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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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
Ruffled Feathers
Course in good shape and the the greens were true and quick.
Poorly Maintained
Beautiful course, but it needs a lot of money invested into it to get it into proper playing condition. The greens are torn up.
HUGE DUMP, PETE DYE WOULD UPSET
Basically my home course back in the day. Ruffled Feathers quite possibly could have the best layout in all of Illinois. However, their course conditions are just completely and utterly pathetic. Last year (2016) in Spring I was so impressed, I thought here we go Ruffled, you listened and this place will be in the limelight again. Go ahead and charge 90 or so bucks, if the course is in impeccable shape golfers will come and pay. Well that's not the case. In mid May once again the course looked like GARBAGE and went back to a goat farm. So disappointed especially due to the proximity of my house. RUFFLED FEATHERS, PLEASE READ AND IMPROVE YOUR POOR CONDITIONS.
Fall
The course was in great shape for the fall. The pace of play was a little slow on the front nine but still finished just over four hours.
Ruffled Feathers
The last time I played this course was in 2013 and it was in terrible shape. I heard that they recently had invested in the maintenance of the course and brought it back to it's original condition. I'm glad I played. The course was in great shape. The weather was a little cool but nice. The layout did have a few holes where the trouble was hidden but I think that's just Pete Dye. It was a very good and challenging design. Very picturesque and very relaxing. It made for a fun round of golf.
Greens are awful
Have played here many times but was extremely disappointed in the overall course condition
Fairways were saturated because they over watered not from any rain
I played 3 days last week and played Monday this week on courses and fairways were perfect
Played at 10:44 , sunny and some wind and your drive plugged in the fairway
Could have lived with that but the greens were awful. They had just aerated the greens the week before and they were bumpy and as slow as any greens I have played on in a long time.
If you had a 4 foot putt it bounced all over the place.
I have played on several courses that aerated the greens since September and thaws were by far the worst
Ruined the day
I could understand if this was mid November but the weather has been great so there is no excuse for the course being saturated and the green condition
If you choose to be open how about maintaining the golf course
I would pass on this place for the rest of the year.
I am being kind because the rest of our group was ready to quoting after 4 holes and ask for our money back
Unbelievable value
It was amazing to play a Pete Dye course for only $40 . It's also hard to believe nobody was on the course on an 80° day in October. The course was in great shape. Everyone who works at the course was very friendly and accommodating. If I lived closer, I would play here all the time!
Ruffled Feathers 18
One of the nicest courses we've played all year! Very well maintained and challenging back 9 holes.
Love the course
It was very wet from the rains. We got around in 3:20
Greens torn up...5.5 hr round.
Let me preface by saying that I love this course. However, you can tell the club is ready to shut down for the season. Greens are torn up. Bathrooms at the halfway houses are "out of order." 5.5 hr round. Not cool. Got to play for $39...cool. Staff Was super nice as usual.
Ruffled feathers
Greens were beat up. Nobody fixes their ball marks. Fairways were in good shape. Bunkers were fair.
Good Pete dye design
The course was in good shape only complaint was pace of play, had a backup on every hole. We left after nine hole staff was great.
The worst of Pete Dye
All of the criticism of Pete Dye-designed golf courses over the years - too tricked up, contrived, artificial, quality of play sacrificed for the sake of eye candy - seem to be exemplified by this course. Course just felt silly after a while. Some hole routings are goofy, and at times hazardous - cart paths right into or blindly across line of fire, driving (of the golf kind) across active streets with people driving (of the automotive kind), etc. Course conditions were surprisingly bad. It has been an unusually wet summer but even the greens had severe problems - so bad that we actually had to give a putter relief and move his ball because his line of putt was so badly marred by bare patches. Pace of play was terrible - 10 minute wait on just about every tee. All in all, after a while, it didn't feel like I was playing golf at all.
Best Golf Course In SW Chicago Area
This is a first class course. The layout and condition of the course rival the best private country clubs. Play this course! You wont regret it!
Great Experience
Ruffled Feathers has been in excellent condition every time I've played this season. Playing a challenging Pete Dye course is a treat and the staff ensures it is! Place this course on your list of places to play in the Chicago area!
Ruffled Feathers Review
This is one of the premier course in the Southwest Suburbs. It is close to several other course in the area and a little more expensive than most, other than Cog Hill numbers 2 and 4.
The layout is a Pete Dye design, it is almost 6900 yards from the Blue and over 7,000 from the tips.
It has an Island green experience, a very eye appealing layout and will challenge you on lost holes.
Highly recommend this course no matter what skill level.
Slow play
Try to put too many golfers out too close together play really really really slow 5 1/2 hour around on a Friday afternoon
great curse
Staff very friendly, course in great shape ,pace of play was good .Course layout is memorable