Vernon Hills Golf Course

Great 9 hole course. Forces you to get better at fighting out of tree lines and sand. Love the bar too.

A creek runs thru 6 of the 9-holes. Pace of play was good for a Friday 10:40a tee time.

Solid muni, nothing fancy about it but course was in great shape for the price point. I walked it for 17 bucks, fun little layout. Traps well maintained. Greens rolled fine.

The bunkers and greens are challenging; more difficult than your average golf course. It’s a good place to dial in your irons, but not many holes where you can hit driver. It’s pretty cramped, but for 9 holes, I suppose that’s to be expected.

Pace of play was good. Greens in excellent shape. Fairways average to good. Rough is playable for average golfer.

Course wasn’t in great shape today, not surprising given the rain we’ve gotten over the past week.

I’ve played this course about 5 or 6 times now and I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s just not a very well designed course. A good golf course should reward good golf, but VHGC does not do that. The wide creek that runs through the course is in the landing zone on about 3 holes, requiring either a 250+ yard drive, or a layup leaving a 200+ yard approach shot to small greens. That’s not fair golf IMO, especially for the average muni player. The 6th is also a good example of poor design. Unless you hit your drive to the extreme left side of the fairway, and at least 240+ yards there are two trees in your line to the green so that your second shot requires a tight hook to access the green.

All in all, not a course that I’m likely to play again, especially considering the plethora of good public golf in the area.