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465 Reviews (465)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.0
Value
4.6
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.9
92.3%
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4.6
9 Reviews (9)
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Conditions
4.4
Value
4.9
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.5
StaffFriendliness
4.8
100.0%
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4.3
33 Reviews (33)
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4 Stars
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Conditions
4.1
Value
4.7
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.6
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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6186 yards
Slope 124
Rating 69.5
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Lincoln Oaks Golf Course - IL
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Course Details

Year Built 1927
Golf Season Open: 4/01 Closed: 10/01
Architect Tom Bendelow (1927)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf Simulator Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill
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4.3
465 Reviews (465)
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3.0
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Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
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Reviews 84
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
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I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Day on the course

Had not played Lincoln Oak for a Little while,

this time everything seem to fall in place perfectly.

The overcast was enough to keep the hot sun

from being an issue. The course was in a close to

perfect condition and the price was unbeatable.

Some improvement were made where rain water

used to be an issue.

It was a Great Day on the course!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Great course for the money

Smooth greens on the slow side. Great layout, plenty of birdie opportunities. Always a good price. Only down side is the bunkers. Low on sand and high on clay.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course

Course was in great condition and is very well kept. The staff is friendly. Not a super challenging course but it definitely keeps you honest. Would definitely recommend this course to other friends and golfers and will be coming back soon.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/14/2018

Thanks for positive review. We are family operated and take pride in our course.

Played On
Reviews 101
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Lincoln Oaks - Good Course to play

The course always has its challenges, which make things interesting. I always seem to find some trees that impede my game as they are strategically placed. You can score well, if you play well, but you can suffer on some holes if you are not on your game. I enjoy this course and play it a number of times throughout the year. I think that you will like it too.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 06/14/2018

Thanks for positive review Andrew. We are family operated and take pride in our course. Thanks for positive comments and loyalty!

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Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 58
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Good value course

For just over $20 for 18 w/ cart this is a very good deal. Course is in good shape. Greens are pretty small. Food and beverage is a very good deal. Very crowded course but pace of play was still pretty good on the day we played. Round was just over 4 hours for our foursome. Would recommend this course as a regular place to play for the value.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/14/2018

Thanks for your positive comments. We are family operated and take pride in our course. Love your comment about being crowded. We are a busy course and work hard to keep pace of play around four hours, which is usually achieved. I have players comment that they go elsewhere because we are crowded. I think to myself that a course that is not busy usually indicated issues. I would rather play a busy course with happy golfers than a empty course in inferior condition.

Played On
Reviews 48
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 449
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Illinois Advisor
Top 10 Contributor
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Awesome Value - Play this place!

3.75 stars....my first time at this 1927 Bendelow....really neat old school good bones routing through a pretty neighborhood with small greens. Prox them and you have a good birdie chance....miss them and you chip/one putt paying close attention to the slopes. Tees/Fairways/Greens are in really decent shape - sand traps are also okay but could be hit or miss....overall very well maintained.

Short but challenging enough from the tips at 6200 this track contains a really unusual front nine - 4 par 5's and 3 par 3's - 37 out (1st and 2nd are the only par 4's). All of the Par 5's play long - Bendelow knew what he was doing with the topography.

Functional old clubhouse with a cool bar area. No lockers/showers. Good beverage prices. Water jugs on course and pleasant nurse service. Grass range. $1 for a small bucket of about 20-25 balls to warm up with - that's absolutely perfect and wish more courses would do this.

We had a stellar weather day ruined by a 40 player shot gun scramble scheduled at 10am on Saturday. The outing took over 6 hours. One of the longest rounds I've ever experienced. Needless to say the course won't be allowing these idiots who work for a logistics company to return despite the ranger/starters/management extreme efforts to get them to play at even a remotely reasonable pace. Pretty incredible if you ask me - a scramble....and one of the groups I watched while I waited triple bogied a par 4 with no penalty stokes! Observed two carts with players actually tip over. They also had a couple of their own gals driving all over course feeding them beers which I don't think the course even knew about.

It was extremely thoughtful of management to invite us back to play the course again on their dime.....and we will very much look forward to doing so later this season. Lincoln Oaks really is an incredible old school value if you enjoy the history of the game....note my "free" return has absolutely no influence on my comments about the facilities and course. With proper pace of play a wonderful walk of hills and dales.

Highly recommend and worth a visit at least once or twice a season.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice Trac

I enjoy the layout of the course and the friendliness of the staff. I did play with two great gentleman and we enjoyed most of the round.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

First time and ill be back

Nice course. Four par 5s on the front 9 really give you a good challenge. Not a lot of water and plenty of open fairways. Greens in decent shape for the beginning of the year but I can see how challenging they'll be when they are faster.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

NICE APRIL DAY

Course was in decent early season shape except fpr bunkers which is understandable. The greens were great. Only complaint is that they seemed to have let people tee off on number 10 since when we made the turn there were a couple new groups that appeared on the course and slowed us down. It is a disservice to your customers who have played the front nine at a decent pace to all of a sudden throw 2 or 3 extra groups in front by letting them tee off on back nine.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This is definitely a good course and one of the best values for golf.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 33
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

$10k hole in one

Awesome course to play. Plenty of elevation change and dog legs. It’s March so of course the course is soft and the greens aren’t able to be rolled but if your a true golfer and understand this...the course is open and the best one available to play. $5 to win $10k for the hole in one and $10 to win $20k and only 154 yards.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 64
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Indiana Advisor
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Always fun

Lincoln Oaks is always a good time. This fairly short layout has a ton of character. The par 3’s can be really difficult

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 144
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Mighty Oak course

Aside from all the acorns on the ground, because of the Oaks, the course is in great shape. Even after all the rain last weekend. Mark, Bobby, and the rest of the staff at Lincoln Oaks are great people, and very friendly and helpful.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 56
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Slow Play

Very nice coarse but it took almost 3 hours for two people to do nine holes. We decided not to do the back nine due to time.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 101
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Lincoln Oaks - Nice relaxing course

What course gives you a free small bucket of balls? Nice relaxed area surrounded by homes and streets. Course was in good shape for early fall. No complaints or issues. Teed off around 12:30 pm and was done in 3 hours . . . a relaxing day. Sand traps could use some more sand in spots, but greens were in good shape and the ball will roll on fairways as they are cut close. I always enjoy playing this course. It has a few small water hazards to keep you on your toes, but I mange to dodge most of them as the course is forgiving on many holes, so you can recover without penalty, unless you land in some trees.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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