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4.3
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3 Stars
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Conditions
4.3
Value
4.2
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.0
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.7
91.7%
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758 out of 807 reviews
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4.2
19 Reviews (19)
5 Stars
10
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.4
Value
4.1
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
3.9
84.2%
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16 out of 19 reviews
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4.2
81 Reviews (81)
5 Stars
37
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.3
Value
4.2
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
3.9
91.4%
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6562 yards
Slope 124
Rating 70.8
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Prairie Isle Golf Club
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Course Details

Year Built 1994
Fairways Bent
Greens Bent
Golf Season Year round
Architect Gordon Cunningham

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

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4.3
807 Reviews (807)
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Reviews 56
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

Back to the Isle

Course in great shape. Friendly staff. Some really scenic holes.. We have reduced our visits due to raised prices. Got a good online rate today.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 10/22/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, Rdiebold! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Prairie Isle Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 87
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
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Commented on 10/20/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, Larry7514179! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Prairie Isle Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 10/14/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, nvxHdV1kJTd1tsWR0dq2! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Prairie Isle Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 77
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 10/14/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, u000004876596! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Prairie Isle Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 10/06/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, alohatj07! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Prairie Isle Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course in good condition

Course was challenging, especially for the first time. Lots of blind tee shots which made it more difficult. Greens were in good condition but a bit slow. Tee boxes are in great shape and very large. Most of the staff was wonderful except for the rude gentlemen that checked us in. Would recommend the course. Might be a little bit pricey for the quality, but definitely a must try at least once. They did have a cart girl which was a plus.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 10/04/2021

Hello, u129282170. Thank you for visiting us at Prairie Isle Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 77
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 10/01/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, u000004876596! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Prairie Isle Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

No place like it

If you didn’t know you were in Algonquin you would think you were in Scotland.

700 yard par five is a little crazy but still fun to play

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 10/01/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, troodpls! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Prairie Isle Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 10/25/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, u314159331334! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Prairie Isle Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 76
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Pleasantly surprised

Drove 30 miles to play and was pleasantly surprised at the course conditions. Fairways and greens were in great shape. Course layout offers a unique variety of holes to play. Some elevated tees and alot of pretty scenery. Well worth the drive and the cost.I will definitely try to get back out there. When the trees start turning, it should really be scenic.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 10/25/2021

Hi, u6722019. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Prairie Isle Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

End of the season??

Teebox grass was long, uneven, and patchy. Greens were sandy. Especially most of the back 9. Like unfair and silly that you couldn’t really count your putts on the back. I did really like the layout. Difficulty was moderate which is what I’m looking for as a guy who typically shoots in the mid 80s and looks for some forgiveness off the tee. No putting green available today. No GPS in the cart. I’m going to give it one more shot next year based on layout and difficulty alone.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 09/28/2021

Hello, mtortoriello1. Thank you for visiting us at Prairie Isle Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 40
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Good Course with friendly staff

The staff overall is very friendly and positive. The course layout is challenging and yet can be rewarding. Unfortunately, after the recent spell of hot, dry weather, the course was very soft and wet in spots--some time almost plugging in the fairway.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 09/21/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, u000002647233! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Prairie Isle Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Foursome with Friends

Course was in good shape. A lot of variety in the layout.

We all enjoyed the round and will certainly come back again

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 09/16/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, u593542015! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Prairie Isle Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 87
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 09/16/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, Larry7514179! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Prairie Isle Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

What a fun track!

Best round of golf all year based on value, course conditions, and overall layout of the course! Lots of fun holes with a variety of elevation off the tee and approach shot into the greens. The greens were so well kept and rolling true, it felt like we were at a course 4x more expensive and exclusive. What a fun track!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 09/13/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, rsabado! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Prairie Isle Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 09/13/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, u000007825085! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Prairie Isle Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 09/08/2021

Hi, u716076499. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We see you rated the course 1 star and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take single star feedback very seriously at our course. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback.

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Slow Pace

They allowed back to back 5-soms mid-day on Saturday which bottlenecked the entire course. Their failure to range and keep the pace of play up was disappointing,.

At least we were able to play the front again coming around the turn. Waiting 15-20 mins in between shots is not how golf should be played.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/31/2021

Hello, u000007950232. Thank you for visiting us at Prairie Isle Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/30/2021

Hello, u035198227. Thank you for visiting us at Prairie Isle Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 51
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

General course experience!

The course was in good condition till you hit slightly off the fairways. I played this course on 8/22/2021 and there were more leaves on the ground than i have ever seen in August. Also piles and cut branches all over that have been sitting there for some time now. This makes it very difficult to find your ball and slows the pace of play considerably. Where is the grounds crew???? This was not acceptable and needs to be addressed.

As we approached the 9th hole green we were greeted by the checker and was told we need to pick up the pace a bit. He said that we have too big of a gap in between the group in front of us Maybe next time my foursome need to jog the course! We were at 1 hour and 55 minutes when we walked off the 9th green. When we were at the first tee box there was no one in front of us.

The general condition of the greens, tee boxes and fairways were excellent. But please don't complain the pace is slow when you have debris interfering with the play on the course.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/23/2021

Hi, Actionpcs1! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Prairie Isle Golf Club!

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