Steeple Chase Golf Club

no range. Tighter fairways with a couple of holes you could be rewarded with trouble even though you hit a good shot (slanted fairways). Pace of play was longer with no ranger speeding things up. Some greens looked like an evasive grass had taken over.

Great course conditions. Moderate elevation changes, multiple sets of tees for different skill levels. FAST greens. Stay below the hole on approach shots. Nice track.

The course was in fantastic shape! Tee boxes and greens were well-maintained and the piece of play was fast. Tee time was 7:20, so beverage cart did not come out until the back 9, and still stopped by twice. Green fees (with cart) was $80 for weekend morning - so it’s a great value.

Our tee time was 12:10 PM. We teed off on time. On the fourth hole, the GPS system indicated we were six minutes behind pace, but we were already waiting for the group ahead of us to leave that green. At the end of nine holes, the GPS system indicated we were twelve minutes behind pace. We waited on 10 tee for almost twenty minutes before we could tee off. On 12 tee, the GPS system indicated we were nineteen minutes behind pace. But we were waiting for the group in front of us on every shot. When we got to 16, there were already two foursomes waiting to play. We completed hole 16 four hours and thirty five minutes after we teed off. We decided to not play the remaing two holes, rather than endure a round of more than five hours. After putting our clubs into our car, we checked with the Pro Shop and were told that the course does not use rangers and the expected pace of play on weekends is 4 hours and fifty minutes. There was no indication of that on the course website, we were not told that when we paid our green fee, and the Starter did not mention that either. There were uncovered drains in some of the bunkers and the sand in many bunkers needs to be replaced. The tines on many of the bunker rakes were broken.

Course was in great shape. Despite very little rain, greens were receptive and rolled at a nice pace (often they are very fast above the hole but not today). Pace of play was good at 4 hrs 5 min starting at 8:40. Definitely recommend if you have not been there in a while.

This used to be my home course when I lived in the Chicagoland area. It is beautiful and the greens are challenging. I had forgotten how much I love playing there. I am in town from my new home in Tennessee and what better way to remember fun times in Mundelein. Well worth it and highly recommended.

Steeplechase is awesome! Great layout, challenge, variety of holes, risk - reward opportunities and is playable. Greens, tees, fairways and bunkers are meticulously maintained.

Negatives: No driving range. I’ve played course half dozen times in past 2 years. I could be wrong, but every starter, cart attendant and workers on course all have been very grumpy, short tempered and just weren’t very friendly. That being the only drawbacks, I can live with it. Steeplechase is a great value and place to play golf!