Starboard at Harborside International Golf Center

I read a lot of bad reviews for the course. Most about pricing and pace of play. I booked through GN and played for 58.00. My group finished the round in 4 hours. Never had to wait; however, we did have to look for a few balls.

If you didn’t hit fairway, good chance of losing a ball. If your ball rolls into the rough, it’s findable. Playing out wasn’t too bad if you swing hard. Fairways were in great shape. The greens were very nice and played about a 9.5 stint and rolled true. No issues with any greens on the Starboard course. Not enough players repair their divots in the fairway or green. Overall the course is nice. The views are not that good. Mostly of grain silos and construction cranes from the harbor in the distance. A lot of native fescue. If your ball lands outside of the first cut, the tall fescue os near impossible to play out of. Take a drop of you find your ball. Practice facility was nice and all of the staff I encountered were friendly.

Course is in horrible shape. Cannot believe this course is honestly priced 100 dollars plus on the weekend. DO NOT PAY THAT FOR THIS COURSE!

Beautiful course. If you’re visiting Chicago it has a nice view of the city. Top notch close to the city, good test nice conditions.

A challenging course if windy but not too bad

I only got through 9 holes due to a family emergency and the pace of play. The course said that golf now could provide me with a 9 hole rain check. Please let me know ASAP

I love playing this course! It’s a bit pricey but you get what you pay for and it’s well worth it when playing here! Only downside that I have noticed is the wind when playing here. It’s on top of a hill and it catches all the wind. Keep that in mind when deciding to play here. Other than that this course is always fun, challenging, and reminds you why you love playing this game. I WILL BE BACK!

When I arrived at the tee box, the starter informed me that there was a 4 foursome gap in an outing and that we had been placed in that gap. It took almost 5 and a half hours to complete the round. The foursome behind us was also frustrated with the pace of play. I have golfed at Harborside many times and it has never taken over 4 and a half hours. The course should at least inform the golfer of the outing at the time of booking. Disappointed.

Noticed a significant drop off in conditioning since 2019, esp in 3 areas:

Blacktop cart paths badly need replacing on every hole and are not what one expects at a facility that charges $91.

A few of the largest and longest bunkers are full of weeds (not the green side bunkers, which are in good shape). We saw crews that seemed to be working on them so hopefully this is in the process of being fixed.

Fairways are generally great but most have some large spots that seem to have some disease.

Pace was 4 hrs, design/ layout is first class and greens were slow but smooth. Overall a very enjoyable challenge and beautiful setting for the game.,

I’ve played here 4 times in the last two seasons and we are 0/4 on getting decent food from their kitchen after a round. They’ve told us we can eat from the halfway house instead. How about you just keep the kitchen open a bit longer so people can eat and drink after the round!

Staff was unfriendly and unhelpful but playing the course was great.

Big Thanks to Shawn and Matt for all there help and also Cliff and the Staff… This is why l keep coming back to Harborside… Can’t beat the Staff or the Course… THANKS AGAIN,MATT

They don't have a cart path, they have an off-road path. I'd say about 90% needs to be replaced. There are literal potholes everywhere. Some of them they are replacing with asphalt, really. I actually rode on the edge of the course instead of the path about 90% of the time. The course is challenging and beautiful but it's a links style course and the rough is completely over grown. You can easily lose balls in it, I didn't realize that I was paying to attempt to qualify for the US Open. The sand traps at local munis are better maintained, this is both fairway and greenside. The entire course was also very wet and spongy.

All in all this has the potential to be absolutely spectacular but right now, they should be embarrassed to let people play it for what they charge for it.