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4.2
819 Reviews (819)
5 Stars
273
4 Stars
349
3 Stars
107
2 Stars
53
1 Stars
37
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.3
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.7
92.8%
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699 out of 819 reviews
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4.7
18 Reviews (18)
5 Stars
12
4 Stars
6
3 Stars
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2 Stars
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Conditions
4.4
Value
4.5
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.9
100.0%
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18 out of 18 reviews
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4.4
92 Reviews (92)
5 Stars
47
4 Stars
37
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
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Conditions
4.2
Value
4.4
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.5
95.7%
Recommend this course
88 out of 92 reviews
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Course Highlights
Highland Woods delivers an impressive course layout with consistently solid conditions and friendly staff that keep golfers coming back. The course offers strong value for money with a reliable pace of play throughout the week.

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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6934 yards
Slope 124
Rating 72.5
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Course Details

Year Built 1976
Fairways Blue Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect William J. Spear (1976)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

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

Food & Beverage

Snacks
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Reviews

4.2
819 Reviews (819)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 8
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 18
Thick Rough 12
Water Hazards 11
This course/club is great for:
Locals 21
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 12
Beginners 11
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 27
Convenient to the City 10
Near the Airport 9

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Great value

For 30 dollars, this was well maintained and beautiful.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
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Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Windy Saturday

Vary Windy day after a ton of rain the previous few days. Course was fine, rough was wet, greens were slow.

For some reason, apparently a Miller distributor has been successful in removing all Budweiser products from the Clubhouse/on course beverage cart. I guess we need to bring our own.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 15
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Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
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Windy weather
Used cart

Waste of time.

If your idea of fun is waiting 10-15 minutes between every shot, then this place is for you. Had a tee time for 1:07 on a Saturday, didn't tee of until about 130. 13 holes later it was 5:40 and I walked off there. The round was on pace for over 6 hours and not once did I ever see a ranger come to try to speed up play. Somehow there were two twosomes in front of us and I asked the trailing twosome to join with the other group in front of them to at least make a foursome and help speed up something but they said the group in front of them said no. Are you kidding me? Will never return to this place, I have played some slow rounds in my lifetime but never have I had to walk off after 13 going at over a 6 hour pace.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Course Evaluation-Highland Woods

The course was in better than expected condition considering we were playing in February. The pace of play was a bit slow and there was a shortage of motorized golf carts. We will return when it's officially golf season. Great value!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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We arrived before our tee time and waited in line to check in at the counter. When we got to the counter it was 2 minutes past our tee time so they told us we had missed our tee time and that we could play at 3. It was 11:22. It is ridiculous that we were penalized when we were on time and only late because they were busy.

Friendliness Poor
Played On
Reviews 43
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Previously Played
Cold weather
Walked

for every level ok course

In winter, course open that is enough ok much more than ok. Excellant !!!!!!!! Love it.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Slow Pace. It's their brand

Overbooking. Slow pace. I play 30 times a year all over Chicago area and never played a slower round. Simple fix: move to 10 or 12 min. tee times. The golfers they market to are families & novice golfers . Good course, serious golfers move along... too many options elsewhere.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Good Condition except Range.

Our foursome played in 4 hours, much better than during summer. Course condition was good considering mid November play. Good deal on Golfnow.

Range mats are in terrible condition. Should have been replaced last year and they're pitched forward so you always have a downhill lie. Come on Casper people, fix this.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
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Previously Played

Like Waiting?

Before heading to this course on a weekend, check your to-do list. Maybe you need to fill out multiple long-form tax documents, knock off a few hundred pages of War and Peace, contemplate your mortality or watch the grass grow. You'll be able to do all this and more in between each and every shot while slogging through a weekend round at this otherwise decent park district layout. The condition of bunkers, fairways and greens has improved compared to past years, but 5 1/2 to 6-hour rounds are still the norm on Saturdays and Sundays. Given the relatively affordable greens fees, I'd say you're getting what you pay for, but there are plenty of quality Chicagoland courses one can play for the same price, without having the time to finish a crossword puzzle between each shot.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Reviews 1
2.0
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This course is OK. but play is worst.

I played two times 18hole here.. almost 5:30~ 6hour 18hole finished.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow play

Nice course but slow play. They need a ranger to push the slow players along. I never saw a ranger on course

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Decent course

Pretty wide open, some bunkers were under repair and the greens could use a little tlc but overall a decent round fo rthe money

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart

Nice course.

Nice course with fairly wide fairways and very little out of bounds to contend with. Course was in excellent condition that day. Placement challenges were avoiding bunkers on most holes and water on some.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course was in excellent shape!

Course was in excellent condition and would recommend it to anyone looking to play!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Wasn't slow for us

4 1/2 hour round on a Saturday. Greens were challenging and fast. Enjoyed the course. Would play again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Slow slow slow

Don't play Highland Woods on a weekend unless you have 5.5-6 hours to spend. The course is too crowded and the pace is atrocious. We waited at every tee and on every shot.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 09/22/2016

It happens.. Especially on the weekends.

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

What a "steal"!

Just got done with a 4 hour and 20 minute round on what seemed like a fairly busy day for the course. Great value for your buck! Super friendly staff and fun vibe throughout the facility. Some bunkers need improvements but saw signs that they were working on quite a few and that's great. Good offerings as far as food and such goes but I think we expected that knowing there's no real kitchen or "restaurant"! The 6th hole for my group proved to a huge, fair, and fun challenge but highly recommend to play it conservatively. I'm a 4.0 handicap from the blues and thought the rating and slope were acceptable and the golf course itself was worth the price and challenge!

Big Fan!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Beware the people playing 9 from the back in the AM

My friend and I (or sometimes by myself) typically play an early 18 before work, and can finish in 2.5-3 hours. I've played here 5 times since 5/23/16 in the early AM, and on 4 of the 5, I've run into a HUGE backlog of people that started on the back nine. Groups of 1-2-1-1-2 blocking up several holes. They are not aware or receptive to letting people making the turn go ahead. Complaints to the clubhouse have been useless, and I'm told, "they should let you play through".

Very disappointing, as they have made some improvements to the course that were getting it back to a better track. If you have to pay for 18 and can only play 13 though, it's just not worth it... not to mention the aggrivation.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Extremely Easy
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Commented on 09/22/2016

Love the course but this is a huge pet peeve of mine. I get they want the revenue but implement any kind of strategy to take care of your 18 hole paying customers. Instead of saying they should let you through, post a sign, have someone out there - do something!

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Commented on 07/29/2016

We are sorry to hear that pace of play from the back 9 affected your round at Highland Woods. We do our best to effectively communicate different ways each guest can help keep pace on the course. We are actively working on different ways to improve pace of play for our guests. Our goal is to provide a fun and enjoyable experience to each guest and are communicating about ways to make this possible. We hope that you are able to give Highland Woods another try!

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