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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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One guy almost ruined a great experience.
Service from Young lady at the Bar - Excellent
Service from Young lady at the Pro Shop - Excellent
Course Conditions, Excellent considering all the rain from the night before.
Pace of Play - Slow, no ranger to keep groups from taking multiple balls off the tee.
Biggest issue - One of the young staff members of the golf course and his friends decided that it was a good idea to hit balls into my group on hole #8. All groups were backed up for several holes before that, so they had to know we were there, but decided that they were going to hit anyway. I know there will be no repercussions for this type of behavior because it was a staff member who also plays for the local high school team. In fact when they see this review they will laugh about it and wish they would have actually hit one of us. The reason I can say that is on the next tee I could actually hear one of them say it as the green from #8 and the tee on #9 are only separated by a tree line and you can hear the conversations through the trees. In conclusion, the course is great and the staff at the clubhouse is great, but keep in mind that at the end of the day the younger staff are allowed to play on the course and they will have no hesitation to hit you with a golfball.
Excellent Challege
For sure the course name tells you what you're in for when you play here. Everything was fantastic (except the weather) but the course is punitive for sure.
Several holes with OB on both sides make for a long day if you're not hitting it straight. I average 1 penalty per round and I had 5 penalties during my round.
Otherwise, course in good shape and the staff was friendly, especially the starter.
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Tough track already, 3 wood course for sure. Greens are like glass! Best I've seen in a long time!
Good but frustrating
If you are a high handicaper or can’t hit the driver very far be prepared to lose a lot of balls. A lot of holes start with hitting over something either water or tall grass and fairways can be tight. If your a low handicap this is a good course where you can use a lot of your bag with a couple holes that would need an iron of the tee. Overall a pretty good course, definitely more of a weekday course worth the money.
Always fun to play!
Holiday weekend and the play was so slow.
8:40 tee time and it took 4:40 to play.
Don't let that stop you from playing on any day of the week. Then often less than 4 hours.
Live in EG and it's worth the ride!!!
Sporty Challenge
Fun course, water comes into play. Wish the golf carts had GPS and hole schematics. Need to play a few times to learn positions.
Pace of play was terrible. We only played 9 and it took nearly three hours. The ranger then proceeds to ask our group to speed it up on hole 9, despite us having to wait on the group ahead (now done with 9 and in the clubhouse) for the entire day.
Also the course had a lot of unfixed divots, but other than that the course was in good shape.
We were only able to play the front 9 holes because it rained so much. Course was in good condition before the rain.
Overall the course was in good condition. There was water on a few fairways and around several tee boxes. The greens were in good condition as well. Pace was good considering that there were plenty of golfers. Round was enjoyable.
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Great track. Friendly staff. Cart girl had the day off was the only drawback.
Nice Round
Glad the course is still open. Weather on the cold side but the course is still in good shape. Good job on clearing the fairways and greens from leaves. Lots of golfers out but the pace was good. Enjoyed the round very much. Thank you.
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