Oak Grove Golf Course

Challenging to if you can’t hit it straight you will suffer....great time.. fast greens

Course is n great shape and it will test your game . Play smart and you can leave with a good score.

Great course. very picturesque. greens are in great shape.

A GREAT COURSE THAT WILL SURPRISE YOU AND MAKE YOUR SCORE GO UP

Play here 4-5 times a year since it opened even though 55 miles from home

Great layout , friendly staff

Course was really wet as are all courses in Chicagoland area as it seems to rain everyday

Course was in good condition. Greens were in great shape and rolled well

Must play course

Need to do something with the 11th hole.

17 good to great holes and then there is the 11th hole-

Let me start this review by saying that I play this course multiple timers a year. The course conditions continue to deteriorate each year. The course layout is magnificent. No two holes are alike and It forces you to use almost every club in your bag. But that's where the good vibes end. The greens are a mess. There was unfilled aeration holes in many of the greens (leftover from the fall aeration) in the spring that did not fill in until June. They are soft and full of ball marks. On the positive side the greens are spacious. The sand traps are literally rock hard with many stones and rocks in the sand. Customer service is a crap shoot. Typically there is one person running the pro shop and the bar. It wasn't that long ago that his was a destination golf course that was well maintained and had the some of the best greens of any course I played. It is a shame to see what this course has become.

Played here with two buddies in early November on a Hot Deal. I know the course, but it is usually a little pricey, so it was great to find a good deal.

For the first weekend in November, the course was in great shape. No one was out there so we played relatively quickly.

I loved the location, no houses on the course. The course has a ton of sand but not a lot of water. If you have trouble getting off the tee, you should bring extra balls, because a lot of the tees require you to carry some sort of hazard. I found the back nine less forgiving than the front, but still manageable for a middle of the road golfer.

The carts were nice but did not have windshields or gps. The range was closed but the practice green was open and in nice shape.

I was not expecting a lot when going to the course as it is in a small town but man was I wrong. This place is tough! For the most part it was in very good shape as well. You better be ready to bring your game, if you are spraying it off the tee you will being taking penalties.

Course was in great condition and played well. The pace was less than desired though on the last nine holes. A build up of 4 groups began on 10. Not sure if groups went out on 10 our not but the pace should be policed better by the staff.

The greens were in poor condition. Ball marks were everywhere no matter what the par was. Looks like most people don't repair them. Other than the greens, the course was a pleasure to play.

Course was in good shape, not too crowded. Carts could use GPS as yardage markings weren’t the easiest to find. Nice course

Enjoyed a wonderful round on the holiday with an empty golf course in 4 hours. See my review 7/23/17 for other tips/comments. Oak Grove was in great shape except for the bunkers which need a lot of work. Greens were holding and had proper speed to them. Rest of the course the ball was bounding and bounding. We virtually had the course to ourselves teeing off at a 11am so we were able to enjoy this track properly...usually not the norm on weekends/holidays where pace can be huge issue. Our own private Idaho this day....and thankful for that because it was a really hot steamy day. Good warm up range and very nice facilities overall. Showers and locker room. Clubhouse has an awesome outdoor deck with a great view of the 18th green for post round libations. Well worth the trek to Harvard. Except for the stupid hole (#11) the rest of the course is really well designed fun routing. Do yourself a favor....just tell everyone in your group the most you can take on the 11th is a double bogey 7.....that way you'll be more relaxed when you play it and probably score better than a double....

The bunkers do need some TLC/attention and the only other detraction was the drinking water. It's well water and quite off putting so bottled water is the way to go (no water jugs out on the course for good reason). I never pass up an opportunity to play here. 4 plus stars trending to 4.5 stars. Highly recommended.

Very good layout, course in great shape. Wasn’t too impressed with clubhouse, but fair. Back nine is awesome. Had a good time. Have to play if live in stateline area. Will be back.

Course was in great shape! Nice layout and challenge. Definitely recommend

I've played Oak Grove for 20 years. It keeps getting better. Never tire of the course or making the hour drive to get there. 7:30 AM tee time and we had the course to ourselves. Finally caught the 4some in front of us at the turn - they promptly let us play through. Super course in great shape.

Cons: carts don't have windshields or satellite. You'll need a range finder to get proper distances quickly.

One one staffer - nice enough guy - but it was kind of weird only having one staffer on site.

Made the trek to the middle of nowhere to play what has previously been well worth the venture.

Understaffed facility proved to be only a minor inconvenience. Pace of play for a Saturday/Holiday was great but.......

The greens for this time of the year were the worst I have seen recently.

This was a shame and when asked the staff, they apologized and agreed that Golf Visions management has left them hanging. Very limited maintenance support proves to result in greens that are still full of last fall aerations, soft, slow and inconsistently bad!

A spoiler to a good day at a usually good track.

Very nice course, good price and value, large par 3's moderately challenging. Only complaint was that it is mid May and the greens were still heavy aerated and the sand had pulled out of most of them making puts jump all over the place. Once the greens are healed up it will be a hidden gem in Harvard.