Highland Woods Golf Course

The course was well maintained. Greens were true and for the most part, it looked like golfers repaired pitch marks on the greens. Seed mix; however, was not provided which would have helped with fairway divots. Pro shop staff, starter, marshals and beverage cart staff were all friendly and helpful. Pace of play was good.

Fun short course. Very knowledgeable and caring staff. Will be back in the future.

For a forest preserve course, this track plays very nice and is well maintained. Probably the best Cook County Forest Preserve course. It’s fairly forgiving but has a number of bunkers that are in play. You can make up ground on the par 3’s and the par 5 2nd if you play over the bunkers. The greens are not too fast but have quite a bit of undulation.

Had a 6:50 tee time on a Friday morning and played in under 3 hours. Course was in great condition. Layout offers plenty of challenges but is good for mid and higher handicaps too. Staff was very friendly.

I have played this course many times, and value, layout and upkeep are great. NEVER have I played in less than five hours, and a Wed. mid-afternoon round was 5 hours and 45 minutes. No rangers or help from staff. It is a shame that this course is so well maintained but no one seems to manage to its optimal potential. Many other better managed courses within 5 miles

The golf course has a fairly easy layout . 5 of the greens were aerated . The pace of play was slow , we teed off on time but waited on each tee box till the last few holes . Rangers told us that there was a slow group a few holes ahead of us and they asked them to speed up play . Took just over 5 hours to play .

Had great time. Course in excellent condition.

Play again and tell others..

I have been playing this course since I was a child. this has been a staple of my past. I decide to bring my co-workers to here for a nice round, they parked to close to the green on hole 8 which is fine. Lets mention it was 97 degrees with the heat index nobody wanted to walk. Also half of the grass on the course was dead. But the ranger pulled up and spoke down to me personally. Like I was an uneducated child. I had no idea this had occured but he decided it was apon himself to speak to me in this fashion. I will say it has been many years since I have been back here. I decided to bring my co-workers here which we play twice a week minimum and this happens. I dont think I/We will be bringing further business towards any Billy Casper run golf courses anymore due to this gentleman. I will also try and get my local representative to kick you guys from the management via viral thread.

Highland Woods is a nice course. Has farily open fairways but many sand traps. Great rate and pace of play.

Beautiful layout; gorgeous course. The play is really slow; we waited on every tee box and every shot. There was a twosome and a foursome ahead of us; our threesome eventually joined up with the twosome to move more quickly. There was no starter and no ranger; on one hole across water, there is a sign that limits you to one tee shot.The foursome in front of us each took 2 or 3 shots. We waited 20 minutes on that hole to tee off. If you have time, play there. if you are easily frustrated and used to playing 18 in 3 1/2 - 4 hours, don't

Highland Woods is a good place to play to have a nice round of golf on a well maintained challenging golf course.

Nice course, great staff, but not enough help. The group I was in usually buys a few "dogs and beer", even though it is over priced, between 9s, but there was only one person working (about 1 o'clock). We could not order because the crowd was so big with people checking in and other people wanting food or range balls .

Our group went to one of the local restaurants nearby after golf. I can' imagine the revenue lost by the course.

I know, Billy Casper big wigs will say, why didn't you order from the "bev" cart, well we never saw one till we were almost done.

I will return, because I live close and it offers a great place to practice, before playing the premier courses in the area, but none of my friends want anything to do with the place!

We had a 4pm tee time. Arrived at 3:20. When we got there, there were about 4 other groups of 4 ahead of us who were standing around waiting for golf carts. The place had apparently booked 4 outings plus still allowed all normal tee times.

Everyone was very frustrated because there was NO management. No one was communicating and everything was SLOW. We eventually teed off at 5;00 pm!!!! and were only able to get in 9 holes because it would take 20 mins to play each hole. You would literally have to tee off, then wait at your 2nd shot for 10 mins while people ahead of you finished. It was like that the entire time until it got dark. POOR MANAGEMENT

I stop playing this corse 20 yrs ago because it took 6 hours to play!!! It now takes about 5 hours,,some improvement but still way too long. I ve played it 3 times and it takes 5+ hours, including 1 weekday round.

Highland woods is a good course to play but for some reason at times play can be slower than a snails pace! This time we played front nine not too bad but the back nine became a slow sad pace for no apparent reason. The course is not that difficult for reasonable play and was playing well this day! The pace was hit and wait every shot, hard to keep your game in a good click when doing this and I am a good player. My wife was not happy at all! Cannot blame the group in front of us as they were hitting a moving forward even though they had no business playing from the blue tees as low level players they were! But I am not one to tell people where to play from or how high their score will be. I am high 70's low 80's and in fact shot 81 only because it was so slow lost my concentration to keep on task.

First time playing here and I was pleasantly surprised. Course was in good condition with a nice variety of holes. Played it for $40 on Golfnow and I think that is a really good deal. I would definitely play it again.

The reception was very friendly. The check-in was fast. The stater Mr. Jim , courteous & accomodating. He was very quick in arranging the tee-off time for all including us (me and my partner). This really helped the "spacing" of play ....faster .

We enjoyed teaming with another regular and finished the 18 holes in less than 5 hours. The club's amenities were great (free hot dogs after the game and fresh clean cool drinking water on the golf course)

We enjoyed the outing and plan to return.

I went with a golf league buddy. We like to play on different courses.

We were paired up with a groundskeeper from a nearby course. He was pretty knowledgable about a few courses in the area. Highland Woods is cheaper than most, but they jam on as many groups as they can. There was a 4 groups playing or waiting on the 2nd hole! it finally spread out a bit on the 5th (a long par 5). But backed up for a while again on the next par 3. a group 2 ahead of us was playing tees they couldn't handle, drinking and slowing play with errant shots. The ranger threatened them periodically, but they ignored him. (The manager should have came out to deal with them.) There was over a full hole open ahead of them.

It was about a 3 hour front 9. 1 guy dropped out of their four-some. The 3 continued and we got thru in 2.5 hours.