Port at Harborside International Golf Center

Early morning tee time should not result in a five hour round. Waited on every shot, two groups ahead of us on the tenth tee. After every hole the cart warned us we were behind pace and would be asked to jump ahead by a marshal, but no marshal was ever seen to address the slow play ahead of us. Cart paths should have been replaced five years ago and are borderline undriveable. Toilet at the half way house was backed up. Could not stand on any tee box without my feet resting in old divots. Beverage cart didn't arrive until after 11 am.

Can not adequately express my anger at the low quality of the experience given the price. Likely my last round at Harborside.

Cart path is absolutely horrible . Driving range hitting area is all crab grass w little places for decent grass to hit off .

Conditions continue to get worse but prices stay high .

It’s a shame love the layout and course but no longer a favorite

Good course design. Hit it where you're supposed to and the course plays fairly easily. Well conditioned fairways allow for accurate approach shots. Rough is higher than normal, so hit it in the rough and balls are difficult to find (which can impact pace of play) and tough to hit straight shots out of without wrists of steel. Sand is harder/wetter and, therefore, more difficult than most. Greens are very slow, but in good shape and very consistent. Staff is great.

For the money that they are charging to play, I'm very disappointed. The cart paths are the worst and the Geese's Sugar, Honey, Ice, Tea was every where. They are to be ashamed for the up keeping of this course course, this is Charles Barkley Terrible...

The course provides a worthy challenge to even the most skilled golfer. Generous fairways but also punitive rough & fescue. They played a Senior PGA event here some years ago. Pray you don't have high winds when playing. My biggest knock on the course are the cart paths. You'd think with the prices they charge and the play they get, there wouldn't be so many craters on the gravel paths. They have a top-notch practice facility. If you play the Port course, be prepared for the par-3 with the anchor bunker etched into the hole. It should bre a great experience!

Good layout, back 9 on the Port was more challenging and enjoyable than front. 18 is a great finishing hole, trouble everywhere.

He asked us personal questions and then he would drive by asking us if we were holding up play. Anne we were the first players on the course.

I’m not a pro or anything so I don’t expect to play well when I golf, but if I’m paying over $265 for two people then I’d at least expect some sort of good experience. Way too packed. We were waiting to play on every hole and the people behind us were blaring techno music so by the time we got to tee off we were listening to these drunk guys’ speakers the whole time. Last hole was covered in goose poop. Also don’t wait until the day before to tell people the clubhouse is closed. That’s bad business. If you require a 24 hour cancellation then you can’t be sending out alerts within 24 hours that the golfers can’t use the amenities they’re expecting to use.

The harborside courses are always in top condition. They're wildly overpriced however. The greens are ungodly slow and always overly soft. The layout is rather generic as most of the holes are next to each other. Head out to the highlands in elgin for a similar course at half the price.

I played the Port course at Harborside International on 07/08/2021, with three other buddies. I played it last year and the course is still in great shape from the fairways, to the greens and the bunkers. The greens rolled very nice and smooth. I believe the course is very fair if you play the correct tees. The entire staff was very courteous and friendly, especially the starter on the Port Course that day. It was a perfect day temperature wise. We teed off at 8:40 with a slight breeze, and the wind picked up steadily as the day went on, but it is Harborside and wind is to be expected. The only major issue is the cart paths are in horrible shape and in some areas, you needed to drive around them. But living in the Midwest, we all know how the weather takes a toll on pavement. We had lunch inside the clubhouse afterwards enjoying the views overlooking the eighteenth greens. I will definitely be back.