Burnham Woods Golf Course

The staff here is so friendly. From the Pro Shop staff to the workers on the course. Everyone said hello and made me feel welcome and safe. It's been a while since I played this course. So, it was great going back and playing this course once again for the first time and over 5 years. Some things have changed on the course. But it's still Burnham Woods a local inexpensive Park Forest golf course. Great for the community a real local gem. "A great beginners course". I would not recommend it for the "Avid golfer".

It’s a course the county chooses not to maintain. Half the greens were unplayable. One had the flag stuck in the fringe like a spear. Staff is very friendly. It’s a course to get your practice in.

Awful pace of play, poorly ran, awful conditions. This course is run like the local DMV feels like pulling teeth. The pace of play was horrid they gladly let a 6 some play with no enforcement with a round taking 6 hours to complete. The pro shop doesn’t know how to operate they let lines build up and take 20 minutes to get you checked in and to microwave a hot dog. The greens are like playing on the Sahara desert with the rest of the course being all rough. You should be paid to play this course it’s that bad.

I’ve always gone to Burnham Woods when I wanted to get in a round of 18 holes in less than 2.5 hours. I’ve played there three times in the past three years, including yesterday.

That said, fairways are not, what you’d call, manicured. Lots of bare parches or grass clumps. Greens are in bad shape. Many have big spots of bare dirt.

There were at least a half dozen lawnmowers going over the course when I played so they were working on it, but, it’ll take more than grass-cutting to fix problems here.

Friendly staff, including the grounds crew.

Staff demonstrated no common sense nor judgment to reschedule around for two players. Instead I paid for the rounds that we didn't play. Plus, I am Forest Preserve member.

Three of the green they don’t meet the standard the grass missing around and in middle make it hard for ball to roll smoothly

It's been a while since | played here, really wanted to like it for the nostalgia. This was the first place I played with my grandfather.

I understand it's early in the season, but this place needs a lot of help and it's not anywhere worth the price, and add $18 each for a cart, that’s ridiculous! So many better places for the same price. Do better Forest Preserves

You lose so many balls here 1) because there are a few narrow tees and anything not straight gets lost in the woods. Thats not a huge deal it makes for a challenging course. but 2) the fairway is barely a fairway, its as long as the rough and you lose balls that you hit well! that's SUPER annoying when you can't find a well hit ball either! The greens have more than a few rough spots but for $40 you get what you pay for.

This course used to be nice years ago. Lack of maintenance is an understatement. Not sure if it’s funding from state or what but for almost $50 normal greens fees I’d say no. But I got a deal on the app and it’s close to my fathers house.

There is basically no fairway height cut. No distinction between fairway and rough. There is not much bent grass at all in the "fairways" and tee boxes. Mostly weeds. There are many severely damaged greens. There are multiple tee boxes which have tree branches encroaching to where you are hitting them on your backswing. I would only play again if the cost was under $8.

The only charm is the staff was decent and there was a flock of wild turkeys wandering around.

I think this is the worst course I’ve ever played, condition wise and I’ve played hundreds of courses in my life. Don’t bother spending your money or time here.

This course had no difference betweent the length of the grass in the fairways and length of grass in the rough, half the grass on the greens are dead. Tee boxes are awful. Photo is a “fairway”

There are no ‘fairways’ since the grass is not well kept. You’ll hit a drive perfectly and have a 80% chance to lose the ball since the grass is so high. Greens are halfway decent but most are in poor shape.

The grass on the fairways are always a little too rough, far and few low cut. Balls are difficult to find.