Joe Louis Golf Club

Joe Lewis has a nice layout with good length over 6,700 from blue tees I play the white tees at about 6,200 yrds. The greens are very good with some undulation: not to hard but fun. The sand traps need work but it’s early in the season. Many large trees if you can’t shape the ball you will be in trouble. Pace of play good during the week slow on the weekends like most courses. The course is worth the drive and course is easy to walk flat with next tee box close to your green like most older courses. Try to play here when is dry it plays very long when wet .

Easily my favorite FPG course. Jimmie in the pro shop is super friendly along with the other cashiers, the starter is always on top of it, and the grounds crew are easy going and will always pause to let you play through.

The course is always in great condition. The greens are always tightly mown and have distinct zones/tiers that make different pin placements present very different challenges. Off the tee, there are numerous hazards in play, including fairway bunkers, water (4 holes), and thick patches of fescue that put a premium on accuracy. As an added bonus you'll likely see some great wildlife on the premises too.

In my opinion this course is the best value in Chicagoland, and the staff works hard to keep standards high!

However, flooding still a problem not solved. Just like cranes land but the river, 14,14 etc still flooding filled numerous birds and poops. One Hole's huge fairway sand bunker fulfilled water becomes a big pond!

I play here regularly but I also travel all over the Chicago area to play. At one point this summer Joe Louis was arguably playing as the best course as the greens were running like tournament speed and they traps were well maintained with REAL sand. It’s one of the longest if not the longest course in the area and always a challenge. If you aren’t from the area make the trip for sure.

One of the easiest to access full length par 72 courses from the city. Quite challenging. Some tough bunker and pin placements, sloped greens. Only big complaint is the fairways are rock hard in several places. I like to walk the course since it’s usually quite busy and no point in driving up fast to each shot just to wait on the group in front

Nice close for the money. Beginner friendly as fairways are wide

Great forest preserve course

In great shape

Friendly staff

Close to the city, good value. Tough greens. Big bunkers. Everything was a bit dry though, especially fairways.

Course what good condition despite it rained a lot the night before we played. Greens were well groomed. Steady pace for the round. Overall an enjoyable round of golf with my 2 teen age sons. Much improved since the last time I played there about 10 years ago. Definitely will play again.