Arboretum GC
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4.1
689 Reviews (689)
5 Stars
260
4 Stars
286
3 Stars
90
2 Stars
32
1 Stars
21
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.1
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.6
Amenities
4.1
83.8%
Recommend this course
574 out of 689 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.8
28 Reviews (28)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
13
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.9
Layout
3.7
Pace
3.3
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.2
78.6%
Recommend this course
22 out of 28 reviews
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4.1
52 Reviews (52)
5 Stars
22
4 Stars
21
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
3
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.1
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.6
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.4
88.5%
Recommend this course
46 out of 52 reviews
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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6447 yards
Slope 139
Rating 71.7
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Course Details

Year Built 1990
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 3/01 Closed: 12/01
Architect Dick Nugent (1990) David Whelchel

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes
Pull-carts 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

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Restaurant, Beverage Carts

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities, Locker Rooms
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4.1
689 Reviews (689)
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Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Mid week

I got a Hot Deal on GolfNow with an additional $10 coupon. Early afternoon tee time. Went off as a single and literally flew through 18 in 2:35 Only had to play through one nice single. Course was in decent condition. Nice fairways and smooth greens. Traps were all nicely raked. Weather 60 degrees. just got lucky as the course was almost empty at 2 pm. Club staff were delightful....

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 05/08/2023

Mike8450342, thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Arboretum Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 53
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Walked
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 05/05/2023

Hi, Akishono1. We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share with us your favorite part of your experience. Thanks for golfing at Arboretum Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/12/2023

We're glad you enjoyed your 5-star experience with us. Please comment or reach out to our team in the golf shop to let us know more about your round at Arboretum Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 04/05/2023

We're glad you enjoyed your 5-star experience with us. Please comment or reach out to our team in the golf shop to let us know more about your round at Arboretum Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 03/17/2023

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Arboretum Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 199
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 04/06/2023

We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share your favorite part of your experience and what we can do to earn that last star! Thanks for golfing at Arboretum Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 199
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 04/06/2023

Hello kimnamhoon. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave an excellent rating! We really appreciate your business. Please let us know what we can do for you in the future to earn that last star and thanks for choosing Arboretum Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Winter

The course is a lot better in the summer

Playing golf in March North of Chicago is always a plus. No snow a little wet they let carts out but cart path only. I would play again but the weather is getting colder Glad they are open

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 04/12/2023

Hello, Clstrachn. Thanks so much for your review. We're so glad you enjoyed your round at Arboretum Golf Club. That's what we like to hear! We hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice track!!!

First time playing it (winter golf) and I enjoyed it. Can’t wait to play it again this summer. Decent course. Couple of nice par 5’s. Love the course layout although there’s a couple of funky but fun holes. Greens are good. Can be tough depending on the pin placements.

Cons:

*They need to upgrade their golfcarts

*Green fee is a bit expensive

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 02/22/2023

limar09, thanks for the amazing review and for choosing Arboretum Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 199
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 01/10/2023

Hi, kimnamhoon. We would love to hear more about your 4-star experience on our course. Please tell us what we can do to earn that last star, and thanks for golfing at Arboretum Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

This course sucks

Read a lot of good reviews about this place before coming, and came out not understanding what all those people saw that I didn’t. Terrible course layout, decent pace of play, but to cap the whole day off the carts were terrible and ended up dying on us in the middle of our round. And the staff could not have been more rude about it. Staff is worst part about this place. Would never recommend coming here there are way better courses for a better place all over the state of Illinois. Never coming back here and you should save your money and never come here if you haven’t yet.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 138
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Nice course with great layout

I alway s life the layout at arboretum. A great deal of water comes into play so you have to know how far you hit the ball. Greens were good for late fall.

It’s a great course if you can get it for a good price

It was 30 dollars with cart on golf now but they wanted 50 dollars without discount.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 01/10/2023

uUAQJ7930UA, thanks for the amazing review and for choosing Arboretum Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 12/05/2022

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Arboretum Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

This course is very challenging.

There are lots of water. It was fun. I enjoyed this course.

I will come to play this course again if I have a chance.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 11/28/2022

Hello, u035198227. Thank you for visiting us at Arboretum Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
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Commented on 11/28/2022

We're glad you enjoyed your 5-star experience with us. Please comment or reach out to our team in the golf shop to let us know more about your round at Arboretum Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Great golf course

It was chilly weather was not so busy. I played 3

hours for 18 holes. I enjoyed this course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 11/14/2022

Hello, u035198227. Thank you for visiting us at Arboretum Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fall Friendly

Snuck out on a whim on a cool fall day. Course in good shape though some greens aerated. Course definitely favors accuracy (my inaccuracies, water and fall leaves combined for 6 lost balls)!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 10/31/2022

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Arboretum Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 11/23/2022

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Arboretum Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 7
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
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Commented on 10/24/2022

Hi, u069683349. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Arboretum Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
4.0
First Time Playing

Front nine is interesting

I only played the front this day so I know nothing about the back. I played the front twice though because the pace was going to be better for my back nine.

Interesting layout. I like the design of most of the holes. You have to negotiate a good amount of water, bunkers, OOB and narrowing fairways. Houses line all but one hike (I believe)

The houses are my biggest personal issue. It's just too tight to the houses for me to play confidently. Because my bad miss is a big pull left, I'm just not good enough to play courses with that restriction. If there was more space for errant shots I would play again.

Another different feature is that the fairway is not always continuous. You can hit to what you think is a good spot and find your ball in the equivalent of rough. Very odd.

Staff was friendly. Carts were fine. Price was good.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
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Commented on 10/21/2022

Hello, u000008041402. Thanks so much for your review. We're so glad you enjoyed your round at Arboretum Golf Club. That's what we like to hear! We hope to see you again soon!

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