Cary Country Club

Good course, good condition but got jammed up on back 9

Cary Country Club has been a go to golf course in Cary Illinois for over 100 years. Located next to the Fox River in Illinois it offers some of the best scenic views in the area. It has very friendly staff who want you to have a very positive golf experience at Cary Country Club, I recommend that if you are in the area and want to golf give Cary Country Club a strong consideration it is a good value and a great experience.

Tee times are not gaped appropriately. As a result very slow play. Grass could be mowed a tad shorter. Don’t play after rain, course doesn’t drain well, to be expected for a hundred year old course. Worth playing.

We attempted to play this course, but were unfortunately washed out after the third hole. They would only refund us for the holes we did not play though, so we received 75% of our green fee. Those will be the last holes I play there. Such a myopic approach with their refund policy leads them to being penny wise and pound foolish and creates a poor customer experience. I wish management all the luck in their business efforts going forward.

Well laid out to take advantage of the big hills available. Hard to believe it is northeast Illinois.

I will say I really enjoyed the layout of the course and the elevated tee boxes. Staff was friendly and nice. But besides that, every fairway was not cut short enough at all whatsoever or hasn’t been cut in who knows how long so it was nearly impossible to get a good lie anywhere. The rough was rough to say the least and mostly just rock solid ground because a good amount of it was dead grass. The greens run extremely fast and there are massive divots everywhere on each green. This was my first time playing here but the holes seemed like they have been in the same location for a while because of the wear and tear on the grass around the holes and the grass around the cup itself. Tee times running every 8 minutes made pace of play slow and that could just be due to the fact that I was playing as a 2 man behind a group of 5 people that said 4 haven’t played golf before (I didn’t know they allowed groups of more than 4). And this has nothing to do with the course but after saying they’d let us play through on the next hole which was hole 2 they did not let us play through and we would get to the next tee boxes each hole afterwards and they’d still be teeing off so that was a little disappointing. (Not the courses fault but if you’re going to let people play in a group of 5/6 people please tell them that if they’re playing slow to let faster groups behind them play through). Then the final thing that also doesn’t have to do with the course itself is on my last hole, 2 kids came from 2 fairways over probably 600-700 yards to about 5 feet from my ball after I just teed off. They’re sitting there staring at me not checking the ball or anything and I just give the signal that it’s my ball. They sit there for another 10 seconds not moving but just staring at me. Then without even looking at the ball one of the kids jumps out of the cart, grabs my ball, jumps back in, and then they quickly turn around and go back 2 whole fairways over. Super disappointing round, drove 45 minutes to try it out and most likely wont be doing that again.

Hidden gem customer service outstanding 100 years old !

Great bar lunches

We were only a 2some on a monday, but we finished 18 holes in about 3.5 hrs, with a 4some in front if us.

Greens are hilly and fast.