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Bittersweet Golf Club
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Bittersweet Golf Club in Gurnee, Ill. is ideally situated for a scenic round of golf. The diverse landscape flows seamlessly from lush wetlands to native prairies covered with colorful wildflowers. The layout also winds across a 100-year-old sage meadow and through forests of mature hardwoods, which serve as a home to an abundance of wildlife. Beyond the beautiful scenery, the terrain presents many challenges. The undulating fairways demand accuracy as you hit from multi-tiered tee boxes. Water also comes into play on almost every hole and there's an array of strategically placed bunkers you'll have to avoid. The eighth is the toughest hole on the front nine, a par-4 dogleg right with a lightning fast green. Bittersweet Golf Club's back nine is known for its scenery, which is best displayed on the signature par-5 11th hole, which offers not only a challenge but also a spectacular view from the tee.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 6751 yards | 73.3 | 135 |
| Blue | 72 | 6345 yards | 71.4 | 131 |
| White | 72 | 5559 yards | 67.8 | 122 |
| White (W) | 72 | 5559 yards | 72.8 | 128 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 4952 yards | 70.0 | 121 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 73.3/137 W: 79.5/143 | 338 | 565 | 196 | 344 | 371 | 148 | 346 | 422 | 516 | 3246 | 369 | 546 | 403 | 200 | 506 | 420 | 421 | 203 | 437 | 3505 | 6751 |
| Green M: 71.4/133 W: 77.3/138 | 319 | 531 | 169 | 334 | 361 | 126 | 326 | 404 | 485 | 3055 | 340 | 530 | 363 | 183 | 496 | 376 | 409 | 190 | 403 | 3290 | 6345 |
| Green/White M: 69.7/126 W: 75.1/133 | 319 | 531 | 127 | 334 | 234 | 126 | 326 | 328 | 485 | 2810 | 340 | 507 | 363 | 145 | 496 | 376 | 360 | 133 | 403 | 3123 | 5933 |
| White M: 68.0/120 W: 73.0/129 | 298 | 490 | 127 | 323 | 234 | 106 | 309 | 328 | 410 | 2625 | 329 | 507 | 319 | 145 | 445 | 341 | 360 | 133 | 355 | 2934 | 5559 |
| Orange M: 65.2/113 W: 69.8/122 | 283 | 469 | 93 | 279 | 234 | 76 | 288 | 323 | 402 | 2447 | 241 | 424 | 289 | 115 | 371 | 290 | 327 | 126 | 322 | 2505 | 4952 |
| Handicap | 17 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 9 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 4 |
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Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Illinois (2016 #12)
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Slow play !!!!!
Horribly slow as you can tell by this review that is being written on the 15 tee box. We have been waiting to tee off for twenty minutes …. No ranger no body cares just another day on the course …. It will be a five hour round !!! Also the drought has effected the rough which is burned it’s like concrete!!! I would pass on this course it’s cheap but if you don’t mind killing the whole day on the course I would say go for it.
Slow play on tough track
I typically like to play this course early on a weekend (7am)... Today we went out 9;50 and it was brutally slow so we quit after 14 holes. Groups in front of us had no business playing the Blue tees. This is a tough track, not for beginners or people that are clueless about etiquite.
Frankly, probably my last round here.
Tough But Fair Golf Course in Excellent Condition
Love this golf course. Excellent condition and the greens run very true. Precision is paramount, but I enjoyed the course immensely.
Nice but...
The course was in good shape, not great but not at all chopped up. Greens were in decent shape despite being recently aerated and sanded. Fairways were well watered and lush. My biggest issue was that on about half of the holes, the white and red teaboxes were combined. I would normally play off of the whites and my wife the red. It's not appropriate for the men's and ladies tees to be the same. I switched to the blue tees on the back (the blue tees were way up as well) and that helped but I'm the type of golfer that doesn't believe you should play the championship (blue in this case) tees unless you can back it up. I play to about a 10 handicap. Overall, nice course, nice greens, nice people.
Doug Fuller
Great course love the lay out will be back
For sure
Jeff
Course was in great shape for early season. Need better yardage markers
Convenient course
Always a nice course to golf at, heavily used but nice carts beautiful holes and very spacious
November Bonus Golf
First time playing this course, heard it was a challenging track. Hole # 2 is par five that is very challenging. After recovering from loosing four balls, I enjoyed the layout despite its difficult layout. Was paired with a pleasant couple, pace was good as we finished under four hours Course for November was in good condition. Be prepared for some long carries and narrow fairways.
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