St. Andrews Golf & Country Club - Joe Jemsek Course

It was very slow. The beer cart interrupted play quite a bit. Foursome in front spent quite a few minutes getting beer at tee when fairway was wide open. The beer car should not stop at tee unless it is backed up. The threesome in front of two groups ahead of us spent considerable time at the half house. The back up was three groups at the hole no. 8. The ranger's job is to keep the groups moving.

I like this course. Let's get that out of the way right now. But there is a lot about it that is 2nd rate and detracts from the overall experience.

First, they make you buy tees. I haven't bought golf tees in 20 years. $1.17 for a little bag of 10 or so. That is so ticky tack.
Second, they don't provide you with a towel to wipe down your clubs. I asked the starter if I could have the towel that was in his cart (going unused) and he looked at me like I had asked him for his wife's cell #, and said "no". Thanks.
Third, the greens are beautiful bent grass greens but are painfully slow. I mean SLOW-W-W.
Fourth, it hadn't rained for 2 days but there was water in a couple bunkers.
Fifth, the rough. I'm a 4 handicap golfer and can handle tough conditions. The rough at St. Andrews is fairly penal, which is fine, but it contributes to constantly walking around for 2-3 minutes and looking for your ball. Which leads to my last point ...
Sixth, a ridiculous pace of play. 5+ hours on a Saturday afternoon when there were plenty of open tee times, meaning the course wasn't full.

Staff in pro shop, on course and in the grill is very friendly. Nice layout. Good course. But it seems like it's being run and maintained by people who've never run a course before. I still can't get over paying for tees.

Pretty easy course, very little water or other hazards where you can lose a ball. If you can hit it straight, you should score well at this course.

Course is fair and will be a true test of your golf skills.

Would have liked faster play, but the four of us were put behind a golf outing group of about 15 and it was slow at a lot of the holes.
Also it was very hot and the cart girl took along time coming around and she would drive by fast and if we did not wave her down she never stopped ..

First time playing at St A. Played the Joe J course (Lakewood). Very good condition, and great pace, which is very important to my wife and I. Cart was clean and had good power. Friendly staff in the Pro Shop and restaurant. No complaints. Worth the trip from DT Chicago. We'll be back.

I have played this course for years and always have enjoyed it thouroughly. I have not typically played at this time of day which was around 3:15 pm, they have leagues which are allowed to play as fivesomes. There were two back to back fivesomes that dramatically slowed play so much that I had to skip several holes (ranger was helpful in making that suggestion) and then come back after the 18th to play 8 and 9.

There were 4 or 5 holes open in front of the two groups,

Course was in great shape but slow, which you can expect playing on a Sunday at 2:30. Course was in real nice shape...thank you rain!

Hardly any water hazards, but there are a lot of trees. The tee times between golfers is too short, so there is a lot of waiting. It seems as if many high handicappers golf there too. Don't expect to finish in less than 5 hours. The course is well maintained.

I was forced to play course #2 due to tournament on course 1. We had 4 sets of four WALKERS in front of us and I have to say that it was the longest round I had ever endured in my whole 30 years of playing!! I am completely disappointed that the starter did not send us to start at the 9th hole. I tried and he didn't let us. Other than that, the course is in excellent shape and is very challenging. I look forward to playing course #1 next time and will refuse to go behind several walkers again!!!

Course 2 was in wonderful condition from tee box to green.

Two nice layouts at St. Andrews greens are in great shape they are redoing all of the bunkers new sand in all and removing some of them. All and all a nice course with helpful and friendly staff.

The staff was super friendly. The course was beautiful. Not to tough but some long holes and "hidden" water that without the GPS you won't know was there until you were in the water. Great bar after from craft beers. Great day overall.

Nice course with but the Par 3's can be long.
Great club house with employees that care.

Not my first time at Andrews but 1st booking thru GolfNow.
Some areas needs repair not because of maintenance but due to rain damage. Otherwise excellent outing for the price.

I booked the course in the morning and played the same day at a great rate. The course was in great shape and the greens were excellent for this time of the year. The last time I played this course was several years ago and was pleasently surprised.

Course #2 is a long track (esp. the par 3's) but overall a lot of room and forgiveness and little water. Course was in pretty good shape overall. Clubhouse and starter were very friendly and got us going on time. Tuesday afternoon it was wide open and played in under 4 hours. It can be a great value for a casual round of 18.

I was very happy with the overall experience at this course. It was a nice course with a phenomenal practice facility. I was pleasantly surprised by just about everything at St. Andrews Golf & Country Club. If you book a tee time here, expect to have a very enjoyable round of golf ahead of you.

Course is well maintained. The holes are varied, so variety is good. The Jemsek course's back nine is tough. The par three's on the Jemsek course are long and fairly difficult - but fair. All in all a good course to play.

People in clubhouse were very nice, Starter was a nice guy. No problems whatsoever! Will be returning here again.