St. Andrews GCC - St. Andrews: #2
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4.2
988 Reviews (988)
5 Stars
411
4 Stars
415
3 Stars
107
2 Stars
31
1 Stars
24
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.2
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.3
88.7%
Recommend this course
891 out of 988 reviews
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4.1
69 Reviews (69)
5 Stars
30
4 Stars
23
3 Stars
11
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.1
Value
3.9
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.7
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.3
85.5%
Recommend this course
59 out of 69 reviews
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4.2
95 Reviews (95)
5 Stars
45
4 Stars
31
3 Stars
13
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
2
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.1
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.4
86.3%
Recommend this course
82 out of 95 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6920 yards
Slope 128
Rating 72.5

Opened in 1926, in the "Classical ERA" of U.S. course development, St. Andrews Golf & Country Club has been recognized as the oldest family owned-operated golf course in Illinois.

St. Andrews Golf & Country Club was originally built in 1926 as a rival to the Chicago Golf Club. Since then, the club has built its own reputation and stands out for its two championship golf courses and top-ranked practice center. The St. Andrews Course is the club's original layout before the Joe Jemsek Course was added in 1929. It is also the longer of the two golf courses. The club and course draw their name from the famous Scottish club known as the "home of golf," but the course is far from being a seaside links. Instead, the mostly flat layout weaves through mature trees. The golf course offers a challenge with tight, tree-lined doglegs and large, contoured greens framed with sand bunkers. It has a memorable finish with a par 4 that features a water hazard along the entire right side of the fairway.

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Course Details

Year Built 1926
Fairways Bent
Greens Bent
Golf Season Year round
Architect McGregor (1926)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes
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

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities
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4.2
988 Reviews (988)
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Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

One of the Best Value Courses Around

St. Andrews is one of the most reasonable courses in the area without sacrificing much quality.

Pretty fun layout with a good mix of short and long holes. The course will play easy if you hit it straight. Almost every fairway is tree lined, so you can sometimes be punished for going left or right. Greens were in good condition and rolling mostly true. There are a lot of large greens that punish you for landing in the wrong spot. The bunkers are taken care of.

Some tee boxes were beat up and/or neglected (hole 3 for example). A lot of the fairways were coated with tree droppings.

Pace of play was abysmal but is somewhat expected for a weekend afternoon. The course should invoke a ranger to enforce pace of play throughout the course, not just enforcing tee times. The screens in the carts show your pace, but no one seems to follow that. This is a decent course for beginners, but any beginner should know when they are holding up pace.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Customer service sucks

Played here multiple times. The course is okay and it's taken care of as well as you'd expect. Price is way to high for carts and green fees. The real issue here is the staffs attitude. Just plainly terrible. Only nice guy was the older gentleman who was the starter. The rest of the staff think they are better than everyone else and even told my foursome to pick up pace even though we were 3 to 5 min ahead on the cart through every hole. Every time I play here they find some reason to interrupt your round and say something. It's a course I avoid playing.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 17
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Case of the Elm trees seeds

The Elm trees seeds were covering the greens. Significantly interfered with putting. Groundskeeper was riding around with a blower but we never saw it I. Use. We suspect it either broke down, or was ineffective due to the number of them. Other than that it’s a great course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Walked
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 47
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course. Has been my go to course for 40 years

The Jemseck family has always maintained St Andrews as a “A “ listed course

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 35
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

good day

course in nice shape

still need tee time 10 minutes apart. not sure why keep at 9.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 63
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Course in Great Shape

St. Andrews is always a fun course to play. Many of the Par 4s play long. The greens are huge, which is a blessing and curse. You can get on the green but face a 40 to 50 foot putt. In other words, prepare for several 3 putts. The St. Andrews course was in great shape. Our only complaint is they don't bundle the price with a cart. The cart cost seem a bit high and they add on tax and amusement tax to the cart's cost, which seems odd.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
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
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 7
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 Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good course and pace of play

Played comfortably in 3.5 hours. Doesn't always go that fast, but this was enjoyable. Course was in pretty good shape for early in the season.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Walked
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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