Mt Prospect GC: #18
Looking back from the 18th green at Mt Prospect Golf Club.
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4.4
888 Reviews (888)
5 Stars
482
4 Stars
303
3 Stars
65
2 Stars
26
1 Stars
12
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.4
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.3
94.8%
Recommend this course
817 out of 888 reviews
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4.2
13 Reviews (13)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.6
Value
4.4
Layout
4.8
Pace
3.6
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.6
92.3%
Recommend this course
12 out of 13 reviews
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4.4
89 Reviews (89)
5 Stars
50
4 Stars
28
3 Stars
9
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
2
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.4
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.5
95.5%
Recommend this course
85 out of 89 reviews
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Course Highlights
Mt. Prospect's strategically demanding layout features undulating greens, narrow fairways, and clever bunkering that rewards thoughtful shot-making at every hole. Friendly staff, well-maintained conditions, and strong overall value make this Chicago-area course worth booking repeatedly.

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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 70
Length 6305 yards
Slope 135
Rating 70.3
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Course Details

Year Built 1929
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Architect David Esler (2014)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $12 - $20
GPS Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Fivesomes Allowed No. Only with permission.
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Men must wear shirts with sleeves, no tank tops. Women may wear sleeveless golf shirts, but no bathing suit tops.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities, Lockers

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Reviews

4.4
888 Reviews (888)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 29
Patio Dining 24
Amazing Food 15
Course Challenges Include:
Undulating Greens 37
Bunkers 23
Narrow Fairways 12
This course/club is great for:
Locals 28
Advanced Golfers 23
Walkers 22
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 36
Near the Airport 21
Convenient to the City 19

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Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing

Lots of bang for the buck

Played here for the first time today. Course is in excellent condition. Pins were in tourney positions for a local Junior Championship playing a little later. That made for way too many 3-putts for me, but that’s my weak link, anyway.

Bottom line is that the course is in excellent shape with the best tees I’ve seen in months. Pace of play was excellent at about 3:50 on a Wednesday morning. The staff was very friendly throughout. Shout out to starter Jim and sorry to the groundskeeper whose cart I bounced a ball off of.

Will definitely return.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 07/15/2021

Thank you so much for your review and compliments. We hope to see you back here again soon!

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Hidden Gem

Challenging course that isn’t really long, but has tough undulating greens with some long par 4’s peppered in. The staff was extremely pleasant.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/15/2021

Thanks so much for your honest feedback, as well as your compliment about our staff!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/11/2021

Thanks so much for taking the time to leave us a rating!

Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Okay course

The course conditions were not that great. A lot of dry spots on the greens and lots and lots of divots throughout every fairway. Great warm up and practice areas

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/12/2021

Thanks so much for your review about our course, and we also appreciate the feedback!

Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Joe

greens were superb, tee boxes excellent as well. Nice job.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 07/12/2021

Thanks so much for your review about our tee boxes and greens!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/11/2021

We really appreciate you taking the time to leave us such a great rating!

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/08/2021

Thank you for your 5 stars, we hope to see you back again very soon!

Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Mt. Prospect golf course

Mt. Prospect golf course Is one of the finest public facilities in the Chicagoland area. The conditions are immaculate and the greens are challenging. For the value there’s no find a place to play

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/11/2021

Wow, thank you so much for such a great compliment! We're thrilled you had such a lovely time at our facilities!

Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 07/08/2021

Thanks so much for leaving us such a good rating.

Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Walked
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 07/08/2021

Thanks so much for leaving us 5 stars!

Played On
Reviews 53
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/01/2021

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Mt Prospect Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/01/2021

Thank you for taking the time to leave us 4 stars, and we hope to welcome you back again soon!

Played On
Reviews 38
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 07/01/2021

Hello, Ming4013196. Thank you for visiting us at Mt Prospect Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

18 Year Review

Been 18 years since the last time we played this course. Finally found a price that was pretty comparable to what we usually try to pay. Prices have always been too high for us to play since 2003. We were very impressed with the renovations...we think there were two in 18 years with great drainage now from the last renovation and 4 inches of rain the day before. Biggest issue/complaint is that the scorecard yardages are always much more than the GPS from the tee box even with no doglegs. I've already told another friend that we must play this course this year and we will try to be regulars again as long as prices remain reasonable.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 07/01/2021

Thank you for your review, gebhron. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Mt Prospect Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Fun little track

A nice little gem in the heart of mount prospect. A shorter course which requires a bit of shot making off the tee, especially for longer hitters. Make no doubt though, you can over power this course with driver and set up tons of scoring opportunities if you place the ball in the fairway off the tee. Pace of play was a little below average, played on a Sunday afternoon so I guess I should expect that. Beware of tons of "fore" shouts because there's a ton of drunk hacks who like to come out here and beat up the place. Surprised on the condition given the clientele however. Would return but on a slower day.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 07/01/2021

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Mt Prospect Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fun greens/course

Good job with the renovation.

It’s a short course but the greens make it memorable

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/11/2021

Thanks so much for your 5 star rating! We're so glad you love our course!

Played On
Reviews 53
I Recommend This Course
1.0
Verified Purchaser

Canceled

Due to Heavy rain today, I have cancelled todays round.

Let me refund prepaid portion

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/11/2021

Thank you for leaving us a great 5 star rating!

Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/01/2021

Thank you for the rating and review!

Played On
Reviews 449
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Illinois Advisor
Top 10 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

$42 Hot Deal was worth it

There's a love/hate relationship with fairly recent redesign of this course...read the reviews below as well as my previous reviews of Mt. Prospect. Great clubhouse and good practice area with a putting green representative of what you'll be faced with on course. The extreme amount of play the course receives (as I surmised in reviews here years ago) the fairways are now getting a tad torn up/ball marked greens/tee boxes getting sketchy. Right now Mt. Prospect is playing so hard and fast I had several drives almost roll out into trouble.....30 or 40 yards longer than normal. The green complexes (after several plays) are completely and ridiculously over the top/some pads to small/many too big....and way too fast on the stimp for the casual player/weekend warrior. As an avid frequent player (as well as my playing partner that day) we have come to the conclusion that the greens complexes are fun the first couple of times - but after those initial few plays it becomes a frustrating nightmare to prox a green to 20-25 feet and not be rewarded at all with a good look at birdie unless you're lucky enough to have a straight uphill putt (which is almost impossible on this course). I'm almost to the point playing the course where you're better off missing the greens on purpose and then chipping onto them to an area where you can reasonably get an uphill non 4 foot breaking putt to attack the hole and just get up and down for par. While picturesque with a lot of cool old school design features - Mt. Prospect basically comes down to a putting examination. If your shot stick is working you'll score very well - if not be prepared for multiple 3 putts and 4 putts. The difficulty navigating the greens also contributes to very slow play especially after the turn. Overall 4 stars. Recommend for at least couple of plays.....several of the reviews below will give you good insight. I definitely try to play Mt. Prospect at least once a season.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 07/08/2021

Thanks for your review. We appreciate your honest feedback, and we look forward to having you back again this season!

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