Ruffled Feathers Golf Club
About
Ruffled Feathers Golf Club in Lemont is conveniently situated just a half hour outside downtown Chicago. Pete Dye and his son P.B. collaborated to design the course, making it the only Dye design in the Chicago area. A well thought-out strategy will be greatly rewarded on this challenging layout and bad shots made without any thought will be severely punished. This is definitely not a golf course where you can just grip it and rip it. The fairways are fairly straight and forgiving, but most of the approach shots play to tricky elevated greens. There are also strategically placed bunkers framing the greens and water hazards come into play on several holes as well. Ruffled Feathers Golf Club's par 3s have a reputation for being particularly challenging. But depending on how windy it is, the final hole might present the most formidable challenge.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 72 | 6898 yards | 73.7 | 140 |
| Back | 72 | 6389 yards | 71.4 | 135 |
| Middle (W) | 72 | 6015 yards | 75.6 | 140 |
| Middle | 72 | 6015 yards | 69.5 | 130 |
| Forward (W) | 72 | 5273 yards | 71.5 | 131 |
| Junior | 72 | 4455 yards | 67.0 | 121 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 74.0/139 W: 79.6/140 | 379 | 361 | 193 | 578 | 467 | 518 | 413 | 220 | 464 | 3593 | 403 | 155 | 380 | 510 | 328 | 510 | 336 | 221 | 462 | 3305 | 6898 |
| Blue M: 71.7/134 W: 76.8/134 | 348 | 328 | 153 | 543 | 440 | 490 | 390 | 210 | 433 | 3335 | 385 | 140 | 317 | 471 | 301 | 470 | 316 | 212 | 442 | 3054 | 6389 |
| Blue/Gold M: 69.5/128 W: 74.3/128 | 348 | 328 | 153 | 543 | 365 | 490 | 373 | 166 | 350 | 3116 | 385 | 120 | 317 | 471 | 301 | 400 | 290 | 145 | 350 | 2779 | 5895 |
| Gold M: 67.2/125 W: 72.1/124 | 341 | 302 | 135 | 450 | 365 | 415 | 373 | 166 | 350 | 2897 | 375 | 120 | 270 | 435 | 270 | 400 | 290 | 145 | 350 | 2655 | 5552 |
| Gray M: 62.7/114 W: 66.4/112 | 205 | 205 | 80 | 426 | 319 | 379 | 345 | 130 | 320 | 2409 | 316 | 74 | 253 | 372 | 207 | 334 | 194 | 96 | 275 | 2121 | 4530 |
| Handicap | 11 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 6 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
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Reviewer Photos
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Greenside “bunker” Photo submitted by Payton5376752 on 05/30/2026
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Fairway “bunker” 30 yards from green Photo submitted by Payton5376752 on 05/30/2026
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Bunker on hole 1 Photo submitted by chefdanielvogel on 04/11/2026
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Photo submitted by Zach1284073 on 10/06/2025
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We did have heavy rains the day before but I’ve played this course multiple times bunkers need work everything else is great Photo submitted by hockeynb on 04/04/2025
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All bunkers look like this Photo submitted by Allenjackj on 10/11/2024
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Photo submitted by goodybank on 06/26/2023
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Photo submitted by goodybank on 06/26/2023
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Photo submitted by goodybank on 06/26/2023
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Photo submitted by Fiddler71 on 06/05/2023
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Photo submitted by rwtsang on 10/01/2021
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Photo submitted by u314161153720 on 05/10/2021
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Weeds growing all over a bunker Photo submitted by 6nkm7chAB4GXOL8PCerz on 08/22/2020
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Par 3, 11th. Photo submitted by mleahy11 on 09/08/2013
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Island Green Hole - Not looking so good. Photo submitted by leathtech on 07/22/2013
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Drop zone really??? Photo submitted by leathtech on 07/22/2013
Poorly maintained tough course
A very challenging course with narrow fairways, variety of hazards and fast fast greens! Definitely not fun for someone like me who still shoots in low 90s.. Course conditions were less than good.. from beat up tee boxes to a cart path full of potholes to somewhat beat up greens, the experience was less than the price..
Great Track
This was a great track. Just overbooked their twilight hours a bit. Pace was very slow.
Roughled Feathers
SMH. Such a disappointment. Not worth $60 for twilight on a Sunday. Nor a $100 for the early morning round. Tee boxes are garbage. Fairways were ok, as long as the ball didn't land in geese poop. Greens were fast, but people have seriously forgotten etiquette and using a divit tool. With no ranger, maybe defunded, the pace sucked. We were backed up 3 groupings going into 16. The entire round being held up by the group in front of us who was being held up by another group and etc. I expected a lot more from this place, especially for the price, no way. I will not be coming back. The course in general is challenging. Keep it straight or your screwed.
Fantastic layout!
Great layout. Would love to play it again knowing more about the holes. Fantastic green complexes! Subtle contours, completely unique green designs on every hole!
Fairways and greens were in good shape. The rough was dry and crunchy in some places but “stay out of the rough and you don’t have to worry about that kinda stuff!”
Got a twilight rate so it was a great value for the course. If they want to charge more for their peak times, they’ve got to maintain the course a little better!
Great layout though!
Shoulda been better
The course layout was obviously very challenging being a PEte Dye designed course. But I think it could’ve been better maintained even though we’ve been hot and dry. Also the markings on the tea boxes were difficult to navigate, and there were no yardage markers out on the course. For an average golfer who doesn’t have a GPS tool or spotter to get yardage, this made it very difficult. And every shot was a guess at the yardage.
Pace was slow, we came on right after an outing was going off. We were behind twosome that we eventually just had to pass.
The staff however was overly friendly and compensated for some of the courses deficiencies. However for what I paid for a round of golf here I expected more
Poorly Maintained
I recommended this course over Seven Bridges to my friends. We are avid golfers and have played all over the Midwest including some top rated Caribbean tracks. Sadly RF simply did not meet our expectations. From greens and tees in disrepair to bunkers with WEEDS GROWING ALL OVER INSIDE! Needless to say we would never go back. An email to the staff via Arcis goolf was never returned. With the number of other options in the Chicago area I would NOT waste my money on this course.
Will come back
The staff was friendly, I love having the ability to hit a few range balls before playing and the range being convenient to clubhouse and range, checkin was super easy. The layout is great. It’s fun and challenging, staff is friendly and hot dog at the turn was better than most. Played 18 in 4 hours with 4 players.
The only down mark Is condition of the course. Almost everywhere I’ve played this season that’s been a struggle though so I can’t really hold that against them.
Beautiful, but diabolical
This truly is a beautiful and challenging course. My friends and I had a very good time, but I'll wait to go back until my game improves.
Great Dye Course
Great golf course that was well maintained. Had well groomed fairways, tee boxes, and greens. I liked how they provided a yardage distance from tee to pin on par 3s. A Pete Dye course that will prove challenging, but playable for almost all golfers. Will be back.
Challenging course
Interesting course for my first time playing a full 18. All my buddies said it was hands down the most difficult course they have played. Fun time!
Poor condition
Greens were in really bad shape. Bunkers were awful; weeds growing in many of them. Just doesn’t seem like anyone’s paying attention to the poor condition parts of this course are in. Tee boxes and fairways were fine, mostly, other than a lot of random ground under repairs and holes. Too bad. Course would be really good if it were in better condition. Staff was nice. Food was good.
Slow Play
A buddy and I set up a 3:30 tee time hoping to beat the twilight crowd. Ended up waiting on every tee box for 3-5 minutes.
Made it to the 17th hole par 3 to find a group On the green, group on the tee box, and another group before us.
We ended skipping the last 2 holes because it would have taken 45-50 minutes to finish.
We love to course layout and conditions, which is why we chose it, but skipping holes instead of finishing is frustrating when a twilight rate is still $50.
Couple of other notes that the 11th hole par 3 tee box was so beat up from divots that we had to move back 5-7 feet. The tee box on 15 slopes away from your feet on a par 5 so just little things like that irk you.
A plus side was that all the par 3s were measured to the pin with yardages at the tee box.
Would have been nice to have a ranger out there pushing some groups.