Marengo Ridge Golf & Country Club

If you live in the far west or northwest suburbs this course is an easy drive away and a good value. The greens are very true and well conditioned, if not particularly quick. The layout includes a mix of doglegs that force some lay-up shots and require a little local knowledge despite well diagrammed hole layouts on the back of the score card. The cart paths are brutal so make sure to pay close attention so as not to wrench your back.

Not a 4 1/2 star as stated by golf digest. No wind shield, golf bag cover, gps, etc. nice course in good condition. Would play again. Good value

a lot of hidden shots and dog legs. Short par 4s with options to lay up or go for it. Pins were in tough locations making puts fun and frustrating at the same time. They could update carts but score cards has the lay ups and yardage to help.

The layout and variety of each hole makes this course a pleasure to play.

A challenging course with a fun layout. If you're not careful it's like a day at the beach with the traps.

The staff was friendly. Course was maintained very good. It is a challenge for a novice player.
Cart paths need a little work.
All and all will play again.

Marengo Ridge is a hidden gem that all readers must play. The course was in great shape with my only complaint being that the greens very pretty hard compared to the rest of the course. Play moved along pretty well and I was allowed to play through every time I came up on a slower moving group. I finished the round walking in 3 hours. Mostly locals playing during the week.

Great, challenging course that was in excellent condition. Pace of play pretty slow - 2 hours 45 minutes for the front 9. I had a single tee time, and I wish I would have been placed into a 3-some or 2- some that were ahead of me. Other GolfNow courses I've tried always put me with someone else.

Great course, a real challenge with all the obstacles. I really enjoy it. Cart paths could use some help

The only thing I would like to see improved is the bunkers. There is more rock and gravel in the bunkers then sand. Other then that the course is a great place to play especially for the money!

My first time playing this course will turn into many more times. Good course layout and easy to navigate for first timer. Course was well maintained with fairways cut just so. It is a good looking course with mature trees and well kept greens, which were fast. I liked the scorecard having each hole showing on the back of the card with distances to specific areas of each hole. I will definitely play this course again and bring my fellow golfing buddies along so they can enjoy as well.

Course offers a great variety of required shots, long, short, left, right, tight and open.

It had been a couple of years since I played here. Got an excellent deal for a Sunday on Golf Now. The weather was a little off but it was good for us because course was wide open. This is really an excellent layout and the course was in great shape. I will be back.

For the $25 group golfer deal we got you cant match it. Wouldn't be the first course I choose because it's way out west but very fun to play.

The atmosphere is the main reason I come to Marengo and is the reason it became my home course. I always feel welcome and pace of play is relaxed.

I am not a member, but I often feel like one because of the personal greetings by staff and owners. Since I tend to get to caught up with work, I "force" myself to play by purchasing their prepaid cards which I have done for the last several years, and because of their competitive regular prices and some great specials on GolfNow, I have been playing much more! When I don't play, I actually miss this place ;-)

Pace of play is comfortable for me, though it can get slow on weekends and holidays, but I am one who does not consider golf a timed sport and am more concerned with people on my back than I am with those in front of me.

Playing as a single often, I pace myself to avoid waiting long for any shot and when needed I will ask to play through and today was no exception. I only had to pass one 4-some that seemed to be kind of a log jam, but after that pace was comfortable. I finished round in 3 hours, needing to pass only 1 foursome conveniently a the 1st par 3.

Course was wet in some areas from rain night before, but did not affect shot-making. The main inconvenience is needing to play cart paths only on 3 and 17 - which is somewhat common to keep the fairways from cart damage. I've learned to play closer to the cart paths on those holes when needed especially on 17 which is a LONG walk across the fairway!

Despite the fact that the course lost a lot of trees from rough weather and insects the past few years, the course still plays challenging and in some instances has added new options of play for more fun.

Reconstruction removing tree stumps was not distracting, despite some large equipment. Course maintenance crews were courteous when needing to crossing my path and would wait for me to tee off or putt without my request.

Course is in great shape except for the tree damage, fairways plush and greens smooth (and green!). Many traps have new sand and likely the others will get new sand in future as its obvious improvements are being made.
Gravel cart paths on course are rough in some spots, but many areas have obviously been repaired, so no doubt the course will only improve over the summer.

Having local course knowledge of the dog leg holes will truly help cut your score!!

Greens were in good shape with true roll, tee boxes not fully grown in yet, traps a bit wet after a heavy rain, but very nice conditions overall.

Little nit hard for someone that is starting but I really like it

What a fantastic afternoon! Wish I could be back there today!!

The staff was very accomodating and the layout was fair but challenging at times. Some tight driving holes and plenty of trees. Would help to play here a second time to figure out how to manage your game on this course. Greens had been aerated 3 weeks prior and were OK. Value was excellent.