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4.2
Value
4.2
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.0
86.8%
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4.2
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Value
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Layout
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4.1
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Course Highlights
Well-maintained fairways, fast and true greens, and a forgiving layout consistently impress golfers at this well-rounded course. Friendly staff, strong pace of play, and excellent value make every round worth booking.

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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6831 yards
Slope 133
Rating 72.8
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Deerfield Golf Club
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Course Details

Year Built 1963
Fairways Blue Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 4/01 Closed: 12/01

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $13 - $19
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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4.1
1042 Reviews (1042)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 13
Patio Dining 6
Watching the Game 6
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 22
Narrow Fairways 18
Water Hazards 17
This course/club is great for:
Locals 24
Walkers 16
Advanced Golfers 13
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 26
Convenient to the City 14
Worth the Drive 11

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Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

$ but nice

Slightly pricey for a municipal course

Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun

Great course. I had a lot of fun.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

Fun golf

We enjoyed the course and found it challenging. Would like to play there again!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Average weather
Walked

Played in 38F, Felt like 28F

First time out this season at Deerfield GC. Think everyone must have been home watching The Masters. The course was empty. $20 to walk the course. It was upper 30's but definitely felt like upper 20's. Make sure bundle up.

The course was in excellent condition. The entire course was free of debris and leaves. The tee to green was incredible despite the cold and snow we've had past few days.

The greens rolled true and fast. Played under 3 hours.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 04/16/2016

It's ridiculous that a park district course will charge $75 for the weekend even after the greens have been aerated and sanded. It's a good course but doesn't compare with Thunderhawk or Stonewall Orchard. Deerfield Park District is price gouging! Will never play or even recommend to anyone to play here for $75. Wait for the weekday and hot deals and play for what's really worth $25 - $35.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

True greens

Played this course on 12-12-15. Course conditions were excellent for that time of the year. Playing from the back tees proved to be a very good test of skill. Try it, you'll like it.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

Fast green

Over all it's a good course with fast green. I would play it again.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 31
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

nice convenient location for a great course

first time visit and enjoyed the course. I will be back:-)

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Sloped Greens Very Quick.

Staff and practice areas are excellent. Course makes good use of limited space along tollway, but too many holes look the same. Greens are very well maintained and challenging - fast, sloped, tough to read, some killer pin placements, so approach shots must be carefully planned. Tees and fairways very good. Scorecard yardages and cart GPS are accurate. Pace of play very slow, close to 5 hours, without any rangers moving along slow/poor players. Overall, a good course and will play one more time to see if pace of play is better..

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great Course- terribly slow

This course is in great shape.(18th hole has temp green). The pace is awful. It is a very nice course however, It is one of the slower courses to play. I guess with great rates come overbooked tee times. We actually tried to play the front nine twice to get 18 holes. As the 10th hole was backed up with 2-3 foursomes (same as the start)Bummer as I shot a great score on front nine and I generally do better on the back. After getting in 6 holes the second time around frustration set in and we called it a day.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Dishonest booking practice

The clubhouse booked five groups before sunrise, then pushed everyone back by one hour.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 39
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

long and tight

challenging course.,long and tough.Some tight tee shots with trees, water, and o.b.The greens are huge.and fast with undulations.It's easy to waste plenty of shots on the greens.I thought the course was sy due to the tollway,home construction,and workers.It was easy focus.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice coarse with some long driving holes.

Liked the layout and the staff. Tight in spots and rewards accurate driving. Some doglegs that require clubbing down to avoid driving through the fairways. Right next to the Tristate Tollway, so can get a little noisy. Would definitely play it again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Walked

Deerfield review

on a windy September day in Chicago, deerfield was in wonderful shape. greens, fairways and tee-boxes were far superior than other local munis. sand traps also have been very much improved. Overall, the experience was great and played with another single who was of equal skill to myself.

Also with the money saved through GolfNow was able to buy a shirt in pro shop at 30 % off

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Great Greens

Great course. Greens are in excellent condition for a municipal course. The practice area was impressive also - grass range, short game area, and multiple putting greens.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Very Enjoyable Round

The course is in great shape, particularly the greens. We played in 3 1/2 hours, even though it was cart-path-only. The only down side to the course is that some holes run along the toll-way, so you get some noise from that which disturbs the otherwise tranquil ambience.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Very busy course

Average course challenge, need better signage, any developing areas should be completely block out from the course. Some holes run alongside each other on opposite direction and some cart path runs into the neighborhood.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Slow pace of play!!!

I have wanted to play this course for a long time and finally had the opportunity to. Course itself is in good shape. Fairways are regularly cut rough is in good shape as well, barely any leaves. Traps overall are maintained although there were a few with standing rain water in them. Greens are also in good shape. They were slow in the morning but sped up as the sun dried them out. Tuesday must be a mowing day as there were machines on every hole on the front nine. Not exactly ideal when trying to concentrate on your shot and have to worry about possibly hitting the grounds keeper.

My only gripe was the pace of play. We waited on every single shot for 18 holes. The group in front of us was slow as could be and had no regard for the players behind them. At one point there were three foursomes backed up behind us. The ranger was nowhere to be found. Overall what should have been easily under a four hour round took almost five hours.

We have all been stuck behind slow groups and for those of us that play consistently it can be very frustrating but we take it with a grain of salt I guess. Overall I would play here again and hope the rangers are more effective in keeping the pace of play ontime.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 34
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Hope to Return This Year

Last minute decision to play here & it was well worth it! Course was in great shape. The whole Riverwoods area is very cool in my opinion - talk about some beautiful homes! From the gold tees, there is enough length to give you a challenge (especially on the Par 3's). Water comes into play on a few holes. Sand traps were well maintained. As were the undulating greens, which I found to be decently challenging. Bonus points for the GPS carts! All in all, I really enjoyed Deerfield and hope to return soon.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course

This was a great course for the money. Well-maintained and everything was in excellent shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Munic track, retirement home pace

A muni track nothing more nothing less. Pace of play was horrendous. I went there hoping for a quick round on (tuesay 10am) and what I got was the exact opposite. It took 2.5 hours to finish nine i left at the 14th hole 4+ hours after I started. I waited on almost every single shot. The group in front was patenting their own tee rituals. Not only did they take an awful lot of practice swings before the actual shot but also after the shot as well. the course was packed. In no way would I pay their regular tee time price tag. I got a golfnow deal but even then I was regretting not dishing out extra to play another course. It was recommended by a friend and it will be the last last time I take his advice. If u do catch it at a non busy day it might be a nice track but even then it's a no frills golf track. Greens and fairways were in good shape but after the 3rd hole u were too annoyed to notice.. Highways on the outskirts of the course give it a buzzing noise throughout most of the holes.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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