Port at Harborside International Golf Center

Pros:

- Great layout

- Fast but not glass fast greens

- Great bunkers

- Decent pace of play (4 hours and 20 minutes)

- Awesome hot dogs

- Friendly staff (minus what is listed in the cons below

- Free small bucket of range balls

Cons:

- No marshalls on the course at all (minus the starter)

- 80% of the cart paths are completely wrecked. They need to just bust up the remaining paths and lay down gravel.

- Fairways were really brown (lack of watering is noticable)

- No drinking water on the course. It was 95F today this should be illegal.

- There were used cigarette buds in my cart.

- They really push you for tips at the halfway house and watch if you tip via the iPad.

- I witnessed 2 employees leave a restroom in the clubhouse without them washing their hands.

I would come back here for the price I paid (65 USD) but not for more than that.

Decent course. Great condition. Nice practice facility.

Beverage cart was fairly prevalent. A good half-way house as well.

A bit disappointing that an exorbitant green fee did not include a few range balls.

Fairways, greens and layout are all amazing. Waste bunkers, fescue rough and cart paths are shot. Everything bounced out of my cart including rangefinder. Fescue completely overgrown and out of control. Just play it all as a red hazard I guess. Good balls on the range and practice area is top notch!

Like many other reviewers, it’s worth repeating that the cart paths need to be repaved. They are brutal. But that’s the only shortcoming of Harborside IMO. The course is beautiful and very well-maintained. Everything from the tee boxes and fairways to the sand traps and greens is pristine. The course is scenic and challenging. What more could you want?!?! It's links style with zero trees and lots of elevation changes, which means the wind is constantly changing directions and can be very strong. This wind dynamic is the biggest challenge, IMO. One minute you can hit a wind-aided 9-iron 190 yards, while the next a stiff wind will hold it to 90 yards. On a windy day, it definitely requires thought and strategy, which makes it a standout among most Chicagoland courses.

Many holes were cart path only, which is understandable at this time of the year, but the cart paths were in horrendous condition particularly near to the tee boxes. It is the middle of April & there has been more than enough suitable weather to fix them. They could not be driven on without spilling drinks & losing stuff out of the cart.

Come on guys $110 a round, you could do better.

Love this course and in good shape for Fenruary!!

When prepping for the season I hope they work on sand levels, manicure bunkers and lips, maintain tee boxes and have plans to resurface cart paths.

A great asset for the southside and Chicago metro in general!!

Harborside used to be a really great destination. Course condition has steadily declined over the last 15 to 20 years. It’s time to call this place what it is. Harborside has now hit dog track status. Greens and paths beat up badly. Don’t get me wrong they’re still a place for such courses in golf. The problem is not for the money they charge or the lack of care for the customers. Yesterday we booked a foursome on GolfNow. It was stated that it was with carts on the app. we show up for our round and not only are they not letting carts out but they don’t have enough pull carts. They tell us that it’s because they’re trying to keep the paths nice. 😂 What a joke. The paths are beat to crap already . Truth be told they just didn’t want to pull carts out but tried to hide behind being responsible. This place needs to change their mindset about how to deal with customers and needs to put some money into upkeep.

Loved the course layout and it was much fun to playing following ups and downs in the course. Course well managed considering it was mid-November. Willing to play more next year!

Always love to play Harborside. Place was in great shape, especially in November!

I thought course was in excellent shape for November. Drier than other courses in area for this time of year. Pace of play was atrocious. Final four holes took too long. Marshalls could have been used to speed things up. I did not see one the whole time I was there. I will play again next season.