St. Andrews Golf & Country Club - St. Andrews Course
About
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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Golfer Reviews
Great Traditional Course
One of my favorite courses. It is a beautiful traditional layout and in great condition. A wonderful reasonable public course.
5 hours to play 18
We teed off on schedule but it took 5 hours to finish 18 holes. The ranger must have had the day off. We had an inconsiderate 4-some with blaring rap music in front of us but they were not the pace problem.
We will never play this course on a weekend again. We previously played it on a weekday and had a great experience.
Good, Bad and Ugly
We played the front nine in an hour and twenty minutes. The back nine lasted almost three hours. A ranger spoke with the groups ahead of us but nothing changed. The starters, pro shop and half way house people are always friendly. Th course was in very good condition. The general manager is anything but friendly not what you typically get at a Jamasek operated facility. I know St Andrews has an absentee owner that lives in California.
Hi Al,
We are sorry that your round was so lopsided, but we are glad to see that were able to play the whole round in less than 4 hours/20 minutes. As a former staffer you know that if the a ranger is not able to take care of a concern, you can always call the pro shop. Please do not hesitate to call the pro shop for any reason: 630.231.3100 ext. 114. Also, even though the family owners live elsewhere, they visit often & are actively involved in all aspects of the business. Thanks for your comments & we hope to see you soon!
Lots of trees
I've played this course many times over the past 8 years. It was in as good condition as I've ever seen it. Greens were fast, The rough wasn't overbearing. And everything was very green, even through the solar eclipse.
Solid (Female Friendly) Layout
My wife is playing more and more and I book places that are female friendly which means limited water and forced carries. She was happy and shot 105. That's good for her.
Old school layout (straight or w/minimal doglegs) enabled St. Andrews to fit in 36 holes.
Best golf course
Wow wow I have a new play ground great service , beautiful golf course I can wait to play again .love it
Always fun
All around nice course. Both courses are nice and fun to play. Nothing too challenging but not too easy. Course conditions are always great. Reasonably priced to at any time of the day. I would recommend this course to all types of players.
Great Shape
St. Andrews #1 was in great shape. The greens were fair. The pace of play was fantastic. My only issue is the course needs more portable restroom facility and I wish the beverage cart would have made more rounds especially on a hot-humid day. For those who haven't played St. Andrews, I'd highly recommend. With the mature trees, it's challenging but the fairways are wide and the greens are big, which makes it a nice course to play with friends.
Little Pricey in the area but worth your money
This course was a really good little course to get away to if you are coming into town and want to get a casual round in with a challenging twist. I played it from the tips and it was fairly difficult but manageable.
Nice Facility
Played from the blue tees which play almost 7,000 yards. At that distance you use pretty much every club in the bag. Lots of long par 4's 400 yards plus including three in a row to finish. I didn't find the layout particularly interesting but the greens certainly are, big undulating greens and in very good condition, putts tracked very well on them. My only real complaint was the fact that at the clubhouse they appear to have a snack shack where you might pick up a simple hotdog and soda but it wasn't open. They have a very nice restaurant and bar area however and a well equipped snack shack at the turn. Overall a pleasant round of golf and will play it again.
Hi Peter,
The Tee Side Grill out front is used mainly for Wednesday Nights Live on the Lawn. You can always order a simple hotdog & drink (to go, from the bartender) inside at J.J.'s Bar & Grill. Thanks for your feedback!
Our weekends are usually busy so that naturally leads to longer rounds. However, if you tee off in the early to mid morning, you definitely play faster. As for the music, we do not allow music so loud that it bothers other players. If you encounter problems such as this, please do not hesitate to call the pro shop so that a ranger can be sent over to you. 630.231.3100 ext. 114. Thank you for your feed back!