Big Run Golf Club

Been playing here for decades. Usually get here a couple times a year. I'd agree with the other recent reviews that state the course is in the best shape it has been in a while.

Truthfully, unless you are sporting a single digit index, the regular tees are probably too much to handle. Just check the slope ratings!

A fair number of 90 degree or rough only signs during the round. Tough pins on 5 and especially 11. See review title.

Pace was 4:25, going out at 07:30 am. Hard to play the course much faster than that.

Beautiful day and beautiful views. Just wish they had a range.

Refer to my review of 5/26/16 for more detailed information and tips. The rough was cut in the last couple of days and the course is most playable......best shape I've seen it in several years. Experienced a rarely seen far right back pin position on #5 - and note that part of green plays to the middle of green yardage distance. Green speeds swift right now however they are perfect/smooth and very manageable on the downhillers....green fringes are much better than last year (you can putt from them) and as course drys out a little from the over abundance of rain early season expect a real short stick challenge this summer. Some wet areas at the current time but was pleasantly surprised it wasn't worse....the 18th fairway near the creek is really wet (always has been) but other than than really really nice. Great welcoming folks in the clubhouse. Wonderful conditioning from tee to green except here and there in the sand traps. If you have never played Big "Bad" Run you should....great elevation changes and hills and dales.....133 slope from the green/senior tees 6200 yards provides plenty of challenges....play the white tees 138/6670 and you'll be hard pressed to be within 5 strokes of your hdcp....with some very tough holes...9, 11, 12 and 18 in particular. 4.6 stars only downgrades due to no range (but they do have nets) and sand trap conditions. Go play this place!

This is by far one of the finest golf courses in the area. It is a challenging course for even the lowest of handicappers with holes over 600 yards on each nine.

The course is the star of this facility as the rest of the amenities are pretty non existent. No driving range to warm up, very few additional offerings.

But the course is worth the price of admission and then some

Big Run is one of the best courses in Chicagoland without a doubt.

So the clubhouse is from the 60s and smells like your Grandma's house. Are you golfing to golf or worry about carpeting?

The greens are true. Fairways are narrower than you'd expect, but the rough is meticulously trimmed and always fair to play out of.

My one gripe; number 11's green is nearly unplayable. The slope toward the fairway is too steep to stop a putt. The green needs to be redone, it's that's simple.

Yes, little things on the course like the paths and bridges need updating, the actual course is phenomenal.

Big Run has one of the hardest par 3s in Illinois (240 downhill with water on both sides playing from the back tees), 2- 600 yard par 5's, and a whole lot of undulation on the greens.

Play it. The course rocks.

There are over hanging trees everywhere. Even if you were in the fairway on either side there were hanging tree limbs blocking you. The green designs are horrible. ... they slope up hill then down,it's almost impossible to keep your ball on the green in most holes. Also they booked a wedding party of 10 ahead of us so we tee's off 30 minutes late. At one point all 10 guys were on the green trying to putt and laughing and joking and not playing. The experience was horrible, it took us almost 6 hours to play.

As always, the cause record is safe. Undoubtedly on e of the most challenging courses in the area.

And someone made the greenskeeper bad, judging by the pin placements on 11 and 18.

Its not often that one can take advantage of being able to play golf in February in Chicago. The day was a bit overcast but the course was in good shape considering this time of year. Definitely going to go back in the spring and summer this year.

Good day, pace of play, great staff, course in great shape

I was really surprised that the course changed me an extra 10.00 for the cart. I thought the cart was included with my quoted price through Golf Now. Course if very difficult and found the conditions tough with the windy conditions. If you are a pro golfer, then this course if for you.

Great challanging layout. Tee boxes were beat up and bunkers need sand but what do you expect for bonus November Chicago golf.

Kind of like the perfect storm. Played the previous Sunday and colors were spectacular. On 11/10 however, the wind kicked up and all the leaves wee a flying. There was no way the staff could have possibly kept up w the pace of leaves falling. You could hit the ball in the middle of the fairway and still have less than a 50/505 chance of finding your ball. The course, is a must for anyone looking for one of the most challenging public course in the SW Suburbs, maybe The Most!

I love this course! Especially with a deal for so cheap. I would play this course for double what I paid...

Awesome deal for this course. We luckily got a Hot Deal through GolfNow

Course is great. Unfortunately it played at a snail pace of 3 hours on the back nine. A couple of really slow groups drinking heavy and screwing around in front of us.

Office folks are really friendly and run a tight ship which generally keeps play moving. As with any course, when twosomes get forced together by the golf course, play can dramatically slow. I always think it helps play to have a twosome intermixed among the foursomes at a 1 to 4 ratio, especially if that is how the customers picked their times. That ratio really helps the course move on busy days. There are not a lot of "freebies" on this course... you have to hit long and straight in order to obtain a good score on this challenging course. Despite its immense size, course is very well maintained.

I played this course 2 months ago and the course was in great condition then. However, the recent stormy weather has resulted in some water damages in the low lying holes. It took 5 hours to finish the round.