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About

Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Par 72
Length 6893 yards
Slope 129
Rating 73.5

Prairie Bluff Golf Course in Lockport stretches across 237 acres of gently rolling hills covered with native prairie grass. The course has a links-style layout that can play much tougher depending on the wind speed that day. Overall though, the course is player friendly enough for any skill level. The layout is open with few trees and the fairways are wide and forgiving, taking away some of the intimidation provided by the bordering rough. There is also water on the golf course, but the hazards that come into play aren't overly strenuous. You can still expect some challenges from the minimal but strategically placed bunkering. Besides the golf course, Prairie Bluff is known as one of the area's hidden gems for its outstanding restaurant, which is known especially for the barbecue brisket.

Course Details

Year Built 1998
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 4/01 Closed: 11/15
Architect Andy North (1998) Roger Packard (1998) Greg Martin (2012)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Bar

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

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4.3
224 Reviews (224)
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Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Great Value

Very nice course. Links style. Course is always in very good condition. Somewhat difficult when windy.

Very good bang for the buck.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

Tree free works for me.

Prairie Bluffs is always kept in excellent condition. Having a shot stop on the greens instead of bouncing off helps the illusion that I'm on the Tour and not just whacking balls around a field.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Beautiful Layout

The Ruff is a little to lone Other wise Great Course

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course

Great track for the money!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun course and challenging

Great golf course in excellent condition that provides a challenge for all level of players. Pick the right tees and have fun pick the wrong tees and you will wish you stayed home.

This course is in great condition, greens roll very true and will reward a good approach.

The staff was very friendly from pro shop, starter, ranger and restaurant. This is always a pleasure to play and keep it in my rotation through out the year!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

VERY UNDERRATED

This course I always drove by and just thought its this flat wide open course... Wow was I wrong this course is amazing. Everything was perfect! true greens perfectly flat tee boxes. every trap was consistent. Very impressed! what a sleeper.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Course is in great shape

Course is in really good shape

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Course!! Great People!!

Always and wont miss anything at all than how frendly the people are all the time. I am not kidding, found it your self great staff Tonny always with a great personality and the guys at the office store. The food is so good I brought couple time my entire family and mean 12 people from florida and they love it. Great public course Period!! Have fun!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

Praire Bluff GC

Good choice for a Fall round. Very little leaves. I enjoyed!!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Nice Course, but........

I have played here a number of times and really enjoy the course. Challenging holes and fairly long from the blue tees. The only gripe I have would be the on course rangers. They need to get a clue, we can only go as fast as the group ahead of us!!! Our last round reflected such ignorance. A ranger came up to us on the 14 hole and said to pick it up a bit due to things backing up behind us. Funny, we were on top of the group in front of us..hum???? The group behind us was a two-some...I guess they felt we were playing slow....funny two-some versus four-some...GENIUS!!!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

A nice change of pace

Windy day, but a pleasant fall Sunday. Course was in overall good condition, the fact that they aerated the fairways kept me from saying excellent. Greens hard to read but run faster than Cog Hill. Will play again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

terribly slow

5+ hours, had to quit after 14 holes. Fairways being aerated

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Really well maintained

Play this course for the first and i love it. Its a little expensive especially for it being part of the park district but overall a very nice place. The course itself is really fun. A lot of dog legs, obstacles, etc not for the beginner. quite a bit of wind too since you're out in the open so most of the time you have to account for the wind. Greens were rolling very true.

My only concern was that it was a hot day and I only saw the drink cart once through out the entire round. I'm not going to hold it against them. I'd still recommend this course

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

nice but pricey for a park district

Good maintenance and greens rolled well. Just a little pricey for a park district in my opinion. I take advantage of the afternoon tee times when the price goes down ($41 after 2 pm.)

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Love this course

Well manicured.
Nice greens
Excellent Fairways
Played 18 holes in less than 3 hours

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 34
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice fairways

Course has always been in decent shape until a few years ago when the winter ruined several greens on the front nine. This years weather has finally assisted the grounds crew and the greens are now finally fully recovered.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course is poorly managed

This is a nice course with great facilities, unfortunately the pace of play was unbelievable we walked of @ the 14th whole 5 hours into our round! The rangers are just clueless old men looking for free golf , this was always a must play for us each year will have to rethink that next time it pops up on GN

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

This course is in great shape

I enjoy playing this course. The course is in great shape. The pace of play was great, the rangers kept everything moving smooth. The staff was very friendly

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice Course Slow Play

Very nice course but our Saturday morning round took over 5 hours to finish due to slow play.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

Had a great time

Had a great time and was paired up with 2 female very good golfers. Course was not busy on the holiday weekend. The food very was good. the course is always in good shape and the greens were in good condition and played true. Staff was friendly and the chipping and sand bunkers practice areas are top notch. Played for $27 using Golfnow on a Sunday. I will go back and play this many more times in the future. Most of the time there's windy conditons.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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