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4.3
811 Reviews (811)
5 Stars
442
4 Stars
290
3 Stars
46
2 Stars
15
1 Stars
18
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.2
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.0
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.7
90.6%
Recommend this course
760 out of 811 reviews
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3.9
7 Reviews (7)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
2
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.6
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
3.9
71.4%
Recommend this course
5 out of 7 reviews
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4.2
81 Reviews (81)
5 Stars
38
4 Stars
31
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
3
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.2
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.0
90.1%
Recommend this course
73 out of 81 reviews
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Course Highlights
Prairie Isle's course layout consistently earns high praise, with diverse holes that feel surprisingly unique for Illinois. Tee boxes, fairways, and greens are maintained in excellent shape, making it a strong value for repeat visitors.

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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6562 yards
Slope 124
Rating 70.8
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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

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Illinois (2022 #23)
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Reviews

4.3
811 Reviews (811)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 21
Watching the Game 7
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 23
Water Hazards 21
Narrow Fairways 20
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 17
Seniors 17
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 16
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 20
Worth the Drive 18

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Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 08/10/2020

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, mymo31! 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 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

great course

I love this course. Sometimes you feel like it's not in Illinois. Fun challenging course. I will play again.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 08/07/2020

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, u314159380633! 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 13
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course was in good condition, greens ran at a reasonable speed and the rough was not too long. On the day we played we had to play starting at the 10th hole for some unexplained reason. We had a tee time which was pushed back to allow additional foursome in front of us.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
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Commented on 08/07/2020

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 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/06/2020

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

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Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Commented on 08/03/2020

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, u397640133! 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 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times 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 07/31/2020

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, Sylve1963! 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 126
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

If you like a course with challenges, this is for you. It has 13 holes with water along with hills and valleys. You also have the opportunity to use every club in your bag. I will play this course again and highly recommend it for someone looking to be challenged

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 07/31/2020

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, uQMXL6418QM! 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 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 07/24/2020

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, johny1951! 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
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 07/24/2020

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 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Tricky

Fun layout. Used almost every club. Accurate selections needed. Greens rolled quick. Really had fun! Visually pleasing to the eye!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/22/2020

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, u141612572! 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 Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Love the track. Head pro is a douche

Head pro came up to us on hole 6 saying we were playing too slow even though we were waiting to tee off on half the holes we played. Wasn’t kind about it, said we played “slow as molasses and held the whole course up”. Except we weren’t. And I’d whoop him in match play.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 07/20/2020

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 37
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/20/2020

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 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 07/14/2020

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, jrussoret! 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 Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great course!

Great course! Good track and not as flat like most courses in the Chicagoland area. Well maintained too!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/20/2020

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 19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great Track

Solid golf course for the $. Well conditioned and good greens

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 07/14/2020

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 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

HORRIBLE Staff

His name is Quentin Grasso (the head pro there) and he’s the reason myself and friends will never play here again even though we live 5 min from this course. He’s got a bad attitude and is extremely rude. I’ve never seen someone at a golf course that hates being there as much as this guy. I’ve played at this course probably 4 times and every time I go I instantly regret my decision because this guy ruins it. I don’t understand why he still has a job as a golf pro. Everyone at any other course in the area knows exactly who you’re talking about when you mention the a hole at Prairie Isle. Please get rid of this guy!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 07/16/2020

Hello, dieken22. Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give us another try in the near future.

Played On
Reviews 41
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Challenging Day

This is the fifth time I have played the course this year. The course is in great shape overall. Unfortunately and somewhat unexpectedly, this was almost a five hour round. While we got started well, the back nine was 2 hours and 45 minutes. Very slow and it took much away from the golf experience.. One of the most frustrating rounds I have played in many years. I hope the next time it will be different.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 07/14/2020

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 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 07/16/2020

Hello. Thank you for taking the time to review the course. Please tell us more. The way you have provided your feedback does not offer us any room to grow or change. We encourage you to update your review to fit a more constructive form so we can use your experience to make changes. Thanks for playing Prairie Isle Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Default User Avatar
Commented on 07/16/2020

Hello. Thank you for taking the time to review the course. Please tell us more. The way you have provided your feedback does not offer us any room to grow or change. We encourage you to update your review to fit a more constructive form so we can use your experience to make changes. Thanks for playing Prairie Isle Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
1.0
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Default User Avatar
Commented on 07/16/2020

Hello. Thank you for taking the time to review the course. Please tell us more. The way you have provided your feedback does not offer us any room to grow or change. We encourage you to update your review to fit a more constructive form so we can use your experience to make changes. Thanks for playing Prairie Isle Golf Club.

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