Ruffled Feathers Golf Club

First time at ruffled feathers. Had heard great things about this course and I was excited to finally play there. Fairways and greens were in good shape, bunkers and tee boxes not so much. Nearly every tee box had so many divots that it was hard to get good footing let alone find a place to put your tee. Tons of bunkers on the course which presents a challenge, but it’s an even harder challenge when the bunkers don’t have sand! Most of the bunkers on the course were overgrown and some didn’t have sand at all. For the price of near $100 for an afternoon tee time or over $100 for a weekend morning tee time. I feel the course is way below average for that price. For the same price you can go down the street to Cog Hill and play Ravines which is always on good shape.

Playing here is great,had a hole in one on #11,made my day.

I was amazed to see the negative reviews of this course. . The negative reviewers don't have a clue.

I have played most of the finest private golf courses in Chicagoland together with many of the best resort courses in America. Ruffled Feathers is a GORGEOUS golf course. Unique Pete Dye design. Its is difficult -but its just beautiful.

And they maintain it like it is a private club course. It is also a superb value compared to places like Cantigny and the Glen. .

Great afternoon .

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I was excited to play the course but was meet with rough greens, geese feces everywhere, and overall poor maintenance for the price. I won't be coming back, which is a shame, because it has a cool layout.

Overall the course was good. The bunkers were AWFUL, with many of them being nothing more than dirt. Greens were in OK shape. The rest of the course was solid. I’m glad I got a “hot deal” as this kept me thinking it was worth the money. I would absolutely never pay full price for this place. It isn’t worth the $100+ they are asking on the weekend.

Worse greens I have experienced all summer. Pace of play was over 5 hours. Very limited rakes on course, most sand traps not maintained. This year they have combined the blue and gold tees, why. Other local course are in far better condition at a fraction of this price. If you want to consider yourself a premium course, it needs to be maintained as such

Course was in excellent condition,staff was tremendous,can’t be any better.

Course play was very slow, cart girl was out of most things, including water. No water coolers on the course. Course was in good shape and overall good design.

This course has long been one of my favorite public courses in the Chicagoland area. However, my recent experience makes me not want to be back anytime soon. We played in the afternoon on 7/3. Their had been a ton of rain and we expected the course to be wet and it was in better condition than we could have thought. Our problem was the pace of play. In the afternoon over a holiday weekend I’d expect a round to take a little longer than usual. However, this was absolutely ridiculous. We ended up leaving after 14 holes because we were staring at the group in front of us waiting to tee off because the group ahead of them had just drove up to their balls. This was at the 4 hour and 15 minute mark of our round. Every single hole this seemed to be the case where we’d wait 10 minutes (at least) to hit shots. We called the clubhouse on 11 to send someone out to see why the entire course was being held up as we didn’t see a Marshall through the entire duration. They came out on 12 and seemed to just drive by without saying a word to any group. We expected this round to take a bit longer than a normal weekend but we were staring at 5.5 hour round and for $105 this seems absolutely ridiculous. The course didn’t seem to care that every group was waiting 10-15 minutes both off the tee and for their approaches.

Ruffled feathers has been one of my favorite public courses in the Chicagoland area for a while. However, I’m not sure if I’ll be back soon after the pace of play debacle on 7/3. My friends and I ended up leaving after we were at the 4 hour and 15 minute mark yet had only completed 14 holes. Every single shot we had to wait 5-10 minutes. On a par 3 we were sitting next to the group in front of us as they were waiting for the group in front of them to complete the hole. There wasn’t a course attendant or ranger in site. We ended up calling the clubhouse after 11 holes to explain what was going on and they didn’t seem to care much. Someone just drove around and didn’t seem to say anything to us or the group in front of us. I understand it’s a public course over a holiday weekend, but when you’re paying $105 you’d expect the course to care a little more and at least make the effort to make the round be able to be completed in a reasonable time frame.

Was $105 riding. Was not crowded. Went off at 10:10, original tee time was 10:24. I share this just to showcase it was not busy. Front 9 took 2:50. Was cart path only but please…No ranger pushing anyone. Day prior chicago- land had significant rain fall. Greens were thick, inconsistent and slow. Rough was so thick with huge patches that did not drain. Tee boxes were in poor shape. Clearly, they did not mow and did not care for the course that morning. For $105 was a dump. Quit after 10 as the wait on par 3 #11 was a good 20min. If I remember I’m going to call and ask for a rain check for 9 just out of principle.

New remodel on club house looks great.

Nice conditions, few spots need attention but mostly the course was in nice shape.

I recently played at this awesome golf course and the course was equipped with bells and whistles in place for challenges. The staff was incredibly friendly and accommodating, making me feel like a VIP golfer. I'm already booked to play next week and counting down the days!!!

Bunkers were unplayable, very disappointing. The rest of the course was very good, greens rolled nicely in spite of the aeration but won't go back until they fix the bunkers which they way will happen this year.

Both were definite bucket list courses in the Chicago area but for less than 1/2 the price, Ruffled Feathers wins my vote. Also, at CH, the extra $8 for a bucket of balls for the range after a $200USD fee seemed a bit of a money grab. In addition to the money perspective, RF was in much better shape and the Pete Dye design was awesome to play.

Honesty won’t go back until they put more sand in bunkers.

Brought my father in law to a nice course I thought.

No sand ruin the whole experience