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4.3
517 Reviews (517)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
42
2 Stars
19
1 Stars
14
Conditions
4.3
Value
3.9
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.1
88.2%
Recommend this course
454 out of 517 reviews
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4.3
28 Reviews (28)
5 Stars
17
4 Stars
6
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.3
Value
3.9
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.4
85.7%
Recommend this course
24 out of 28 reviews
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4.4
33 Reviews (33)
5 Stars
20
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.0
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.5
87.9%
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29 out of 33 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Links
Par 72
Length 7164 yards
Slope 136
Rating 74.8
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Harborside International Golf Center - Port Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1995
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 4/01 Closed: 10/31
Architect Dick Nugent (1995) CE Golf Design (1995)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

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Reviews

4.3
517 Reviews (517)
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I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing

Great layout

Really fun course. Condition was quite good for a muni. Layout is awesome. People very friendly. Great day.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 96
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Nice course but bit frustrating experience

Location is great and facility are fine, fairway and green conditions are well match the price, the port course is long with 6500 is challenging with so many bunkers and the rough are really rough! Lots of fun playing such course especially the last three holes view are gorgeous

But have to say something are quite annoying. First the rental club charge is 75 dollar for a st of call away and hot deal of the day is 54 or lower. Second the cart road is quite broken and there are no signs indicating in and out from the fairway and you could be locked somewhere close to green. The club has locker room and one shower, and the manager said you can ask pro shop for locker key but the pro shop staff always said they can’t give you locker key

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Weekday bliss

Monday afternoon golf at Harborside was a great experience. Good pace of play and maintenance from weekend usage a has been done. The only thing I can comment on was that most of the rough was pretty gnarly, likely because early morning rain kept mowing to minimum

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 73
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 73
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
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
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Fun course. Greens were a bit slow.

We had a very slow 3 some ahead of the two of us..

We finally got past them at 9 when they stopped for food.

I enjoyed the slope of the course.

Fun round of golf.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 96
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course needs maintenance

The course is still a great layout and is challenging. However the condition of the course was disappointing. Old unrepaired divots on the green. The cart paths were so bad, we had to drive to the side of them most of the time. Even the range which has always been so great, was so chewed up it was hard to find a place to hit the ball from.

It’s still a recommendation. Not busy the day we played, so the pace of play was really good.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Not as well kept as in the past

the course is not in as good of shape as when I played there in the past.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

YIKES

Harborside used to be a great track. The cart paths hear are absolutely atrocious. Their own staff (cart girl) even mentioned how bad the paths were when we saw her on the course. The paths make Chicago potholes look good in comparison and that’s saying something.

The tee boxes are also a joke, they haven’t been cut in weeks. For a course charging $125 a round, this is unacceptable. Until the conditions on the course and cart paths improve I won’t be back.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

The fairways, greens and t boxes were all in nice conditions. The course is not very forgiving, the rough could be shorter with a little more capability of finding your ball if your 2 ft off the fairway.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Save Your Money and Go Elsewhere!

Harborside gets away with charging some of the highest rates in the area for the location. (25-40 mintues from the city, depending on traffic). Overall, the course itself is a good challenge. Have to stay in the fairway on a lot of holes, otherwise the rough is going to swallow your ball. My rating is a result of a few things NOT related to the greens or fairways itself. First, the rangers (non-existent) do a bad job enforcing pace of play. Since it is close to the city and a lot of novices play (i am one of them), people look for their ball forever and really slow down pace. When I played, i watched a two-some finish a hole while the other two players were still 150 yards out - can't happen on a busy saturday morning. Second, the goose poop on 15/16/17/18 and particularly the greens is UNACCEPTABLE. Finally, the cart paths are the worst I have ever seen on any course in my entire life. Add those things up, an $150 for 18 is insane, while you can go down the road to a few other courses and have a better experience.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Disappointed in Quality

Played the Port course at Harborside yesterday. Very disappointed in the overall course quality. The rough is ridiculously long. If I hit a drive that runs slightly through the fairway into the rough, I shouldn't lose that ball because I can't find it. There is no first cut at all. Cart paths are a disaster - they're worse than Chicago roads. And the signage around the course is awful. We pulled up to a tee box to find a foursome that thought they were on the 3rd tee, but it was the 6th. We also went to the wrong tee box a couple times due to lack of signage. There are barely any rakes around the bunkers. I was in a greenside bunker with zero rakes anywhere. Not to mention the sand is pretty rough. The greens were in decent shape and fair.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Used to be a great course

This used to be a great course. Unfortunately, I feel Harborside management has let it go on multiple levels. I know there has been a lot of rain lately, but the 1st cut of rough is rediculously long. Other courses are not like this. If you are not in the fairway, you literally can't find your ball 50% of the time. We spent so much time just looking for balls, then trying to hit them out. I'm talking balls that were 1 or 2 ft from the fairway. Not a fun round of golf. The cart paths are literally the worst I have ever seen at ANY course. Be prepared to hit large potholes in gravel on every hole. And the clubhouse looks dated as well. I don't understand why a course that charges sometimes over $100 can't get this right. This was not always the case here. I hope they get it together, it's not worth anywhere near what they charge. Won't be going back any time soon.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 96
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Bunkers need some repair too much cut grass everywhere

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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