Arboretum GC
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4.0
703 Reviews (703)
5 Stars
264
4 Stars
292
3 Stars
93
2 Stars
32
1 Stars
22
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.1
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.6
Amenities
4.1
83.1%
Recommend this course
586 out of 703 reviews
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3.9
15 Reviews (15)
5 Stars
4
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.0
Value
3.7
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.0
86.7%
Recommend this course
13 out of 15 reviews
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4.0
58 Reviews (58)
5 Stars
24
4 Stars
23
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
4
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.1
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.7
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.3
86.2%
Recommend this course
50 out of 58 reviews
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Course Highlights
Arboretum delivers a well-maintained, water-rich layout with plush fairways, sculpted bunkers, and consistently excellent course conditions. Friendly staff and a unique sushi restaurant with Japanese beer on tap make this a distinctive and rewarding experience.

About

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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Reviews

4.0
703 Reviews (703)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 15
Patio Dining 9
Brunch 6
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 38
Bunkers 25
Forced Carries 18
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 24
Locals 20
Walkers 7
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 34
Worth the Drive 15

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Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

Couldn't play as course was closed due to snow

I've played here and found the course in a great condition and friendly staff. This time I had to call the clubhouse and check if they were open. Unfortunately the were closed due to snow but would've preferred if I got a notification from the golf course about the closure

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 02/12/2021

u864080473, 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 116
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great day for golf

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 02/12/2021

Thank you for your review, Pengjianliu. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Arboretum Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 01/04/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, u314161058028! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Arboretum Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 12/28/2020

Hi, u314161076447. We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us at (847) 913-1112 to share with us your favorite part of your experience with us. Thanks for golfing at Arboretum Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great tough course. Would like to play in spring or summer. A lot of water. Will play again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 12/28/2020

u314161076447, 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 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 11/30/2020

Hi, pwnajarro. 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 13
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow Play but Great Conditions

Hard to complain about golf in November but play was excessively slow.

Course was in shockingly good condition. The greens were recently aerated & there were a ton of leaves everywhere but other than that it was great

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
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Commented on 11/30/2020

Hi, VossRules. We appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. We look forward to having you back at Arboretum Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

!st timer

the course was nice but the cart was horrible. i had to push it up hill and it had no power.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 11/10/2020

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 11
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 11/02/2020

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, u1898718! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Arboretum Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Disappointed

Tee times every 8 min. No wonder there’s a backup. Aeration of greens but paid full price.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 11/02/2020

Hi, u314159937396! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Arboretum Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 11/02/2020

Hi byungsong. 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 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Ridiculous pin placements

Was really looking forward to playing the Arboretum based on previous rounds played there. When we arrived, the guy at the desk first told me that the reservation was not prepaid and then quoted us a price that differed from that on Golf Now. Fortunately, I had the receipt that I produced. I never received an apology for the mix up. Got to the first tee where we were informed that they had the pins set up in the most difficult positions. The placements were definitely not in compliance with USGA Rule 15-3. This made for very slow play. Disappointed.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 11/10/2020

Hi, Kurby34! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Arboretum Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Slowest round of the year

After 5 and a half hours I couldn’t take it anymore. Tees off 20 minutes late. No cart girl. Miller life, colors and 1 IPA at the bar with no bartender. Don’t even think there’s a cart girl. What a joke of a course. Target golf at best. Want a refund tbh.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 11/10/2020

Hi, u000006440531. Thank you for taking the time to review the course. We take single star feedback very seriously at our course. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Arboretum Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Too Slow

We were two tee times before the twilight rate and were not even close to finishing our round because they over booked the course. There were log jams at the par 3's.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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Commented on 11/10/2020

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, u761040148. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Arboretum Golf Club, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow play

If you have three hours to see if you want to play nine holes this is your place. Besides teetimes been delayed by 20 minutes and basically ridiculously slow and the Teebox is completely beat up the Arboretum could be a very nice golf course. Until they change the way they approach players I will not be back

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Commented on 11/10/2020

Hi, u2969325! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Arboretum Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 116
Skill Intermediate
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 10/09/2020

Hi Pengjianliu. 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
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Interesting track

The course is challenging and interesting. However, we waited on every hole, which was very irritating.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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Commented on 10/09/2020

Hello, Daniel1197319. Thank you for taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass along your feedback to the staff. Thanks for visiting Arboretum Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

If the cost of 18 holes with a cart for seniors was $40 or less, Arboretum would be the only course I would play.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 10/09/2020

Hi ncaPjzThJXUU5bfoFv58. We appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. We look forward to having you back at Arboretum Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great public course

For a public course, Arboretum is the best. The course is in great condition and drains well. It presents a different challenge on every hole. The staff is helpful and friendly. They maintain a really good pace of play for a public course. I always look forward to playing there.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 10/02/2020

Thank you for taking the time to review us u000007929876. Your feedback is valuable, and we look forward to delivering you excellent service again soon. Arboretum Golf Club thanks you!

Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Course

Overall love this course. Greens are undulating with some very challenging pin placements, but very fair overall. This is not just a bomb every hole course, a few holes you have to place drives for optimum shots into the green. Play it every chance I get, always fun and a challenge at the same time. Great location as well.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 10/02/2020

Thank you for taking the time to review us u000007922069. Your feedback is valuable, and we look forward to delivering you excellent service again soon. Arboretum Golf Club thanks you!

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