51 reviews
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2.9
60 Reviews (60)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
16
3 Stars
16
2 Stars
11
1 Stars
12
Conditions
2.6
Value
3.1
Layout
3.7
Pace
3.4
Amenities
2.8
StaffFriendliness
4.0
53.3%
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32 out of 60 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 70
Length 6901 yards
Slope 136
Rating 73.7

Tamarack Golf Club is a course that will test your shot-making skills yet it is still player-friendly enough to appeal to all skill levels. Pete Dye designed the course with tight, sculpted fairways and undulating greens that come in a range of sizes. The layout offers plenty of challenges with water or sand coming into play on every hole. The golf course will test your accuracy but it is not as difficult as many other Dye designs. The third is one of the toughest holes. A severely undulating green protected by deep bunkers makes placement vitally important on this par 3. The 15th is one of the back nine's more challenging holes. It presents an interesting risk-reward opportunity with a myriad of teeing options. Water lines the entire right side and the two-tiered green is flanked with bunkers to the front and right.

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Course Details

Year Built 1989
Greens Bent
Golf Season Open: 3/01 Closed: 12/31
Architect David Gill

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No

Policies

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

Food & Beverage

Bar

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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3.1
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Challenging but fair layout

Challenging layout with plenty of bunkers in striking distance. Water adds extra element to consider on several holes. Condition of course was subpar as tee boxes, traps, and greens have not been kept up. Could be an above average course with some work but average without.

Conditions Average
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Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
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Conditions Excellent
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3.0
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Disappointed

I was really expecting this course to be more well kept, the traps were terrible (like concrete), the greens tore up (no one fixed any divots they made on their approach. For a Naperville course it is extremely disappointing to play at.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
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Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Previously Played

Played last week, course didn’t have scorecards. This week, there was a ~20-minute delay waiting for carts.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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2.0
Previously Played

Over Booked

Course is constantly over booked and pace of play suffers routinely. Used to be one of my favorite courses in the area, but quality has gone down.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
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Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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2.0
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Needs starter ranger

I think instead of the guy sitting in the clubhouse talking with the girl working the register, he should be working as a starter because there was none never saw Ranger I think guys jumped from one to 10 at the turn sand traps were horrific. You could at least spray and kill the weeds and grass growing in them. poorly run and manage course.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
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Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
1.0
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Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Please fix this course

This course has so much potential. To the corporate owners of the course, please put the money into the course. These are some of the worst sand traps (if you could even call it sand) I have ever seen

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
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Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Last Time Here

Terrible pace of play… waited 20 minutes to tee off initially and at least 10 minutes on each hole. No golf carts available initially, then our cart died on hole two. Bunkers are basically mud or dirt, no water on course, missing half the ball washers. Last time playing here.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Arcis- the vampires of the golf industry

Zero stars. Arcis golf destroyed yet another course! Vampires of the golf industry. Course is in horrible shape! Clubhouse in shambles. Staff are like deer in headlights. Do the neighborhood a favor and light a match and burn the place down. 🤣

Every Arcis managed course is crap. Beware!!!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
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First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Will never play a round here again

No starter, so we started 25 minutes late.

Limited amount of golf carts, (ours and the twosome ahead of us cart's died on the 12th hole). Sand traps were mostly rocks and dirt, very little if any sand. Weeds everywhere, trees had been fallen and were just left..Greens had recently been aerated and were very dry and sandy, tee boxes are not being taken care of (many old divets)...this was the worst condition course so far this year.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 05/13/2025

Thank you for your feedback, and for playing our course. It was our pleasure to have you as our guest. I would like to connect to discuss further if you have a moment per phone 630-780-8889, or e-mail mnutall@arcisgolf.com Have a great week, and I look forward to connecting in the future.

Michael Nutall

General Manager

Tamarack Golf Club

Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Tamarack on 5/7/2025

Great staff, great pricing, great pace of play and layout. We were able to play as a Twosome. Only problem was with the bunkers, no sand in most and some had rocks, rest of the course was in great shape!!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/13/2025

Thank you for your feedback, and for playing our course. It was our pleasure to have you as our guest!! If you have any questions please contact me per phone 630-780-8889, or e-mail mnutall@arcisgolf.com Have a great week, and I look forward to connecting in the future.

Michael Nutall

General Manager

Tamarack Golf Club

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Reviews 1
1.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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Commented on 04/29/2025

Thank you for your feedback, and for playing our course. It was our pleasure to have you as our guest. I would like to connect to discuss further if you have a moment per phone 630-780-8889, or e-mail mnutall@arcisgolf.com Have a great week, and I look forward to connecting in the future.

Michael Nutall

General Manager

Tamarack Golf Club

Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course in terrible condition

Fairway bunkers were all washed out; basically rock or mud. Some of greenside bunkers the same, but some ok. Greens were in terrible shape; some aerated with huge holes with no dressing, and some with far too much sand. The greens not aerated were inconsistent as well; some burned out and some ok. Overall trying to determine pace for a putt was impossible due to insistent condition. Many trees were down and in various stsges of cleanup. Tee boxes come nowhere near the yardages on card; one set even nonexistent. Total crap.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 04/29/2025

Thank you for your feedback, and for playing our course. It was our pleasure to have you as our guest. I would like to connect to discuss further if you have a moment per phone 630-780-8889, or e-mail mnutall@arcisgolf.com Have a great week, and I look forward to connecting in the future.

Michael Nutall

General Manager

Tamarack Golf Club

Played On
Reviews 68
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Rising like a phoenix

I used to play Tamarack a couple times a year (quite far from my home), but ceased when something caused the grass to die, leaving little more than a dirt track (same thing happened to La Grange CC). As such, I was impressed by conditions. Nice recovery! It is clearly early in the season and I assume more will be done, but we had a good time despite the high velocity winds.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 04/03/2025

Thank you for your feedback, and for playing our course. It was our pleasure to have you as our guest. Please contact me at anytime with questions per phone 630-780-8889, or e-mail mnutall@arcisgolf.com Have a great week, and I look forward to connecting in the future.

Michael Nutall

General Manager

Tamarack Golf Club

Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 02/11/2025

Thank you for your feedback, and for playing our course. It was our pleasure to have you as our guest. If you have any questions, please call 630-780-8889, or e-mail mnutall@arcisgolf.com Have a great week, and I look forward to connecting in the future.

Michael Nutall

General Manager

Tamarack Golf Club

Played On
Reviews 104
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Wet weather
Walked

Water hazard on every hole.. on and off the fairways as well as in the bunkers

A course with a moderate challenge, but it is made worse with poor drainage and total lack of maintenance. But it is one course open close to where I live. So I play there ... just to get out of the house, If you do not care about the the course conditions, it is OK to go here

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 02/11/2025

Thank you for your feedback, and for playing our course. It was our pleasure to have you as our guest. I would like to connect to discuss further if you have a moment per phone 630-780-8889, or e-mail mnutall@arcisgolf.com Have a great week, and I look forward to connecting in the future.

Michael Nutall

General Manager

Tamarack Golf Club

Played On
Reviews 104
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Cold weather
Walked

Once a decent flat terrain layout - now going bad

A flat course with water hazard on every hole. Maintenance is just bare enough to recognize this as a golf course. The major issue is sand bunkers. Most of them are mud pits. Previous suggestions for improvement had no effect.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 11/29/2024

Thank you for your feedback, and for playing our course. It was our pleasure to have you as our guest. I would like to connect to discuss further if you have a moment 630-780-8889, or e-mail mnutall@arcisgolf.com Have a great week, and I look forward to connecting in the future.

Michael Nutall

General Manager

Tamarack Golf Club

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