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4.6
237 Reviews (237)
5 Stars
152
4 Stars
71
3 Stars
10
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.7
Value
4.7
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.3
94.5%
Recommend this course
227 out of 237 reviews
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Average Rating
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5.0
12 Reviews (12)
5 Stars
12
4 Stars
0
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
5.0
Value
5.0
Layout
5.0
Pace
4.9
Amenities
4.9
StaffFriendliness
4.9
100.0%
Recommend this course
12 out of 12 reviews
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4.6
47 Reviews (47)
5 Stars
34
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.8
Value
4.7
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.7
91.5%
Recommend this course
43 out of 47 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 70
Length 6653 yards
Slope 128
Rating 71.7
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Deer Park Golf Club
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Course Details

Year Built 1904
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 3/01 Closed: 12/15
Architect Larry Packard

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Single Allowed Yes
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Tennis

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4.6
237 Reviews (237)
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Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

Enjoyable course to play

Just a well laid out course, peaceful, relaxing with just the right amount of challenges.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Avoid Stopping at the Turn

It was well worth the 50 miles to play the course. Great price, great conditions and very friendly & helpful staff. The only problem was at the turn we stopped to grab a hot dog to go and took over 20 minutes to get it. There were 12 people in the bar and the person said everyone came in at once. Not true but it left her with a good excuse. The bunkers are tough, their filled with dirt not sand.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

great conditions

tee boxes,fairways, and greens are superb. Loved the course, only a few oddities. first, no water on course and no bed cart. second, could not eat after golf. They stop serving food at 4:00 !?!?

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 07/04/2016

obviously I meant bev cart

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Deer park

Course was beautiful

Was well maintained

Only thing i did not like was the sand traps. They need to put samd in them they were in rough shape

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Beautiful course

First time playing this course. Great looking and playing course. Some very long holes but extremely challenging. Will play again!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

excellent condition

my friend and I really enjoyed this golf course nice practice facility free!! range balls a beautiful challenging layout in prestine condition and an awesome staff nine hole replay with cart for 10 dollars definitely will repeat if it was closer to my home I would become a member.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course

Great time and excellent conditions, staff was excellent, crew had cleaned the greens of leaves and kept them in good shape. Picturesque area for the time of the season. Would recommend to other golfers. Did not use the Resturant or bar this time, but have in the past, would recommend for others. Would return again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Enjoyable course

Course was in good condition with a nice mix of tighter holes and longer open holes. Greens were very fast, but smooth and rolled true. A playable course that you can score if playing well. Very friendly staff. Overall very good value and worth playing.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Friendly staff

Course in great shape staff was exceptional.ly nice would definitely play again and take some friends

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful course

Well manicured..not that difficult but some very long holes. Hope to play there again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

course in perfect condition

had a great time, shot ok, would return. used most of my clubs.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

One of the Illinois Valley's Finest

Deer Park CC continues to be one of the Illinois Valley's finest golf courses. Course was in excellent condition, is always well-maintained and played right at 4 hours. Course is usually slow in the am as this membership typically doesn't tee off at the crack of dawn. Highly recommend!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Best kept secret in North central Illinois

I've played this course previously as a guest, and twice more through GolfNow.com's Hot Deals. It's a private club in a small town with an aging membership, and struggling a bit. Don't let that scare you, however. There's no corner -cutting going on here. The course is in great shape and can be challenging if accuracy is a problem for you, like it is with me. The staff is outstanding, as befits a private club, and if you buy one of the Hot Deals, you can be assured that you'll feel like your group is the only one on the course. A 3 hour round is not out of the question for an average handicap foursome. I live about 40 minutes away and was tempted to join the club, but the problem is that the members are so friendly and the bar and restaurant so good, I'm afraid that a DUI would be in my future if i did. Do yourself a favor and play Deer Park CC via GolfNow.com. It's one of the oldest courses in Illinois, and deserves to survive this tough economic climate.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Great course with nice features

Course was in great shape. Played in late afternoon so was not very busy. Fairly wide fairways allowed me to hit 11-14 fairways. Good for a 16 handicap. Always enjoy playing this course. Not a lot of water but enough to make it interesting. Will definitely play again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Bad attitude

The members were playing a 3 man scramble with a simultaneous start and when we let the first group play through the superintendent threatened to make us leave the course. I'm all for fast play but if no one is waiting for you and the weather is awful why threaten to remove a group from the course with 4 holes and an hour left to meet pace of play rules in 25-35 mph wind?.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/15/2015

It's a shame to see such a poor review like this when every other review has been fantastic, even sighting the friendliness of the staff. Sometimes a course needs to issue warnings to a group when they hold up the entire course and are playing at well over a 4 hour pace. In my experience, groups like that never blame themselves, and always try to place the blame elsewhere. In the future I can only hope this group enjoys the private club atmosphere of Deer Park, and makes sure that everyone else playing that day can do the same thing.

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great Course Overall

I will be going back again this year / Staff very Friendly & Pro Shop great deals...

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Very Nice Golf Experience

Very enjoyable round of golf. Staff was very nice and course was maintained very well. The ability to play this private course at a low price was pretty awesome.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
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