Villa Olivia Country Club

Layout of course is good on front 9, the back wanders thru a ski resort. The greens are in very poor condition, maybe the worst I've seen!

I booked the round through golfnow website. The course was wide open on Sunday morning, the staff were friendly. We had a great round of golf and finished it in 4 hrs 15 min.

Absolutely horrible course conditions. Not the course for a serious round.

I'll start with the bad. Carts aren't in the best shape. Tee boxes are super shaggy (think rough). All the greens have brown, dead spots so your ball is sure to skip. Pace of play was a little over 5 hours.

The best thing this course has going for it is its uniqueness. I'm almost certain that a few holes on the back 9 serve as part of the ski resort in the winter. Massive uphills and downhills, not to mention a ski lift that acts as an obstacle on Hole #12.

All in all, Villa Olivia needs a lot of work. It's a good 18-hole course for beginners, however I would like to see this course rejuvenated because it offers something that you don't typically see in the suburbs of Chicago.

Used to play this course regularly before it was bought by the Park District. It was in much nicer condition when privately owned. Looks like the PD got in over their head. Carts are old and beat up, struggled getting up hills. Tee boxes and traps had grab grass growing in them. Sprinklers set up and running in middle of fairways. Lost of dead trees and weeds growing all around the course. Broken sign poles with screws sticking out of them. PD should get out of the golf business and let someone else return the course to what it once was. Sad...

Played as a bargain last week through Golf Now. It's been many years since I last played. It needs a lot of tender loving care to bring it up to a level where people will want to pay more than a bargain price on a regular basis.

Here's my recommendation for Villa Olivia - it's an enjoyable Golf Course in the summer and a Ski-Slope in the winter; you can also host a diner party there with a really good view of the grounds, summer or winter. Sign up with GolfNow and enjoy 18-Holes with a cart and it's very nice!

The course is rough at best. The greens are shaggy, the fairways and rough are similar. However, for the hot deal price, I have no complaints. As a low handicapper, this is not a course that I would play usually but it was a good value for under $15 including cart!

It was the first time we played there and was real happy we did. the course overall was in great shape as were the greens. Some fairways were a little narrow but overall a very nice course.

Was not good whether on Monday.
it been but whether every Monday.

Played 6 holes in 3 hours. As I was driving in from the 7the tee box I passed 3, 5-somes. As I go to return the cart key the guy working the pro shop said it was pretty typical for a Saturday.

I'll most likely never be back!

I got a great deal on golf now and the course was in very good condition. pace of play was very good and I usually play this course every week.

Well maintained and clean greens and very friendly staff.

Horrible setup. Fairways are 20 yds wide with rough nearly 8-12 inches. Looked for balls all day. Miss the fairway by a foot and lose your ball. Seriously took 5 hrs to play and we were only ones playing. Stay away

I've lived in Bartlett for 21 years and have never considered this place to be a nice course. It is a ski "resort" in the winter which damages the course and it isn't well kept at all. The area isn't very pleasant to look at, and there are no holes that are exciting to look at or play. I'm shocked that they can charge $49 for 18 holes is ridiculous. Villa Olivia needs to realize that they're not a fancy place and just your mediocre all in one. Take your way down route 20 a couple miles and play Highlands of Elgin for roughly the same price with amazing views and a well kept course.

greens were great, a little slow. Fairways were is good condition. Easier course for high handicapper.

There was no indication that the back 9 were closed nor did Golfnow.com indicate this. That was a disappointment.

However they allow me to play the front 9 twice.

Had I known about that I would not have played.

We were golfing as a pair and we were just surrounded by foursomes. Our tee time was 10:52, but due to a late arrival, we teed off at about 11:03 (no groups behind us until 11:07). During check-in, we were never told there was an outing ahead of us or that the entire course had been aerated and greens were all grids of aerated holes and sand, and there were no signs posted as such. We golfed through one foursome, who clearly knew the etiquette and was very nice. The next foursome, however, turned out to be the last group of the outing and they were at least 2 holes behind the rest of the groups ahead of them, so as they were all eating lunch at the halfway turn, we tried to go around them. They complained to the point that we ended up going to the pro shop to ask if they could send a ranger to speed them up, but we just watched as the ranger passed their group up twice without saying a word. We finished the round in 5 hours...unacceptable. We tried to talk to a manager twice, but the employees couldn't find him either time. While packing up the clubs in the parking lot, the ranger drove by in his cart to throw out bags of garbage...now we know what the ranger's REAL job is there. SUGGESTION TO THE STAFF: If you are going to book an outing, leave 4 or 5 tee times between the outing and other golfers. NEVER have them golf right behind one another, or you will most certainly get the aforementioned disaster.

I agree with other reviewers. The course seems to be a little run down. The people in front of us were ridiculous hacks, drove their carts on the green. We also were behind a 5-some for awhile! First 9 took 1 hour 40 back took 2.5 ouch

Played this years ago....sad when facilities are left to deteriorate .... fairways were decent, but the greens and tee boxes were terrible. Cart path and even fairways you bounced up and down not very good for your back. . Surprisingly I still played well...the greens on back were aerified, they really need to be replaced. The lunch was excellent and bartender gave us good service.