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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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
I've never seen more unrepaired ball marks
It's ok for $40 but for the $80 charged normally it is a bad deal. The greens are in less than ideal shape and apparently no one fixes ball marks.
GOOD OVERALL
This is a great course if you can get it for $55.50 early in the morning. Greens were still healing, when the heal, lookout they will be fast. Overall great course for the price I payed.
Quite challenging and beautiful layout.
The course has a very nice layout surrounded by beautiful homes.
Long par 4's and challenging par 3's around water obstacles make it quite challenging. Greens were recently aerated which greatly reduced the quality of the golf experience.
Good deal
This was good for the price and last second. Day we went there, greens were under a little repair and not as good as I've seen them before. Overall, challenging course; fourth or fifth time I played there. I always make a point to check out the deals at this course if they are available to play there as much as possible. Not worth full fees, but definitely a nice course still.
Something for everyone
Very nice course but could have used a ranger to speed up the slow foursome in front of us.This course, for the money it charges, should not have players waiting on every shot.
The course is an outstanding layout.
There are features of this course that will inspire, please and frustrate you as you move from hole to hole. Plenty of hazards and generous fairways. You will be tested!!!
There is a need to get the Tee boxes sorted as many had uneven surfaces and this made your footing unstable.
Poorly maintained, greens were choppy, fairways were mediocre
Very disappointed in the condition of the course and having to stay on the cart paths only pretty much made the GPS useless. I won't play there again.
Course Conditions were Dismal
They should be ashamed to charge this much money for a course in such poor shape. If I am paying $100 for a round I am expecting a challenging course in country club condition. While this course was challenging the condition was downright poor. I've played park district courses that charge less and are in better shape. The bunkers were totally eroded and full of standing water. I lost at least 3 balls in greenside bunkers that were filled with water so deep it made it impossible to fish your ball out. I've played other Dye designed courses (Harbour Town, Whistling Straits, Blackwolf Run) and was really looking forward to playing Ruffled Feathers, but the poor course conditions really took away from the attractive Dye designed layout. The tee boxes were also pretty chewed up but I can overlook that. On the plus side, pace of play was good and the greens were smooth and fast. I would've been more forgiving had the round cost about half of the $100 price.
Greens need alot of attention
Overall, the course could be phenomenal, however the greens have alot of work needed. They roll pretty fast and firm, but have tremendous amounts of ball mark damage. Not sure if its due to alot of outings, but it is unacceptable at a course this nice. The fariways have terrible drainage, expect to play this course in casual water conditions. Also, no ranger in sight. Played through 2 groups in the first 5 holes in 50 minutes. Then sat on every shot the next 13 holes. The back nine took over 3 hours. Could be great track, management is missing the boat on this chicago gem.
Ruffled Feathers on May 30th, 2013
The course was in very good shape. There was no ranger or starter to organize play. Play was slow. The course over all was in good shape. Greens were slow. Many rough areas were too long, bunkers need a lot of work We have had a lot of rain, so I took that into consideration as far as the course condition.. I played the course last year and it was in worst shape, so I do see some improvement. I paid 39 dollars to play for an 11:53 tee time and I thought that was ok. If you pay the regular rate you will be disappointed.
This is my favorite course around Chicago area
Great course, and fabulous conditions. Friendly staff and love to play this Pete Dye Designed course.
This couse has very good maintain
I want you to limit the slow play if it is possible.
Beautiful scenes, yet tee boxes and greens need attention: WATERING
The course is already difficult at 130 slope, so the underwatered conditions causing balls to roll out of the fairways or off the greens when hit were discouraging. THeir reputation is slipping from them. $10 per person for the range that ran out of balls!
Great layout, but needs some attention.
This is a challenging course with interesting hole designs. They need some work on their traps, several were in need of sand. The greens were very fast, and several pin locations were very unfair, as they were at the top of a crest.
Interesting track, but in a bit of disrepair.
Having played here 20 years ago, when there were no homes and the clubhouse was a mobile home, I have seen the course mature over time. Unfortunately there appears to be a lack of maintenance this last time out. The traps barely have sand and some of the greens were hurting, and the rough was silly long.
The other facilities could also stand a bit of attention. The value is decent, though, but it would be nice if they would recapture the level of quality they once had.
Great Layout
Great layout, very challenging. We played a $75 course for only $36. Great variety in holes from wide open to woodsy, hilly and plenty of water. Greens had a lot of ball marks for so early in the season.
Great course with several beautiful holes
Would play this course again in a heartbeat. Fabulous par 3's. Lots of character in greens. Lots of good risk reward par fives and fours.
Course was in pretty good shape
The golf course was outstanding in terms of being very challenging. The green were fast for this time of year of the season. Also the pin placements were hard to reach during the round which made it difficult for birdies in the round. I hit some pretty good approach shots that were four and five feet from the hole and came away with just pars. The greens were hard to read with false fronts which does not show up on the GPS in and around the greens made it real difficult and the fast pace of the greens didn't make it a sure bet for one or two putts on those greens. I love playing this course because it forces you to use all the club in your bag and challenges every aspect of your game.
Ruffled Feathers
Pro shop staff was horrible, rude and unfriendly. We had a 9:41 tee time but they ran late and we didnt start until 10. The starter let a group of 6 tee off right before us. After we complained, they sent a ranger out to break them up. It didnt matter because the pace of play was way too slow. It took over 5 hours to finish.
Great layout, greens need maintenance.
Fun course. This course has a good mix of tees so many levels can play the course.