Lick Creek Golf Course

Greens are pretty tuff to read if your playing this course for the first time. the rough was a little thick and there where a couple holes with tight fairways. Overall this was a great first time experience playing this course will hopefully play again later in the year.

Challenging especially for women and seniors. Did not think tees were fair at all to the above. Rough was too high for the first cut off fairway. Very easy to lose balls in rough.

Course was in great shape from tee to green. Front side was very tight and a lot of blind holes. First time playing the course. Back nine was a little more open. #18 was a great hole with 2 fairways and a decision with how you want to play it. Would definitely play again.

Love this course. You have to use every shot in your bag. Course conditions very good accept the greens. The speed is quick but almost all the greens have ball mark damage from last year. Too many land mines to avoid

Challenging course, nicely laid out. Greens were fast and you needed to have patience reading them. Enjoyed the round.

Course was great but they let booked a few to many tee times which made for a long round.

Not a very long course, but the combination of minor elevation changes and undulations provide several challenging shots along the many tight, tree-lined fairways. If you're a sprayer off the tee, be warned that you are in for a long day of golf. The course was in beautiful condition considering the late summer drought we experienced in Central IL. The greens were in fantastic shape and were relatively quick. The 15-20 MPH wind that was present made them even quicker. Overall, a very fun course at a very reasonable price with beautiful views, scenery, and even wildlife--we saw eight deer on the back nine. This course has quickly become one of my favorites in the Peoria area.

Alot of elevation changes with blind shots on quite a few holes.

This is a very challenging course that will test every shot in your bag. There are some tree lined holes that require precision tee shots and the greens are really sloped and there is no gimme putts. Overall a very good course to play and is a good measure as to where your game is compared to a top course.

Lick Creek was in excellent condition when I played it on 8/13/13. The greens were emaculate/rolling true and the fairways were like hitting off of carpet. Very impressed with the maintenance and condition of this course. I will definitely be back!

Course was very busy. Pace of play was about 4 1/2 hrs. and slightly backed up on some holes. Challenging and a long course for women. Course in good shape and well maintained.

Great wooded setting. Greens are fast and the place is in nice shape. Well worth the money at the moment.

Best Course in Illinois for the Price!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lick Creek has a lot of potential to be a good course. It has a good variety of hole length and design, and almost enough length to be a true championship course. This course demands accuracy and is a true target golf course.However, it falls short in 3 key areas:
1) Tee boxes are sloped - almost none of the tee boxes are what you would expect - flat, and half of them have not a single area that is flat to hit from. This is very frustrating on a tight, target golf course that demands accuracy from the tee.

2) Rough burned out/dead & trees/brush untrimmed - when playing this course, look out for a slightly wayward drive finding it's way into serious trouble due to burned out/dead rough. This trouble includes areas around the trees that are not trimmed, so thick vegetation will swallow up your ball and at a minimum frustrate you while you look for a slightly mishit drive. This leads to slower pace of play, as well.

3) Unprofessionally graded greens - top notch courses have a process where the architect ensures the greens have consistency and no "humps", or small bumps that cause "funny" breaks. We've all played courses where the greens take wierd breaks and it's due to this. The greens at Lick Creek are very difficult to read due to this.

Additionally, this municipal course does not enforce pace of play policies. If playing on a weekend morning, expect at least a 5 hour round.

With all of that being said, the course is decent, just be ready to have silly things happen and for the round to be slow. It's definitely cheap to walk ($20 greens fee on the weekend) - in general you get what you pay for.