Ruffled Feathers Golf Club

We got out on a Friday afternoon at 1:30 and the round took about 6 1/2 hours to play and were unable to play 18 due to sunlight. There were multiple two sums playing alone slowing down rate of play. Course maintenance was taking place during the day in the middle of fairways the “sand” is sprinkled over what seems to be concrete.

Not what we were hoping or expecting for premier public course. Very let down. Will not be back anytime soon.

The weather was not great. It started drizzling as we teed off on the first tee, and got heavier as the round went on. By the back nine we were playing in a steady pour. The pace was great, but of course, there was hardly anyone left on the course.

Despite the wet conditions, the course took the water very well. The fairways were very playable and greens were still true. We were impressed at how well the wetlands helped keep the course drained.

Torn up tee boxes and rock hard, pot marked greens. This course is overplayed. Greens could not hold any approach shots. Not a $100+ greens fee caliber course.

Ruffled feathers is one of my favorite courses in the area but haven’t played it in a few years. Snagged an early AM tee time for $119 which I thought was steep for the course as I remembered it but wanted to play it so I payed. The course overall is still good as I remembered. However, the bunkers were absolutely awful. They were extremely hard and some of them had rocks in them. Only a few bunkers were playable and only a few had rocks but for 119 I would expect the bunkers to be in decent shape in the least. So that was very disappointing but that is literally my only gripe that I have.

Great Track.

One of my fav’s.

Great Price offered on TeeOff…

-BUT-

Experienced my all time longest round!!!

A Five hour forty five minute round.

TeeOff/Ruffled Feathers discounted tee time offer followed a shotgun start outing with DOUBLE GROUPS on holes 1-13.

A lot of wrong here… even employees agreed.

Not the first time this has happened at this course.

I guess shame on me.

I had a12:57 Tee Time. When I checked in, I was told there was a 15 minute to half an hour delay. Fair enough as there was a VFW outing. Unfortunately I had a hard stop at 5PM. Bottom line is that we teed off on the 4th hole at 2:15. Jim, the starter, was great, explained everything and did his best to make a bad situation as good as possible. Moved along well but after finishing 18, we see there was a group on the first tee so we were done as we couldn’t poke through the first 3 holes.

Ruffled Feathers is a nice course and the staff was friendly. That said, there are some minor things they could address to make it a dramatically better experience. As others here have mentioned, the pace of play was really poor. We ended up playing a 5 hour round and were waiting on the group in front of us every hole. We didn’t see a Marshall the entire round and it seems to be a consistent problem based on what others have shared. There was only 1 beverage cart in service too, so we saw her twice in 5 hours.

The course was in pretty good shape, aside from the bunkers being borderline unplayable. It’s a decent place to play, but they really should take care of those minor issues, especially given the premium price.

PLEASE READ........We play a lot of golf in the Chicagoland Area. For $104.99 this has to be the most disappointing and overpriced golf course in the area. The tee boxes were a complete nightmare. Not a flat lie or clean place to tee the ball up, almost as if the tees have been in the same spot for a week along with the weed growth. The greens were OK at best, bumpy to the hole. I think 10% of the bunkers had sand in them and the other 90% were unraked dirt....a Pete Dye Course, no sand in the bunker? We felt we got had by the 3rd hole tee box....what an unsettling feeling. For a course like this and the amount of money they charge there is no reason for the carts not to have GPS. Not only would that help the players have a better experience, but it would certainly move the players along at a rate faster than 5 hours. Overall, Steer Clear of this place. They have a lot of upkeep on their hands and just because its the only Dye Course around shouldn't allow them to charge this ridiculous fee. Don't do it. Go play the Ravines across the Street at Cog Hill. It will be a much better time and you certainly won't feel as had as we did.