Old Orchard Country Club

The course design was awful. Every hole is on top of each other. Going from the 3rd green to the 4th tee we realized we were driving across another fairway while a group was trying to hit.

The course was in decent shape but the idea that we payed $68 to play is a joke. I wouldn't pay more than $45-50 at the most, even on a weekend.

Weather was 90 degrees. No beverages on course. No starter or marshals on the course. Course is very poorly marked as for distances, water hazards etc. The GPS is archaic at best. Luckily I had my own GPS to navigate. The rough just off the fairways and greens were ridiculously long. People searching for balls in rough slowed down play. Many singles and twosomes should have been paired together. The positive is the greens were terrific. One of the best in area. Many other courses in area are a better value.

Course was nice but the rough was tall. Anything off the fairway would stop immediately. Sometimes you could be a couple yards off the green and need 5 minutes to find your ball.

Haven't played this course in over a decade, but still like it. Shorter, but still very challenging. Tight fairways and good greens. Only complaint is the pace of play was slow, especially on the front 9. Not sure why, but front is/was painfully slow. Back 9 much better.

I had never played here before but enjoyed it. Course was in very good position and pace of play was awesome, finished in 3.5 hours. Not a lot of length but back tees allowed for a good enough challenge with some tight fairways and difficult doglegs. Greens were fast / hard but fair.

If the price is right, I like to golf at Old Orchard. But when the course is running slow, it moves very slow. There are some holes such as 8 that crosses other holes from the back nine. You really have to watch for golfers on the tee.

Cart died on first hole. Course poorly marked, not much signage. That wouldn't have been a problem, but GPS showed mostly ads, kept 'searching' most of the time. Had only two water coolers on the course, not very smart. Nice greens and fairways, very polite staff.

This course was in decent condition and we were able to play 18 holes in less than four hours. I was not crazy about the layout but not a bad day for the money.

I enjoyed the course stuggled with the 15th hole, par 3s were pretty challenging nice course when the price is right.

would have liked to know there was an outing in front of us when I signed in at the pro shop

It was the first nice day in Illinois so it was very busy, which is to be expected. Groups weren't being put together so we had 2 foursomes, followed by 2, followed by 1, followed by 2, followed by my threesome. The players ahead of us were regularly playing 3 balls and there was no one keeping pace of play. First 9 took us 3.5 hours, we played the front again instead of back and it took us about an hour and fifteen minutes.

Everything you want in a staple course. Unexpectedly challenging.

Punched greens, water in every bunker and hole and, leaves everywhere made this course very unpleasant to play. On top of that, the play was extremely slow. Maybe for $10 it would be a good value but not at $20 and certainly not at $35-40. Sad to see a high $ course so poorly maintained. 3/10.

I booked my tee-time as a single. I was supposed to be matched up with a threesome in twenty minutes. But a six-some came to the tee and suggested that I tee off in front of them because they were very bad golfers. So I teed off and played four holes before another single played through the six-some and joined me. But it turned out that we were stymied because there were multiple eight-somes out on the course. It must have been some sort of eight-some tournament. My round was miserable. My partner and I skipped holes as best we could to bypass the multiple logjams. Bottom line: I'd like to see some new policy implemented that warns golfers of tournaments that impacts speed of play. I've never encountered eight-somes other than at Old Orchard. It will be a long time before I consider playing Old Orchard again.

The course is a fun one to play, but it could be better. Specifically, the pace of play at beginning of day. Overbooked which forced our 4-some to start on back 9. Then on way back to play 1st hole it was stacked up. We ended up sf starting on 3 and coming back to play holes 1 and 2 last. So, 10-18; 3-9; then finally 1-2. Difficult to build rhythm when we had to change order more than once.
The rate of $65 through GolfNow isn't worth it even with a better pace of play.

Positives: Decently maintained grounds with nice fairways/greens and appropriate rough/bunker/hazard maintenance. At par 70, it plays short, except for a couple of long par 3's. 17th hole was crazy as I nailed my 230 club into a stiff breeze and still failed to reach the green by a good 15 yards. The course was almost completely vacant at the time I played, so the pace was as fast as I could go.

Negatives: The little things seem to be really lacking. Cheap hole flags & ball washers, poorly maintained golf carts (old and really bad), aging clubhouse and pro shop, overpriced retail goods, many of the trees are becoming overgrown and starting to negatively effect play by narrowing tee shots, overly obstructing approach shots, crowding bends on doglegs, etc.. In addition to few golfers, there were only about 4 total employees on hand at 3:00 pm: manager, pro-shop attendant, bartender and cart guy. Also, with no ranger/starter on duty, local residents from surrounding condos were on the course hitting balls and playing some of the holes. I had 2 separate people wave me by as they had snuck on the course, playing 1 or 2 holes. There was even a guy riding his bike around the cart path whom I almost hit a few times.

Overall I think the course could be really nice, but is currently overpriced for what you get. I wouldn't be willing to play the course again for anything more then $30. It's sad when a forest preserve course provides a better service/experience then one privately owned. Old and in need of TLC.

6 hour round and they had multiply 8 somes on the course. Only course in Chicago area I will never play again

Short course but does not mean easy to make par,lay out of couse require perfect shot to reach green every holes.We had so much fun the first time playing this course.Good location ,not too far west or north.

Great course, greens were stiff and hard to hold. Plenty of water and sand for my fellow beach friends. Overall enjoyable and challenging

Fun course-good value, but despite sunny forecasts, it rained in the middle of our round. We were told they do not give rain checks under any circumstances. That seems a bit unfriendly.