The Evans at Canal Shores

Impossible not to have a good time. Great track and love the walk. A number of fun holes.

I’m not a beginner golfer but I’ve only recently started playing often enough to work on consistency. I try to get out once a week and I live in Evanston where this course is located.

If you are at my level, bring a lot of balls, because you will lose a lot of balls. It’s a pretty narrow course, but it is worth it. It’s so enjoyable to play a course that is essentially going through the neighborhood. It heads north toward the Bahá’í House of Worship and turns around and goes south weaving across back and forth the canal with the CTA train coming through. I thought the holes would be much shorter but there are plenty of Par 4 holes to play. Gold carts are really expensive and pull carts are free. There is a simple warm up are at the first hole. Permits are given out for parking.

I play here early to get rounds in before work on weekdays very frequently and between 6-7:30am there are sprinklers on and flooding greens/creating pools of water around the greens. Also, there are multiple people mowing fairways and staff mowing greens/moving pin location all while the course is open and in the middle of the round I paid $35 for. Plus, many tee boxes have little grass (just hard packed dirt) and the greens have lumps and dead patches all over them.

Grounds crew is extremely rude and vulgar and don’t care about how much noise they are making or how close they drive to you with their mowers. They definitely don’t care whether you’re trying to hit or not.

I can get past the people walking through the various holes with their dogs off leashes but the rude staff and horrible grounds crew are very disappointing. I’ve played here about 10 times this year as I live close but I don’t know if I’ll be back.

I had a great time playing this course for the first time. Quick pace with very short par 3's (alot on the front 9) I much preferred the holes on the back nine. Some fun par 4's and par 3's alike. I actually got out my driver more than expected and used my woods a good amount on the back nine. The only gripe I have with the course is that there were many people walking on the fairways either on stroll or with their dogs. I understand its a city course and its public but it can certainly be dangerous especially if they aren't paying attention (listening to tunes or talking on the phone) Overall a great course to practice your short game and its well kept. Its a bit pricey for what the course offers but I understand its ran by non profit. I will certainly be back at some point.

Nothing beats the convenience and cost of Canal Shores. The beauty around you is a bonus. I highly recommend it.

We had a great round today. Everyone at the course was masked and social distanced. Relaxed pace of play made it a pleasure to teach my grandson golf etiquette as well as technique.

He did get quite hungry despite snacks and water so it d would be welcome to see the snack shack at hole 9 open for the season.

Course is in the best shape I can remember.

We’ll be back next week.

The course is in the best shape I can remember. Played hard and fast. Greens were cut and rolled true.

Great walking course and can play easily under three hours.

As good as you can get for the price.

Unless you drastically want to work on your short game this course is not great. I think they just marked a couple holes as par 4s that way it’s not technically a par 3 course. Your money is better spent at a real 18 hole golf course.

I've played this course for many years, and when I stepped on there this weekend, it just felt different. The improvements they have made are incredible, not only in terms of course conditions, but many creative bunkers have been added as well as fescue. This course is very walkable, and I it was amazing seeing how far they have come. A must play!

Nice iron course, narrow fairways and some really fun holes. Would play again

I've enjoyed Canal Shores for years and it was great to play today. The weather was perfect and everyone was friendly. If not for restrictions because of COVID-19, there would have been more available (club house, snack bar midway through the course, etc.); otherwise I would have give more stars for Off-course amenities. The course is short, but still a little challenging because of all of the woods, hitting over the river twice, and how narrow many of the holes are. You really can't beat the price either ($30-35). Great course that I'll definitely be playing again.

Small Par 3 and smaller par 4 course I would not pay more than $15 to play it list GolfNow perks which should be removed cause it doesn't exist and nobody even knows what they are

This convenient community golf course meanders through upscale neighborhoods in Evanston and Wilmette, requires great accuracy, has a view of Lake Michigan, the Bahai Temple, and has more trees and water than most golfers prefer. It's not long but it's very hard, thanks in part to five 180-220 Par 3s. It's not a course for scoring well. And it's in the best physical shape it's every been. Kudos to the non-profit group that runs it (which includes the PGA professional Luke Donald) and the course superintendent..

Canal Shores is a favorite of mine because I appreciate these historic local courses. As I play walking through the neighborhoods of Evanston and Wilmette, I think about how the course looked 100 years ago when the first rounds were played.

It is only two blocks from my house but it is never boring to play

course was good I will not pay more than $15 for this course I've seen prices for 25 and $35 maybe that's why nobody's there one of the biggest problems was too many dogs walking around not on a leash I have a Rottweiler right next to my bag no leash another one ran up when was about to hit in the tee box Ranger should enforce this before someone gets seriously hurt is this a golf course or dog park