Settler's Hill Golf Course

I have played Settler's Hill for many years and have usually enjoyed the uniqueness of the course. Last year, they supposedly invested in an irrigation system and they were supposed to build a new clubhouse. Well the clubhouse hasn't happened and they apparently aren't watering the course. You needed a jack hammer to get your tee into the ground. The fairways were like concrete and had sections throughout the course where the grass (if you want to call it that) was almost non existent. The greens also were like putting on ice and again hard as a rock. The course is beat up, which is not usual for early spring. They also lacked a beverage cart, a halfway house and restrooms on the course. I won't be returning to this course until improvements are made. That is a shame because it previously was a fun course to play.

Love the layout, fantastic feel of being in a preserve and prairie environment. Hoping the course conditions improve as the season goes on

Course was in poor shape and the new greens were more sand than grass, will not play there again until 2024 at the earliest,

Maybe the future layout in 3/4 years but now is not the time to play there in beginning of development… rocks , divots , mesh , greens rough just disappointed

Things are confusing, with changing hole #1 to hole #18 before the new club house is ready seems dumb. Hole #15 has lost all appeal was a down extreme par 3, not anymore. The next hole new #16 par 5 , tee box reconfigure is ok however after your tee shot, setting up for your 2nd shot, people are hitting there tee off shots into you because there's a blind spot in the fairways, they need a Bell to ring when it's clear, adding signs at the teebox to be aware of players below is a must

This course was closed for a few years for a redesign but I don’t like the changes they removed two down hill par 3s and made boring simple par 3’s in their place not sure why? Maybe to save on maintenance? The greens we bumping and slow but it’s early in the year so a hope that will improve.

They have two shorter Par 4 ‘s with down hill tee shots you are blind on the tee to those in front of you I was almost hit in both holes. They need to have a bell to ring to let the group on the tee know you are clear or someone will get hurt here

Enjoyed this course previously. But not a fan of the changes. Switching 18 & 1 means 17&18 are great but 1 is uninteresting. Also means that 1 is hard to find and like a half mile from the clubhouse. Then the course never gets near it again. There was no water or refreshments available in any way after you tee off. Was severely dehydrated but end of the round. I'm sure this will improve with a new clubhouse whenever that's done, but the routing shouldn't have been changed before that. What will NOT improve is they got rid of the amazing downhill part 3 on the back 9! It was their signature hole in my opinion. I see no reason to ever go back.

Played Saturday, April 8th. Worst conditions I have ever seen especially for a Saturday. Not ready for primetime. Not sure why it was closed for 1 1/2 years. Not as good. Who made those decisions? I submitted a complaint. I'll report back. Did I mention the greens? OMG

I’ve never played this place before the redesign, but based on past reviews, it seems like course quality is still of dire need. Staff was extremely friendly, pro shop guy gave us a great layout of the course. Overall layout is a great for the area, plenty of blind tee shots if you’ve never played before, but pretty fair. For April, hard as a rock and the fairways already look burnt out with “cart path only”? And the greens…if anything at all PLEASE ROLL THEM. It was Mt. Everest out there. I like this course for a nice after work round, got 18 holes in 2.5 hours at 5 is perfect this time of year. With some irrigation help and greens being majorly tended to, it has potential. Hopefully the added practice area will be a nice bonus for the buck.

Played our first round of the year on a beautiful sunny 69 degree day. The weather was perfect, but can't say the same about the course. It was cart path only as the low spots were still mush. The greens were lumpy and slow. I'm not a fan of the new layout. The old severely downhill fun to play 16th hole par 3 has been replaced by an uninteresting flat par 3. The old par 5 5th hole has been slightly shortened into an impossible par 4. You never get near the clubhouse until the 17th hole (formerly the 18th). The driving range isn''t open yet, and the new clubhouse won;t open for a couple of years . They added a nice 3 hole practice area, but they charge $7 tu use it. The one nice change is anew putting green which replaces the worst putting green in the Chicago area. The normal $45 weekday rate is highway robbery at this time, and our $34 GolfNow rate was no bargain. Hold off a couple of weeks before playing here.

Greens very lumpy, need to be rolled out and would get a 5/5 from me. Everything else in great shape but it’s early in the season so understandable

I realize the changes being made are still ongoing but charging $55 for a course that’s in terrible condition is a bit ridiculous. Also, they removed the best par 3 on the course. Not sure why, but that was disappointing!

When i played, the course had not been Maintained in anyway since the year before. Because of attempted repairs to the Fairways they probably wont be mowing them for a couple weeks The greens were long, bumpy and very slow. the bunkers Like every other area were un maintained. Its to bad courses dont warn you in any way before saying they are open for the year and ready to play

It's April 3rd and the course is not ready to play. There were no tee markers out. Also the greens were not cut or rolled since last year.

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They are all remodeling. Very good design.

But all course condition is so bad.

No maintenance. It’s much better than before design if maintenance good. This course is perfect