Big Run Golf Club

One of a kind course that is over a 100 years old . Biggest elevation changes of any track in the Midwest

Absolutely love this course layout and just downright tough unless you are a lower handicap. #9 is vicious and memorable par 5 that keeps me coming back to make par. For $60+ dollars they need more water on the fairways and just all around better upkeep. Not coming back until they make some improvements.

Only played 15 holes in 4 and a half hours on a 4pm on a Saturday after being behind a group by 5 holes

This course is in terrible condition. Honestly, I paid $45 for a round and I overpaid. I can’t imagine paying $70 for a round. The fairways are like concrete. There’s almost 0 grass in the fairways. Where there aren’t weeds and clover, it’s just bare ground. In the rough it’s even worse. It’s just weeds. The greens were okay, but not cut short and the fringe is the same. Even the cart paths are in bad shape.

It’s honestly a shame. The layout is gorgeous. Huge elevation changes from tee to fairway to green. The par 3’s were beautiful. But apparently the owners have decided to put as little effort and money into the course as possible.

For what I paid for a loop here the place was in really bad shape , many of the traps where like mud pits and loaded with rocks, fairways where choppy , it is sad to see as you could tell this place has the potential to be a great course but the overall condition was just poor, Oh and the cart paths where worse than Illinois roads !!

Maintenance: fairways were all weeds and clovers.The greens were spongy from poor upkeep. There is no such thing as fringe here. Trees were in desperate need of trimming, making the course borderline unplayable ( being blocked out by tree branches stretched halfway across the fairway was common place for the landing zones off the tee).

Layout: To sum it up, stupid. Every green is either 100 feet above your feet or below your feet. Approach shots From the fairways are almost exclusively on 20 degrees downhill or 20 degrees uphill (not an exaggeration). On about half the holes you can’t see the green on your approach with no way to tell pin placement (no map or even colored flags) coupled with tiered greens and questionable pin placements makes it fairly unplayable, especially if this is you’re not a regular. Also, There was a gimmick tree blocking out half of the fairway on hole due to it being in front of the tee box

If you are walking, you better be in shape. So many hills to climb up. Most holes are shaped like “U”s.

This course is so poorly maintained it’s amazing they charge people to play. The fairways are a mix of dry dirt patches mixed with crab grass. The bunkers are filled with rocks and completely unplayable. My group took the ball out of the traps 3 times for fear that we would damage our clubs. The greens are well cared for, but that is literally it. The lay out of the course is also really poor. The holes are so close together that we had people hitting golf balls into us on nearly every hole. I would NEVER play this course again and the $60 green fees are laughable.

This is a great layout but is in awful condition. It’s clear the owners don’t care. The fairways are full of weeds. The bunkers are a mess. The carts, cart paths and bridges are in disrepair. It’s a shame. Someone needs to take this course over and turn it into what it could be - a fantastic track with wonderful elevation changes and a new challenge on every tee box.

Other than the fairways course was in pretty good Shape.

Unique layout! Fairways and some bunkers need work.

Over 5 and a half hours to play 18 is less than ideal.

Played this course a dozen times in the last ten years. Today was the worst condition I’ve seen and played on.